What's the weather like in your area 2

TITANIUM.

2 good days on the trot now, I wonder has spring sprung?

whelan2

TITANIUM. wrote: »

2 good days on the trot now, I wonder has spring sprung?

Yup

CloughCasey1

whelan2 wrote: »

Yup

Wheres the roundup..

charolais0153

davidk1394 wrote: »

Beautiful spring morning here. Are you heading to your man with the open farm ?

Ya in borrisokane...coorevin farm ...didn't learn anything tbh

rangler1

charolais0153 wrote: »

Ya in borrisokane...coorevin farm ...didn't learn anything tbh

It's an interesting way in getting another income from a farm though.
Local school is coming here next wednesday, we usually get a box of chocs. :cool:

charolais0153

rangler1 wrote: »

It's an interesting way in getting another income from a farm though.
Local school is coming here next wednesday, we usually get a box of chocs. :cool:

Ya a real money maker I'd say . he was well set up for it in fairness with a proper building for toilets and a poly tunnel kind of thing with seats etc

longgonesilver

At least we can rely on the Life boat to rescue the cattle.

http://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/newsireland/rnli-in-dramatic-cliff-rescue-of-cows-in-waterford/ar-AAo37aY?li=AA4ZnA&ocid=spartanntp#image=3

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Odd patches of mist about

Dickie10

savage day today. does anyone have the latest grass growth curve details ? can anyone tell me are we above average, average or behind on our growth rate for early spring. i always feel once april 1st hits then even on abad year grass takes off

pedigree 6

longgonesilver wrote: »

At least we can rely on the Life boat to rescue the cattle.

http://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/newsireland/rnli-in-dramatic-cliff-rescue-of-cows-in-waterford/ar-AAo37aY?li=AA4ZnA&ocid=spartanntp#image=3

I heard about that.
Two bulls I think.
It would be in wats the craic's area.

Mooooo

Rain

Buford T. Justice XIX

Dry and v.warm in N.Kerry but heavy clouds seem to be creeping in from the south atm.

Green farmer

Good stiff breeze there now, should dry up the ground no end

Buford T. Justice XIX

Beautiful, warm, calm spring day here.

Finishing a bit of fencing and hoping to leave off a few weanling heifers early next week.

davidk1394

Beautiful day about 13°C and watching the lambs buck jumping around. Spring is finally in the air.... How long it will last is the next thing

SuperTortoise

Great day in Mayo today, lovely sun and a clear sky. Need about 3 weeks of it before i can let anything out! Land still very wet.

blue5000

I had to take off the jumper:eek:

boggerman1

Great day here in mid tipp.warm.off out to milk and finish up to go see a mauling of cats in thurles later

pedigree 6

blue5000 wrote: »

I had to take off the jumper:eek:

You're living dangerously there Blue.;)

The last two days I had to leave the cows in after morning milking and just let them out at 1pm to get their few hours of grass and back in for milking at 5.
Land is soft enough still here but it's warm today here but cloudy with an odd glimpse of Sun.

zetecescort

blue5000 wrote: »

I had to take off the jumper:eek:

Just after giving the lawn its first cut. Sweating mad by the end

Green farmer

Lovely day here as well. Land still very soft though.

Doctor Shivering

Dreary old day in east Wicklow
Very foggy start,raining on and off until two and foggy again now
Warm though

High bike

More like may than march here,long may it continue��

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High bike wrote: »

More like may than march here,long may it continue��

Aye two more days like and the sheds will be empty

foxy farmer

Beautiful day here. Like yesterday. Getting things ready for TB test tomorrow. Turned wet around 10 last night but dried fairly quickly after. Had to take out a few tanks of slurry after dinner today. Ground is fairly wet still.

davidk1394

Beautiful morning.12°C or so. Pity to be stuck in doors looking out at it

leg wax

and long johns off......:D

Reggie.

davidk1394 wrote: »

Beautiful morning.12°C or so. Pity to be stuck in doors looking out at it

Same here but grouns still a bit slow to dry out unfortunately

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String vest and handkerchief on top of the head type of day

whelan2

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String vest and handkerchief on top of the head type of day

What about the sandals and socks ?

Mooooo

Scorcher of a day,

Buford T. Justice XIX

Warm but very overcast.

Rain not far off, I'd say.

Reggie.

Buford T. Justice V wrote: »

Warm but very overcast.

Rain not far off, I'd say.

It's giving a mixed weekend. Was hoping to get the harrow out but won't dry out enough by then

ganmo

That's the same drain of the one I put up in the photo comp thread, the place dried a lot in the week

CloughCasey1

Reggie. wrote: »

It's giving a mixed weekend. Was hoping to get the harrow out but won't dry out enough by then

Ive a field ready for seeding Reggie. You are welcome to trial it.☺.

Reggie.

CloughCasey1 wrote: »

Ive a field ready for seeding Reggie. You are welcome to trial it.☺.

Will ya send down the lowloader?

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whelan2 wrote: »

What about the sandals and socks ?

White socks

ganmo

i'll try it again

pedigree 6

I was looking at the stats on met eireann for Johnstown Castle, Wexford.
Rainfall mm
2017 Jan 63.6 Feb 69.6
2016 Jan 142.1 Feb 105.6
2015 Jan 77.7 Feb 47.2
2014 Jan 145.1 Feb 175.1

Mean temp in degrees
2017 Jan 6.6 Feb 6.8
2016 Jan 6.4 Feb 5.6
2015 Jan 5.4 Feb 4.9
2014 Jan 6.1 Feb 6.0

Mean 10cm soil temp at 9am
2017 Jan 6.1 Feb 6.4
2016 Jan 5.6 Feb n/a
2015 Jan 4.2 Feb 3.6
2014 Jan 4.9 Feb 4.6

I didn't include March as it's not over yet and who knows what way the rainfall reading will go. But so far the temps for this year are way ahead of 16,15 and 14 and I can't see the temps dipping to way below average so they should be higher this year than the last 3 years.

Really here in wexford there's been no winter this year compared to other years and grass grew through the whole winter. I've never had as much grass as this year and the cows have been managed with on/off grazing and taking advantage of the conditions when I can. It looked like (if the cows didn't get out) that the silage would have been used up by the 3rd of April but by taking advantage when I could, from looking like I might have to buy silage it now looks like I will have silage left over this year and I have more stock this year than I ever had on the farm. So things are good atm and ground has dried up in the last day or so and I hope to get some wet ground grazed off and fertilised before the weather looks like breaking on the 17th.
Not a bad winter/spring here it's been very manageable.:)

Lady Haywire

ganmo wrote: »

i'll try it again

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

ganmo

cheers!

whelan2

Drizzling earlier, brightening up now

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whelan2 wrote: »

Drizzling earlier, brightening up now

Drizzling earlier last night glorious day now.

davidk1394

Smashing day here. About 15°C

whelan2

Great drying today.

freedominacup

T-shirts during the afternoon today and yesterday. Grass growth exploding. Gone from struggling to get cows out during the day a week ago to 24 hr breaks from yesterday.

whelan2

Raining. Happy enough though got 2 slurry towers emptied in the last few days

sea12

Turned cold here yesterday and today. Sold all the last of my spare hay and silage. Happy enough so now it can turn as warm as it wantsðŸ˜

Buford T. Justice XIX

Yeah, cold here today and raining lightly with the last hour as well. Looks down for the day.

Mooooo

Cold wind blowing no rain yet, hoping wed escape it off the 5 day forecast image last night must check again. Connaught in for a bit of a hosing it seems