When Will It Ever Stop Raining?

[Cowmansam]

We’ve had a brilliant growing year after a slow start with cool weather 30 mile into Wales and it’s all burnt off

 

[Stewartry hill]

Rain I need some no grass and very little water for stock

 

[Y Fan Wen]

It’s amazing the variations we have in weather on such a relitavly small island. Ground is burning up here and its not grown much in 2 weeks and nearly everybody has been cutting and baleing rushes. Parents place by the coast looks like half the fields have been glyphosated No need to worry about hitting any rocks if there was silage to be cut, they all have a 3m exclusion zone around them

When the lawn stops growing you know it's dry. Haven't touched it for a month.
Turbine stopped on the 18th and I will need a week of serious rain before I think about a restart.
I normally have the yearlings separate in the highest part of the farm over the summer but I had to open the gates because they have no water there any more.

 

[Sonoftheheir]

Looking like they’re changing their minds about a settled hot spell next week, gone to changeable for the rest of August

 

[teslacoils]

Looking like they’re changing their minds about a settled hot spell next week, gone to changeable for the rest of August

They haven't got a bloody clue.

 

[Yale]

Been dry here,made hay which can be difficult and the heavy showers have been missing us.

A relaxed summer of harvesting,definite periods of extended dry with just enough rain between.

 

[Frank-the-Wool]

Still keeps raining here and no sign of any haymaking weather or harvesting for that matter. A few combines been trying to start wheat but moisture contents are high.
Too much grass and any spare time spent topping!!!

 

[Stewartry hill]

Thank goodness it has started raining here washed the dust of the grass wet couple of days I hope

 

[dowcow]

We are a bit short of rain here in Lancashire too. I know some people in the area have had heavy showers hit them, but they've mostly missed us and the grass isn't growing well at all. Todays rain so far.... well it is over 1mm... but isn't 2mm yet.

 

[puppet]

Thank goodness it has started raining here washed the dust of the grass wet couple of days I hope

Glorious heavy rain now. Slurry and fertiliser on yesterday.
Second cut showing where the soil is thin.

Looking more like Australia but the cattle are doing fine though need a shift now.

 

[ffukedfarmer]

40mm so far in August. Probably more than we had June - September 2020

 

[Oliveau]

Another grey showery day! No combining since Sunday.

 

[teslacoils]

8mm last night. Drizzle now.

 

[barleybasher]

Only 70 acres left to cut! The dew is terrible at the moment and things just don't seem to be drying. We managed a few yards yesterday before it rained again!

Last year harvest was wrapped up by the 14th of August, not much we can do but just wish we could get that one elusive day and finish!!

 

[Wombat]

Only 70 acres left to cut! The dew is terrible at the moment and things just don't seem to be drying. We managed a few yards yesterday before it rained again!

Last year harvest was wrapped up by the 14th of August, not much we can do but just wish we could get that one elusive day and finish!!

Where abouts a are u seem a normal one here with what looks like an early sept finish. Certainly looks earlier than the 17th sept finish in spring barley of last year

 

[barleybasher]

Essex with some land in Suffolk too

 

[Oliveau]

No measurable rain here since 7th, after I posted 4 posts earlier, and now we have NE winds which have dried everything out for the top 3-4". OSR despearately needs rain now. But long term forecast is to stay dry for the next month and still that dratted NE wind.

" Ah, it's all because the Jet Stream is too far south."

 

[Neddy flanders]

first rain here for 5 weeks.

 

[Wombat]

first rain here for 5 weeks.

Still wet enough underneath though , extended a drain for 18m this aft and at only 18" deep it was coming out in 3ft x1ftx 8inch slabs

 

[Neddy flanders]

Still wet enough underneath though , extended a drain for 18m this aft and at only 18" deep it was coming out in 3ft x1ftx 8inch slabs

ditches, brooks and any small stream completely dry. not a drop.