No rain and no grass

Was chucking it down here this morning, went to get Lari in and the heavens opened, he looked like a stallion, with his head all curled in trotting alongside me trying to avoid the rain.
 
I'm in N. Devon. I'm waiting for some hot dry weather so I can get my hay cut, the grass is waist high in places, it's been raining off and on for weeks with the odd couple of hot days in between. We've got mud in the gateway. Whole I absolutely don't envy those who are struggling with lack of grass I'd love a stretch of nice hot weather please!!
 
We’ve had nothing more than a few spots today, although the forecast says were due some tonight. I have cracks in my paddock that I can fit my hand down.
I tried moving an electric fence post the other day, the spike stayed cemented into the ground and pulled out of the post 🤦🏻‍♀️
 
Was watching Aston 4* and they had such a deluge that mud appeared. (Keeping fingers crossed it reached Upton!)

So very jealous.

It still looks like a desert here and nothing more than a brief light shower here yesterday.
 
Had a bit of light rain here but nothing that will do anything much for the grass!

Another hot week ahead, over this now! Can’t believe I’m wanting rain!
 
ihatework said:
Was watching Aston 4* and they had such a deluge that mud appeared. (Keeping fingers crossed it reached Upton!)

So very jealous.

It still looks like a desert here and nothing more than a brief light shower here yesterday.
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It has definitely reached Upton 🤣 We had thunder, lightening and torrential rain this afternoon.
 
Hammering it down here tonight - the horses have stayed in. It’s meant to rain most of the night and then be fine again tomorrow - hopefully the ground will be a bit better after this much, but either way it’s what I’ve been waiting for so I can use our new arena - so I’m looking forward to getting cracking in that! Might even take Puggy in there for a trot round as he is not a fan of the hard ground!
 
Had a bit of light rain here but nothing that will do anything much for the grass!

Another hot week ahead, over this now! Can’t believe I’m wanting rain!
 
Had some more very welcome rain overnight, Quite cool and cloudy at moment. A nice break from the heat but looking like it will be in the 30s again by the end of week.
 
It’s chucked it down in my bit of Essex over night. One very annoyed cold orange horse was bought in this morning
 
First decent rain here (Ox / Bucks borders) in weeks last night. Cat was horrified and the ponies were a bit grumpy too - except for youngest cob who was doing warm-up laps
 
It's chucked it down here overnight, so much that the ground has softened and Buzz knew it as he rodeo-d around our hack this morning, squealing and feeling great :D
We have little grass but being a native he's still keeping weight on, but fingers crossed for some more growth.
 
We have had rain…some Saturday, some yesterday, some overnight…but the fields still look like it never happened!
 
weve had a good amount of rain over the weekend. My haylage field that was baled about 3 weeks ago now is growing far better than it has all year. So hoping for a 2nd cut.
In the meantime husband sourced me 20 large round bales from a friend of his, chap turned up with an extra 7 for free. Makes me wonder if its any good. Will soon see.

The neddies where a little excited to get rain the other night, and did a rain dance by breaking a gate and running around the yard at midnight. Husband woke me to the sound of hooves. Que me running around the yard in dressing grown with just the torch on my phone and a headcollar. 2 broodmares ( who should know better) snorted at me and ran off. Who was the most chilled out , the 2yo and the yearling both stood rock solid while i popped headcollars on and walked them back. Soon to be followed by two very snorty mares. Muppets.
 
Mines come through!
First photo was Saturday afternoon.
Second photo the same area of the paddock last night after rain
Third photo shows some cheeky shoots coming through.
 

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Im jealous of all of you who had rain over the weekend! We had a little bit but didn’t last long and have another week of no rain and 30C later in the week 😫

Although there must be something to eat as my mare is refusing to leave her herd at the moment 🤣 she comes in for a small feed and I offer her a haynet but she literally doesn’t want to come, she agrees eventually, has her feed and wants straight back out again 🤣 doesn’t touch the hay 🤷🏻‍♀️ She is a pony though and a very good doer so to be honest it’s probably not a bad thing!
 
