How are your fields currently looking?

[Vikki89]

Who is running low on grass?
The part of the field my 3 horses are in has no grass, the ground is cracking up where its so dry, the buttercups are growing and out YO has gone on holiday for 3 weeks.
We have just spoken to a gentleman who has some fields down the road and we are going to rent some land of him for a couple of months to rest our current field and hopefully the grass will grow on nicely.
So we will be paying two lots of rent, I just hope our YO doesn't get annoyed about it.

 

[cob&onion]

Well the cobs are on some rented acres, there field is quite short but far from bare as the fields huge and there is only 3 on there - suits the cobs though, my 3YO is looking a bit weighty so poor grass is better for me.......
My field which has been rested since Dec is okay but nothing like it should be for this time of year...............our garden on the other hand is COVERED in dandylions and huge bare spots where the moles lived last year - was hoping them bare spots would be covered by now..........

 

[moana]

Ours are not looking too bad, they have been better especially at this time of year, but, currently, I am happy. We have had some crap weather this week by the way, unlike much of the country.

 

[only_me]

The mare and foal field is looking nice and green, awaiting its next occupants hopefully in the next week or so

Billy's field looks nice and green, although it should do, as there is only him and 2 donkeys on a 6/7 acre field Nice grass coverage, about right imo

The two hay fields are a bit short looking, both have been fertilized so there is some growth, hopefully more now there is a bit of rain

The sectioned field has good grass coverage, and the ginger field (which has had horses on over winter & most of spring) is looking a bit sparse but there is eating still there, going by how fat the two are on it are

 

[Boxers]

Nice and green and grassy at the moment - however, with no rain it is not growing and so they are not allowed out 24/7 yet. They are out from 8am to 4pm. It's making the winter seem very long with them not getting out yet, but at least hopefully it will preserve the grass. There is heavy rain forecast for this weekend so maybe that will get it going again and they can get out.

 

[Rowreach]

Since the rain on Wednesday night and the warm conditions of the past 2 days, the grass has shot up. There I was worrying that there wasn't enough for them to eat, particularly the youngsters, and now I am obsessing about obesity and laminitis At least this year we might get a decent yield on the haylage field

 

[SavingGrace]

field isn't looking too bad now we have some rain Horses going out for the summer on Sunday

 

[Sophia.]

Surprisingly, ours are looking rather green still! Last year they were pretty bad and we were having to supplement with hay from about this point onwards but our ym has worked really hard at improving the fields, happily.

 

[Vikki89]

We shouldn't have put ours out 24/7 so early thinking back, I don't think it helps that nothing is done with the fields. The horses are on them all summer then occasionally in winter depending on the weather. Apart from the buttercups being topped nothing is done to the field.

 

[Holly Hocks]

Yay it rained last night and is due more tonight, so hopefully the cracked ground will start to heal.....mare had her head down eating tonight, so although it doesn't look like there is that much grass, the horses are all looking well and full of energy, so I think ours looks worse than it actually is!

 

[monkeybum13]

Field has far too much grass in it.

Have had to put some electric tape up to restrict her grazing.

Lots of cow parsley and other herbs have started to grow in the hedges which she loves.

 

[Depp_by_Chocolate]

We don't have that much grass, but it suits my cob

 

[Bangagin]

Very dry here in NE Essex. The part of the field that I have rested is looking very green, but the grass isn't particularly lush.

However, today I realised that my mare's hip bones are becoming slightly invisible, so I am not worrying too much.

With some rain (hopefully soon) I think it will pick up, and they seem to always have their heads down grazing, so they must be finding something. And there are also plenty of hedges for them to nibble on.