whats the weather like in your area?

Timmaay · 28-08-2016 11:03AM

Agreed 100%, looking at some of the photos of the ground being poached up the north west etc puts our problems in perspective.

Dawggone · 28-08-2016 01:51PM

Muckit wrote: »

Lovely weather for pottering around on holidays, but a different story when you have to work in it and a different story again when you have to work with it to earn a crust!

But you have to work with what you've got, and noone better than yourself to know how to do it.

Some lads here in Ireland on v wet farms only making first cut silage now. Take your pick!

Good God, only making first cut now??

Dawggone · 28-08-2016 01:53PM

White Clover wrote: »

Now wouldn't a fortnight or 3 weeks of that be welcome around here at the moment!

You're more than welcome to it. I'll swap you for 100mm rain.

Dawggone · 28-08-2016 02:01PM

jaymla627 wrote: »

How do you fair with mosiquitios/flies in that weather, you soon get used to the heat but the flies alone when I was working out in Oz would drive you insane....

Flies and mozzies aren't a patch on OZ.
Spent a while there by the Murray river and I still have nightmares of the flies. There was an insect repellant that was only supposed to be used on dogs that worked a treat on mozzies...maybe that's why I'm now a Dawg.

There were times in Africa that the flies would blacken the sky...makes me chuckle when people here complain about flies...

Reggie. · 28-08-2016 02:05PM

Dawggone wrote: »

Flies and mozzies aren't a patch on OZ.
Spent a while there by the Murray river and I still have nightmares of the flies. There was an insect repellant that was only supposed to be used on dogs that worked a treat on mozzies...maybe that's why I'm now a Dawg.

There were times in Africa that the flies would blacken the sky...makes me chuckle when people here complain about flies...

There's a memory. While in Kosovo in 2001 the camp was right next to a chicken farm and they would pile up the dung at the perimeter fence. Come the summer the flies would be apocalyptic

Reggie. · 28-08-2016 02:08PM

Dawggone wrote: »

There were times in Africa that the flies would blacken the sky...makes me chuckle when people here complain about flies...

We're you ever in Africa for the termite hatch? Jaysus they would be everywhere. Would clog up the fans of vehicles and everything

jaymla627 · 28-08-2016 09:02PM

Dawggone wrote: »

Flies and mozzies aren't a patch on OZ.
Spent a while there by the Murray river and I still have nightmares of the flies. There was an insect repellant that was only supposed to be used on dogs that worked a treat on mozzies...maybe that's why I'm now a Dawg.

There were times in Africa that the flies would blacken the sky...makes me chuckle when people here complain about flies...

Used to only take 4-5 days for the carcass of 650kg plus hols cow to be reduced to noting but leather and bones when the flies where at their worst, get a bad dose of West nile river virus out their for my troubles too, still have scars from mozzie bites they used to have a field day with us

Base price · 28-08-2016 09:19PM

White Clover wrote: »

Now wouldn't a fortnight or 3 weeks of that be welcome around here at the moment!

If we got a fortnight or 3 weeks of 30+ temperatures then we would all just dry up to dust and blow away in the wind :eek:
30+ temp would cause an awful lot of hardship/health problems to the majority of the population & animals. On the flip side look at how we manage with a dusting of snow and a few frozen water pipes.
We Irish don't do extremes of temperature well.

Reggie. · 28-08-2016 09:47PM

Base price wrote: »

If we got a fortnight or 3 weeks of 30+ temperatures then we would all just dry up to dust and blow away in the wind :eek:
30+ temp would cause an awful lot of hardship/health problems to the majority of the population & animals. On the flip side look at how we manage with a dusting of snow and a few frozen water pipes.
We Irish don't do extremes of temperature well.

