CopperBeech
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- A Welsh man lost in England
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Sheep, sheep as far as the eye can see!
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GrannyAching
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- Mynyddoedd Preseli
And look how dry it is!
Guiggs
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- Leicestershire
You enjoying the new job mate?
CopperBeech
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- A Welsh man lost in England
Yes, very much so! As hard as it is at times. An end to the rain would be nice though. Luckily the ground is quite free draining, but even so with the big numbers in cell grazing system it can get a bit messy!
Guiggs
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- Leicestershire
Good to hear it!
I know what you mean by the rain but by the looks from your pictures I'd swap and there's a lot much worse off than us!!
CopperBeech
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- A Welsh man lost in England
Yer we have been lucky with regard to flooding. No real nearby rivers etc and fairly high for the area. Downside is the ground is brutal, we seem to go through a lot of dogs and tyres!
Keepers
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- South West
Wow that is very dry!
With only one winter field left here that isn't under water, the polytunnel has been all cleared out and all lambs/ewe lambs are being housed on straw and hay from tomorrow for a few weeks
There is so much they can take and I can't see them evolving gills or flippers any time soon
With only one winter field left here that isn't under water, the polytunnel has been all cleared out and all lambs/ewe lambs are being housed on straw and hay from tomorrow for a few weeks
There is so much they can take and I can't see them evolving gills or flippers any time soon
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- Welshman living in Nottinghamshire
Wow that is very dry!
With only one winter field left here that isn't under water, the polytunnel has been all cleared out and all lambs/ewe lambs are being housed on straw and hay from tomorrow for a few weeks
There is so much they can take and I can't see them evolving gills or flippers any time soon
Yeah, I've added snorkels to my "to buy list"
Keepers
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- South West
Those would be handy right now, they sure do look a sorry state out there and each day is getting worse
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- Welshman living in Nottinghamshire
And I thought your spot was notoriously dry? Bring on the frost!!
Northeastfarmer
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- Cleveland
Same here! Never known our farm as wet as it is at the minute! Sheep are making a real mess nowWow that is very dry!
With only one winter field left here that isn't under water, the polytunnel has been all cleared out and all lambs/ewe lambs are being housed on straw and hay from tomorrow for a few weeks
There is so much they can take and I can't see them evolving gills or flippers any time soon
- Location
- Breconshire
Ours are coming in a month early next week.
Keepers
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- South West
Yes, dry and brown in the summer with no grass growing between June and September and then all of the fields in the one set floods from Novemeber and then the other set slowly starts getting too wet from December
Usually left with one or two small fields by February
Plans might have to change with the sheep in the future, and run more store lambs and fewer breeding sheep
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
I don't think I'll be making any changes on the back of a freakishly wet year. After just having the wettest December on record (supposedly), it would be a bit of a knee jerk reaction to do so.
Next year we could all be as dry as it appears to be on @CopperBeech 's place.
Next year we could all be as dry as it appears to be on @CopperBeech 's place.
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- Fife
Looks can be deceiving. I walked some of it yesterday, and it's definitely not dry!
GrannyAching
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- Mynyddoedd Preseli
Well I might not be flooded - on a serious slope - but I have standing water in fields cos it isn't moving fast enough. Our local village hit the headlines this week This Welsh village has endured 75 days of rain in a row making it possibly the longest spell in Britain for 92 years - Wales Online . We are well above them so we sit in cloud and rain when they are dry. About to stock take the hay and wonder what the heck to do next.
CB really glad you are happy with the move. I hope your girl is ok - ref the dogs.
CB really glad you are happy with the move. I hope your girl is ok - ref the dogs.