Grass is growing!

[southerncomfort]

(With apologies to those still dealing with wet conditions).

We've had a lovely mild, dry spell here and I noticed yesterday that a verge I'd strimmed down to the ground has started growing up again.

A few sloppy droppings in the field too.

Going to give less grass and more hay until the temperatures drop again I think.

 

[J&S]

And mine are moulting!

 

[{123756}]

My field is one big bog pit. I don't think anything's going to be growing for me for a while!

 

[SEL]

My field is one big bog pit. I don't think anything's going to be growing for me for a while!

Oh you'd be surprised. My 2 are also in a bog but the grass sensitive one was boinging like tigger this morning. Poo in stable suspiciously green

 

[Bellaboo18]

Our fields are drying out, I'm just hoping that this lovely dry weather stays and that we have a nice early spring

 

[Keith_Beef]

Grass grows slowly on our sandy soil, even when we have optimally moist and warm weather.

After a couple of months of alternating cool and warm weather the temperature has dropped quite significantly: last night and the night before, it went down to around -3°C. It was still dark when I started working, so I couldn't read the outdoor thermometer stuck to the kitchen door window, but it was still -1°C at around 10h30 when I thought to look.

 

[{123756}]

Oh you'd be surprised. My 2 are also in a bog but the grass sensitive one was boinging like tigger this morning. Poo in stable suspiciously green

I would love nothing more then to have some dry days to get some growth. More for my sake then anyone elses, I cant go anywhere without some kind of mud splatter all over me. I had some funny looks from family members this Christmas!

 

[rabatsa]

Green poo here even though the turnout is nothing but mud and lakes. They are standing in the water grazing the bottom of the lakes.

 

[Finlib]

Moved the horses onto the next field of foggage Christmas eve .The field they were on since early October is grazed down .Yesterday Hubbie thoroughly harrowed it and rolled around the gateways to level out the hardstanding. Looks really good ready for the spring.
Coloured Cob is chucking off his coat with gay abandon despite being naked all winter.
gave him a brush today it was like a snowstorm!!

 

[Errin Paddywack]

Wish we could get on ours to roll it, tractor would sink at the moment

 

[JFTDWS]

Mine are grazing more again and leaving hay. My spare fields are looking rather green too.

 

[The Fuzzy Furry]

My shetlands are taking ages to get up to the tiny hay patches up the top paddocks, tho B Fuzzy is still wolfing down half a bale at night.....

 

[ILuvCowparsely]

And mine are moulting!

Mine are not Casting their coats yet

 

[Doublethyme]

Yep my 16. 3 warmblood is currently muzzled as the grass flush which normally hits us in October and upsets her gut, is delayed this year and just hit in the last week or so.
Plus we have two lami ponies on the yard showing issues

 

[clairefeekerry1]

Nope. Still an absolute mud pit here. Daytime temps hover around 7-8 degrees and night time around 3 so nothing but mud growing here

 

[Meredith]

The ‘summer ‘ field still looks green even though it is very wet and muddy. It can’t be appetising as my mare is not grazing all day. Her poos are dark green though.
Today I opened a extremely small patch that was last grazed in September. I have 2 other similar patches. I use them for the change over to the next field of foggage which is over ankle deep soggy grass.
I wait with baited breath to see if there is a personality change.

 

[PurBee]

And mine are moulting!

Already?! Crikey!
Its been over 10 degrees here daytime over xmas, and no lower than 6 degrees at night, strangely mild!

 

[spotty_pony]

Mine definitely look greener after a few days rest - and they are very boggy and muddy!

 

[meleeka]

After reading this I checked my fields today and I think you are right! It’s definitely greener than it was last week and patches that were bare look less so. The mud is starting to dry up so fingers crossed we’ll have an early Spring ?

 

[southerncomfort]

All the resting sheep pasture near us suddenly looks very bright green too.

So different to last year, I don't think we had any growth at all until April!

 

[Lacuna]

There must be more goodness in the grass than I thought as coblet is leaving virtually all his hay (even overnight) in preference to eating in the bog.

 

[dorsetladette]

My 2 haven't been waiting for me in a morning, instead have been grazing down the field when I arrive.
I got there early this morning as back to work today and I had to go and find them as couldn't see them from the yard. There was also some hay left from last nights nets so they are obviously getting enough.
I've got sandy soil so not boggy, but grass grows a lot slower. The temperature hasn't dropped below 6C even at night for the last couple of weeks here.

 

[pansymouse]

I've noticed quite a lot of buds and small leaves on the hedges so it makes sense the grass is also growing.

 

[clairefeekerry1]

Today mine were not standing by the gate waiting. Something must be trying to grow!!!

 

[EventingMum]

Despite the unrelenting rain here I have noticed the grass looking greener amongst the mud however it is being eaten back in my resting fields by a huge number of wild geese which appear every day

 

[MrsMozart]

So are the blinking nettles!

And how do I know this...? By pulling stuff up with bare hands and not watching what I was doing. Hands were so cold I didn't feel the stinging 'till later. Ouch. With bells (and calomine lotion) on.