How's your grass looking?
- Thread starter newforest
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It's been light to moderate rain all day here.
Feels like autumn though.
Spotted these.
Feels like autumn though.
Spotted these.
Apparently all I needed to do to get heavy rain is take a week off work 
it’s good for the grass!
it’s good for the grass!
It's starting to look green. So something must be happening but nothing of any significant quantity.
We've had a few days of rain and everyone's fields have really picked up quickly. I don't think we'll get that much growth now before the cold starts, though
Needing rain. We're actually under drought status. The only thing keeping the grass going is the dew I believe. Its heavy enough yo add some moisture.
Ours won't be mowed in the field again, it's slowed right down thank goodness! Been fighting the fat all summer long so can relax a little now. Though if the rain carries on and then the sun comes this next couple of weeks it will likely shoot up again and I'll be back on red alert. We still have tons of the green stuff, even in Storm's smaller paddocks.
It's grown here. I am still not sure if I will make it to mid November before I have to start feeding hay. Some of the larger paddocks have plenty but the smaller ones were eaten off in the 24hours they were on them.
Im looking at options to go from 26 paddocks to 30. It's the logistics though. I've got plenty of wire. Would need more gate handles. I would also need to buy more water pipe. 200m would do it. May even need another trough. Although I am thinking it's better to use my portable drinker. It's working out how to fence so I can safely drive into the paddocks with the hay, avoiding bunny holes and driving the contour of the banks safely so we don't tip over.
Im looking at options to go from 26 paddocks to 30. It's the logistics though. I've got plenty of wire. Would need more gate handles. I would also need to buy more water pipe. 200m would do it. May even need another trough. Although I am thinking it's better to use my portable drinker. It's working out how to fence so I can safely drive into the paddocks with the hay, avoiding bunny holes and driving the contour of the banks safely so we don't tip over.
Apparently it's growing faster here than it did in Spring. Sid is certainly rounding off the corners!
I can tell ours is still good because they are just ignoring the hay that I leave inside the byre of a night for them (just in case as its been very windy and wet here of late). When they start nibbling the hay I will know it's stopped growing and things are changing. Having said that Fuz has dropped a pound or two (yaye). Must be the stalking about back and forth, she's lots more active when the temp cools and she's not bothered with flies etc.
We're finally getting rain after a long period of summer drought. Things are still mild so grasses are greening up.
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