hows the weather suiting you?

bob charles

As the auld saying goes "be careful what you wish for"

Min

Got lots of rain yesterday but lucky the ground is able to take it.

Ground here is situated on shale and it drains away quickly. Cows were not marking the ground which is the important thing.

babybrian

cows should have got 3 grazings out of a paddock but had to move them on this morning after 2 because they were beginning to mark it...now it will need topping but will have to leave it until the next round.

If this keeps up there might not be much threat of a superlevy!!!

Grass is growing lovely at the moment but it is forecast to get cooler next week again...

johngalway

More muck here today. Drizzle/fog most of the day, few dirty stumps of showers late in the day. Tomorrow doesn't look to clever either for this part of the world. Someone better be writing IOU's for these crap Summers (But keep the good Winters coming please).

polod

in one word SHI#E .........really need the wind to die down here now and for temperatures to increase ...had 4 late calvers calve in the last 2 weeks and i still haven't let them out its like janurary in the north mid-lands here

johngalway

Raining for the last hour and a half now, hurry on Winter, might get weather to do a bit

whelan1

very warm and humid here today... not rain today YET... ground is ok , got 3 grazings off the last 3 paddocks with out them complaining:rolleyes: long may it last

keep going

isn,t this weather fantastic. suiting me down to the ground anyway,sunshine and rain

bogman_bass

Bucketing it down here in Meath.

reilig

Lads, I hope ye got the rain ye were looking for. Thankfully we had nothing but a light drizzle. It looks like we're going to have a few good days of weather over the weekend - friday to tuesday. Fingers crossed. It will be most welcome if it does come. They are still talking about a heatwave for teh last 2 weeks in July too. Might get the turf saved with that!!

whelan1

we are still getting heavy showers , followed by warm periods......

5live

A glorious glorious shower of heavy rain this morning. Liquid sunshine:). And good old Ken Ring in the journal says that kerry will be the wettest and dublin the driest for the next month. I'd never have figured yhat out if he hadn't told me:rolleyes:

keep going

reilig wrote: »

Lads, I hope ye got the rain ye were looking for. Thankfully we had nothing but a light drizzle. It looks like we're going to have a few good days of weather over the weekend - friday to tuesday. Fingers crossed. It will be most welcome if it does come. They are still talking about a heatwave for teh last 2 weeks in July too. Might get the turf saved with that!!

hope your right about,that have the holiday booked up your way for the last week of july

13spanner

I can't imagine there's much hay done around the country? It's make or break time for people going for hay around where I live. We had planned to do square bales, but got sick of looking at the forecast and the 1st fine day in went as silage.

bob charles

its a truly awful summer over my little patch. Havnt taken off the coat yet:eek:. I did see a farmer coming out of the bank toady wearing shorts and wellies so maybe is just crap in my area

Ford4000

reilig wrote: »

No silage done. Ground too wet to travel on. Cows ploughing to their bellies in muck. Grass very scarce. Had 50 bales of silage over when the cows got out- its all gone now. Turf still on the ground - as wet as they day they were cut (May Bank Holiday Monday).

So far its been a really bad summer. Need a bit of heat soon to make the grass grow and if the man above could turn off the tap for a week or two it would be great or at least divert it to somewhere that needs rain!!!!

More or less exactly the same with me, i had 20 bales spare, i managed myself put the cattle to mountain ground with a good bud on it very sweet too but i sold the bales like hot cakes

pakalasa

I think the rain is very 'hit and miss' this year, compared to say the 3 very wet summers we got in a row. Some areas getting a lot more than others. I got drenched to the skin this evening, but I noticed the ground is still hard enough, no poaching anyway.

sea12

reilig wrote: »

Lads, I hope ye got the rain ye were looking for. Thankfully we had nothing but a light drizzle. It looks like we're going to have a few good days of weather over the weekend - friday to tuesday. Fingers crossed. It will be most welcome if it does come. They are still talking about a heatwave for teh last 2 weeks in July too. Might get the turf saved with that!!

Yep, U have to be careful what u wish for.:rolleyes:
The amount of rain that fell in the last 3 days is increddible. The land has gone from being bone dry to having water lying on the surface this evening.

My hay meadows are flattened. Think I will have to put them into baled silage if it takes up next week.

keep going

is it any wonder they want to build a big casino in ireland when they see us still trying to make hay:D

whelan1

got drowned a few times this morning who said the last 2 weeks in july are to be warm and dry :rolleyes:

reilig

Serious rain last night again. I sank to my knees in a gap this morning when I was out looking at cattle. Yesterday morning I was bringing turf out through it and not leaving a mark. Cows are poaching ground again, but thankfully grass is more plentyful than mid-may.

It is one of the worst summers around here since 1985. The only difference is that we have round balers and machines with flotation tyres that can travel on wet land. In 1985, we were mowing with a 20 diesel and fingerbar mower, gathering the grass up with the 20, twin wheels and a buckrake and making a pit in the corner of each field.

whelan1

massive shower here now.... been the same all day, wish it would just fook off at this stage:rolleyes:

johngalway

Fantastic day here today, warm, breezy and dry!

moy83

Makes a change for us to have the good weather .Smashing day alright but its badly wanted hope it stays fine for us for the next month:D

pakalasa

Yep, same down in Clare. Sun splitting the rocks. A lot cut hay today.
Got a bit sunburnt myself.:D
Do we all live in the same country at all?

Grecco

Just in the door, super day
I was out cutting Hay from 6am this morning till 7pm!!, I tell you it didn't look at all good at 6am but it turned out a cracker after. 25 ac cut and now praying!!

jeff greene

Grecco wrote: »

Just in the door, super day
I was out cutting Hay from 6am this morning till 7pm!!, I tell you it didn't look at all good at 6am but it turned out a cracker after. 25 ac cut and now praying!!

Big M??:pac: 6am for a beef farmer, you'll need a week off to recover:D

The forecast looks good now so it should be fine

whelan1

showers again here today

5live

Cool and dry. Probably no more moisture till we beat cork again;)

13spanner

A cracker in Co. Clare. We were watching the 1 o' clock weather and the phone was busy for about half an hour after! Everyone wants some bit cut.

johngalway

Suiting us the finest here in the West today Pretty warm and breezy.



(Apologies for the non farming photo!)

bogman_bass

odd shower up in meath.

pakalasa

bogman_bass wrote: »

odd shower up in meath.

Do you mean, Meath people are an "odd shower" or, you're getting the odd shower?

bogman_bass

cheeky git!;)

whelan1

good bit of rain here today

johngalway

Just in, brought the new dog on a three mile walk out an old bog road. It's like a bad day from Winter. Was bribing some hoggets into a pen earlier with a half bucket of ration, couldn't hear my own voice with the wind :rolleyes: Add showers and it not being terribly warm, lovely altogether.

The funny thing is Dad said later on a parcel of his land he had to leave it as the midges drove him out of it!