I think I see.... ...

[dorsetladette]

Green!!!!!!!!!!

Just a hint, but its definitely there

 

[Auslander]

I can confirm!

 

[The Xmas Furry]

Yes! Here roo!!

 

[dorsetladette]

I seem to be the only one in the office excited that its raining!

 

[MiJodsR2BlinkinTite]

We've had plenty of the wet stuff here (East Devon). Thunder seems to have been around for the last few days; had a really wild one two days back; it was like being in a car-wash, and of course the minute you go out poo-picking or faffing round doing field jobs then guess what it rains. Sod's law.

I have a good-doer and my main concern now is keeping her at the weight she is; sadly there will be a lot of owners out there who do not realise the risk there now is from laminitis and I fear (and so do most vets I think) that there will be a proliferation of new cases..........

 

[Horseysheepy]

My paddocks are luminous green, it's incredible just how quickly the grass has flushed.

 

[dorsetladette]

We chain harrowed Sunday and its rained pretty consistently ever since. So happy!

 

[Birker2020]

Its been raining a lot with thunderstorms in the West Midlands, my horse even managed to get the start of a bit of rain scald on his croup - lightweight! This occurred overnight on Sunday so he's now in a rainsheet!

As for grass, its growing well at the moment, he'll soon be at the bottom of his paddock with the strip grazing, then its going back a good third for when we're on holiday to allow it to regrow for the winter.

 

[Errin Paddywack]

Also West Mids and greening up here too. Such a relief.

 

[Pmf27]

Lots of rain here and the fields are already winter-levels muddy in parts ?

 

[MuddyMonster]

I'm not enjoying the greeness and how quickly the grass is growing for my horse, personally I must admit.

I am enjoying significantly softer ground for go faster opportunities though

 

[cold_feet]

In Suffolk, had one rain shower lasting about 10 minutes - still waiting No green here.

 

[millikins]

In Suffolk, had one rain shower lasting about 10 minutes - still waiting No green here.

Not even that torrential downpour Thurs before last? You poor thing, I thought things were pretty desperate in Surrey but it's greening up nicely here now.

 

[MissTyc]

Our fields turned from brown carpet to OMG GET THOSE GRAZING MUZZLES ON THOSE PONIES almost overnight. It is growing and looking lush and I am on lami-paranoia watch.

(East Sussex; was about to start bucket feeding as my horses were getting so hungry and hanging at the gate. Now I have to drag them in from the far side of the field)

 

[rextherobber]

We chain harrowed Sunday and its rained pretty consistently ever since. So happy!

Me too!

 

[cold_feet]

Not even that torrential downpour Thurs before last? You poor thing, I thought things were pretty desperate in Surrey but it's greening up nicely here now.

No downpour for us, we must be in the desert spot. Flash flooding to North and West, but nothing significant here.

 

[J&S]

Yes my field has greened up and sprouted. Prior to the rain I was starting to strip into the middle fenced off area that i keep for winter grazing. Now this area is re fenced and enlarged! I do still give them some hay at night.

 

[Alibear]

Nothing here so far.

 

[Green Bean]

We started the end of the drought with a good 2 hour downpour last week, and then nothing. Was a tad disappointed but we have had several torrential downpours since Sunday night which is lovely. However, the fields are a way off looking anything other than brown. It is times like this that I am glad my horse is a poor doer and I don't need to fret about weight and laminitis. It will be nice when the grand canyon cracks disappear though, wretched clay!

 

[Annagain]

I noticed my garden looking particularly green this morning but haven't noticed it at the fields yet. Although the amount of rain we got last night (while I was riding in just a t-shirt - well a t-shirt, jods and appropriate underwear. I'm not a weirdo) they may well be by the time I get there tonight. I had to take my t-shirt off and wring it out.

 

[planete]

Yes, and Woody had an uncharacteristic meltdown about nothing half way through our hack today complete with splatty poo. I definitely blame the grass.

 

[Auslander]

I've just told the gremlins that they aren't getting hay, because there is greenery in their weed patch. They are threatening to call Ponyline

 

[ponynutz]

Rain and thunder and lightening here in North West!

 

[xxcharlottexx]

North West here and gone the opposite way. Greeness it turning to mud with the torrential thunderstorms we've had theast few days haha

 

[Velcrobum]

Sadly despite a reasonable amount of rain over a few days it is still very brown. Hay being fed plus apples from the orchard.

 

[rabatsa]

We started the end of the drought with a good 2 hour downpour last week, and then nothing. Was a tad disappointed but we have had several torrential downpours since Sunday night which is lovely. However, the fields are a way off looking anything other than brown. It is times like this that I am glad my horse is a poor doer and I don't need to fret about weight and laminitis. It will be nice when the grand canyon cracks disappear though, wretched clay!

Drop big clods of turf down the large cracks. This prevents them shutting up and sealing so that you get some drainage/air into the ground for the winter swampy, claggy ground.

The clods do not keep the cracks open but allow hairline cracks to remain. We used to do this in the cattle pastures so that there was no need to subsoil later.

 

[dorsetladette]

We might get washed away before the grass grows ?

 

[stangs]

Green lasted about a day here. Now it’s all brown with the mud.