What's the weather like in your area 2

whelan2

Say my name wrote: »

The monsoon continued on here today.
Any rain that falls. Falls in a downpour.

Johnstown castle has just about reached the monthly maximum for rainfall over the last 4 years and we've not yet reached the middle of the month.

So it looks like rain Ted.

Lovely day here today, great drying out

Say my name

whelan2 wrote: »

Lovely day here today, great drying out

You know you're due 10ft of snow in May now after that comment. :rolleyes:

It's been non stop monsoonal weather since Saturday nine days ago.
Even had a bad enough thunderstorm yesterday with hail at times interupting the monsoon.

Timmaay

Say my name wrote: »

You know you're due 10ft of snow in May now after that comment. :rolleyes:

It's been non stop monsoonal weather since Saturday nine days ago.
Even had a bad enough thunderstorm yesterday with hail at times interupting the monsoon.

Ground conditions still a million times better than last April here tho!

whelan2

Say my name wrote: »

You know you're due 10ft of snow in May now after that comment. :rolleyes:

It's been non stop monsoonal weather since Saturday nine days ago.
Even had a bad enough thunderstorm yesterday with hail at times interupting the monsoon.

It always evens itself out in my opinion. It's making up for the drought now

Lady Haywire

Same as Whelan here today, couple of spits of showers but fantastic drying/blustery day otherwise. Nearly let the few cows back out of the shed :pac:

Feeding haystack hay & squares & the cows are wild for the haystack stuff for whatever reason. Literally following me around the field for it as i put piles out. Had forgotten which cows like to puck hay when it's carried like that though....almost sent flying the first time:D

Say my name

Timmaay wrote: »

Ground conditions still a million times better than last April here tho!

Cows are in here since the 3rd. Just too wet. Any grass that grows I'll have it in the spring.

Timmaay

Say my name wrote: »

Cows are in here since the 3rd. Just too wet. Any grass that grows I'll have it in the spring.

You seem to have a hell of alot better growth from aug on, we didn't get outa the drought here till mid Oct.

Say my name

Timmaay wrote: »

You seem to have a hell of alot better growth from aug on, we didn't get outa the drought here till mid Oct.

Wait till you hear Alps going on about a 1% increase in soil carbon is equal to an increase of 20,000 gallons of water per acre.

Timmaay

Say my name wrote: »

Wait till you hear Alps going on about a 1% increase in soil carbon is equal to an increase of 20,000 gallons of water per acre.

Any way of measuring soil carbon here? The farm here has been in permanent grass for like the last 50 yrs+, with at least a bale of straw per acre imported every yr that gets spread back on the land. Rainfall amounts from August onwards were hugely variable from location to location also.

Say my name

Timmaay wrote: »

Any way of measuring soil carbon here? The farm here has been in permanent grass for like the last 50 yrs+, with at least a bale of straw per acre imported every yr that gets spread back on the land. Rainfall amounts from August onwards were hugely variable from location to location also.

He's poked his head onto the Biochar thread.

Yosemitesam knows where to get a carbon soil test done. So maybe a pm might do the trick?

Edit: It's 3.5 bales/acre/year of straw imported and spread here.

davidk1394

Grand day here. Back hedge cutting. Cows are starting to go in at night around here

whelan2

Super morning.

High bike

Was lovely and mild and breezy here all day and then pissed down for an hour this evening

Mooooo

Driving rain with 3 hours here. In for the night it seems too.

whelan2

Dry here all day. Hopefully a week left out day and night

Buford T. Justice XIX

whelan2 wrote: »

Dry here all day. Hopefully a week left out day and night

6 days left here because it will take 6 days to get the rest of the yard sorted before they come in full time. They're starting to do a wee bit of damage atm so I'm glad I decided to stay out full time rather than on-off till the end of the month.

gozunda

Fairly wild night out here - Wet and windy and black as well black ....

Buford T. Justice XIX

Ground a bit soppy this morning. I'm glad the cows had a bit of shade last night.

Mooooo

Need new oilskins

whelan2

14 degrees here today. Sun is out

whelan2

Mooooo wrote: »

Need new oilskins

Bought a pair of regatta waterproof trousers last Tuesday. They went in the bin yesterday. Crap. Ripped at the pocket part when I was getting into the digger. They had no other ones in local farm shop. €27 they were

gozunda

whelan2 wrote: »

Bought a pair of regatta waterproof trousers last Tuesday. They went in the bin yesterday. Crap. Ripped at the pocket part when I was getting into the digger. They had no other ones in local farm shop. €27 they were

Bring them back?

Timmaay

whelan2 wrote: »

Bought a pair of regatta waterproof trousers last Tuesday. They went in the bin yesterday. Crap. Ripped at the pocket part when I was getting into the digger. They had no other ones in local farm shop. €27 they were

I get on reasonably well with cheap and cheerful Heatons karramor stuff, decent waterproof, comfy and easy enough to wash down. Only thing is don't use washing up detergent with them, takes away the waterproof.

whelan2

gozunda wrote: »

Bring them back?

They're gone now. Will tell them the next day I'm down. Normally don't buy that brand

Timmaay

14 degrees, and it's 9pm in the 2nd half of November. My car thermostat must be broke ha. Hopefully grass with keep growing nicely like it has been last 2wks.

whelan2

Timmaay wrote: »

14 degrees, and it's 9pm in the 2nd half of November. My car thermostat must be broke ha. Hopefully grass with keep growing nicely like it has been last 2wks.

Will this weather cause pneumonia in housed stock?

_Brian

whelan2 wrote: »

Will this weather cause pneumonia in housed stock?

If sheds are well ventilated it should be fine. Older she’d like ours are the danger.

valtra2

whelan2 wrote: »

Will this weather cause pneumonia in housed stock?

Yes had one yesterday.

zetecescort

Timmaay wrote: »

14 degrees, and it's 9pm in the 2nd half of November. My car thermostat must be broke ha. Hopefully grass with keep growing nicely like it has been last 2wks.

Temps to drop next week I think but mostly dry

Buford T. Justice XIX

Beautiful morning here but after turning bitterly cold now. Time to load up the fire tonight.