Ain't that the truth. First signs of frost and everyone forgets how to drive

Nekarsulm · 29-08-2016 09:03AM

In France at the moment, and anything cut for (I presume) second cut is just brown grass and dust. Cattle, mainly dry cows and weanlings, all being fed round bales, and in some places fresh maize. Tens of thousands of acres of maize around, which seems to be doing well. Most of the cereals ground disked. As far as i can gather dairy farmers are holding protests at the Dairy Co Op's branches over low prices. Not even particularly hot here (Normandy) it was mid to high 20's for a few days there gone by, but no rain.

davidk1394 · 29-08-2016 09:58AM

Cool this morning and foggy when I was getting up. Fog burned off and it's a smashing day down here

Dawggone · 29-08-2016 10:27AM

Nekarsulm wrote: »

In France at the moment, and anything cut for (I presume) second cut is just brown grass and dust. Cattle, mainly dry cows and weanlings, all being fed round bales, and in some places fresh maize. Tens of thousands of acres of maize around, which seems to be doing well. Most of the cereals ground disked. As far as i can gather dairy farmers are holding protests at the Dairy Co Op's branches over low prices. Not even particularly hot here (Normandy) it was mid to high 20's for a few days there gone by, but no rain.

Drive 500km south if you want to work on your tan Nek. Things are a lot more burned up here. Hedgecutter started a fire on Fri night as everything is tinderbox dry. Water restrictions etc.

Dairy farmers are protesting against Lactalis which is (I think) the biggest Coop and the lowest price. They blockaded a roundabout in front of Lactalis HQ which has ended because fines were threatened...

whelan2 · 29-08-2016 03:05PM

Lovely day, typical back to school weather :cool:

_Brian · 29-08-2016 04:36PM

Nekarsulm wrote: »

In France at the moment, and anything cut for (I presume) second cut is just brown grass and dust. Cattle, mainly dry cows and weanlings, all being fed round bales, and in some places fresh maize. Tens of thousands of acres of maize around, which seems to be doing well. Most of the cereals ground disked. As far as i can gather dairy farmers are holding protests at the Dairy Co Op's branches over low prices. Not even particularly hot here (Normandy) it was mid to high 20's for a few days there gone by, but no rain.

Just arrived back from Normamdy ourselves thismorning. Enjoy!

Nekarsulm · 29-08-2016 07:49PM

_Brian wrote: »

Just arrived back from Normamdy ourselves thismorning. Enjoy!

Thanks Brian, back ourselves on Thur. morning. Another black mark from the Teacher!

Was looking at the goods in Taxidermists shop today. He had these lovely cow skins for sale. from native Normandie cattle.
These come in a lovely speckled Brindle colour.

like to guess how much he was charging for a cow skin?

Lady Haywire · 29-08-2016 08:02PM

€220? Think that was the cost of reindeer skins in Finland.

Nekarsulm · 29-08-2016 08:04PM

Go again .....

Lady Haywire · 29-08-2016 08:08PM

€320?:pac:

Reggie. · 29-08-2016 08:41PM

whelan2 wrote: »

Lovely day, typical back to school weather :cool:

Hay making weather here

Nekarsulm · 29-08-2016 09:29PM

Lady Haywire wrote: »

€320?:pac:

Nekarsulm · 29-08-2016 09:44PM

Wonder how much he wanted for the Lion? !

Lady Haywire · 29-08-2016 09:48PM

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Wonder how much he wanted for the Lion? !

Something cat, no doubt :pac:

Reggie. · 30-08-2016 04:46AM

Lady Haywire wrote: »

Something cat, no doubt :pac:

Get out.......

_Brian · 30-08-2016 03:07PM

Great day here in Cavan, warm with some sun, but more importantly a good drying breeze. Badly needed.

_Brian · 01-09-2016 11:30AM

Cold wet and breezy today. Feckin freezing actually, got caught in a job site meeting under a tree in a tshirt and light hoodie.

RedPeppers · 01-09-2016 12:32PM

Desperate heavy showers here all day in north galway as if we needed any more of it.

darragh_haven · 01-09-2016 01:21PM

Drizzly wet auld sh1te here.

whelan2 · 01-09-2016 01:58PM

darragh_haven wrote: »

Drizzly wet auld sh1te here.

same here now, wish it would just bucket down and get it over with

RedPeppers · 02-09-2016 04:46PM

Few heavy showers here. Every time I check that met eireann rainfall radar there is rain on the way.

pedigree 6 · 03-09-2016 11:10AM

Weather for putting on the cover on the fertiliser spreader and spreading urea.

Raining.

whats the weather like in your area?

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