Right, our yard hay is in the barn. Could I politely request steady rain on a daily basis (or every other day would do) for at least a week please.
My two are ripping through their paddock, they are dropping weight and I’m actually considering giving them tea as well as breakfast, which I don’t even do in winter! Think I’ll be picking up a bag of linseed at the weekend to give them a helping hand (also hoping it will help my mares itchy belly)
My paddock has cracks I can fit my hand into, all the decent rain seems to have bypassed us. We’ve just had a bit of mizzle or a few raindrops.
 
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Right, our yard hay is in the barn. Could I politely request steady rain on a daily basis (or every other day would do) for at least a week please.
My two are ripping through their paddock, they are dropping weight and I’m actually considering giving them tea as well as breakfast, which I don’t even do in winter! Think I’ll be picking up a bag of linseed at the weekend to give them a helping hand (also hoping it will help my mares itchy belly)
My paddock has cracks I can fit my hand into, all the decent rain seems to have bypassed us. We’ve just had a bit of mizzle or a few raindrops.
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Request away - I'll join you in the rain dance.

We had a decent shower 2 nights ago but the ground soaked it up like it hadn't happened
 
Oi stop your naughty rain dancing until after the weekend please 🤣

Farmer has just cut all the hay fields at yard I’m on so nice, drying vibes needed until it’s all safely in the barn (then it can rain a bit if it wants!)
 
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We had a bit of rain on Sunday (helped along by my atrocious singing as I merrily hacked under the downpour) but not much grass coming through.
My three are staying in the largest field that still has a bit to nibble on, but I had my hay guy deliver a round bale to their field. They'll eat everything else first, but they won't go hungry. Little Madam is chubby, Old Lady is just the right side of skinny, but I don't want her to loose any more weight and Pippin looks just about right to me. Once I've sorted Pippin out with a friend, Little Madam will start on her journey back to ridden horse, which will hopefully help her waistline.
At the riding school, they've had to rearrange field groupings. Enormosaurus is staying with her chubby pony friend (pony chose his herd on his own by escaping from the field with his owner's other pony and donkey all the time, but happily staying in with the girls). Enormosaurus' skinny friend has moved into the field with a 4yo livery so they can both have ad lib hay while Enormosaurus and chubby pony are more restricted.
The farmers are happy here, we had a wet spring followed by a dry beginning of summer. The hay is long since in but I doubt there'll be a second crop, though most never bother around here anyway. Wheat and barley has been harvested and the straw bales in the fields are looking rather nice (plus stubble to extend faster hacks!). I'm not sure how well the sunflowers and maise will do though.
 
Titchy Pony said:
We had a bit of rain on Sunday (helped along by my atrocious singing as I merrily hacked under the downpour) but not much grass coming through.
My three are staying in the largest field that still has a bit to nibble on, but I had my hay guy deliver a round bale to their field. They'll eat everything else first, but they won't go hungry. Little Madam is chubby, Old Lady is just the right side of skinny, but I don't want her to loose any more weight and Pippin looks just about right to me. Once I've sorted Pippin out with a friend, Little Madam will start on her journey back to ridden horse, which will hopefully help her waistline.
At the riding school, they've had to rearrange field groupings. Enormosaurus is staying with her chubby pony friend (pony chose his herd on his own by escaping from the field with his owner's other pony and donkey all the time, but happily staying in with the girls). Enormosaurus' skinny friend has moved into the field with a 4yo livery so they can both have ad lib hay while Enormosaurus and chubby pony are more restricted.
The farmers are happy here, we had a wet spring followed by a dry beginning of summer. The hay is long since in but I doubt there'll be a second crop, though most never bother around here anyway. Wheat and barley has been harvested and the straw bales in the fields are looking rather nice (plus stubble to extend faster hacks!). I'm not sure how well the sunflowers and maise will do though.
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Enormosaurus 🤣🤣 love that!
 
Ours were very happy to go out in the hay field at the weekend after being in a bare paddock.

The silly things still wait by the gate in the mornings to come in.

I think Osha just wants her beauty sleep 😆


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