First time in awhile

[Marshall]

Yesterday I got the haflingers out for the first time since my knee replacement. They didn’t behave too bad for not being hitched for over two months. The biggest problem is it is too wet to spread manure. The horses were sinking in about four inches.

[FELLMAN]

Here in Scotland we are having the driest spring for years and years some crops are suffering from drought and the ground is like metal, it has helped a lot with calving and lambing but a wet night will do alot of good 😀 Pleased to read that your Halflingers are going good after your long break.

[OldKat]

@FELLMAN 26725 wrote:

Here in Scotland we are having the driest spring for years and years some crops are suffering from drought and the ground is like metal, it has helped a lot with calving and lambing but a wet night will do alot of good 😀 Pleased to read that your Halflingers are going good after your long break.

I can relate to your dilemma FELLMAN; we are now officially having the driest year, year-to-date, here since 1957. We are only about .45″ ahead of (behind?) the driest year on record, which was in the 1870’s. We are now “enjoying” the 4th driest ever.

Hope it changes soon for both of our sake.

[sanhestar]

same here in Germany.

Way to dry. It’s warm enough for the grass to grow but not enough rain in many parts. We ourselves had a half-week or so of afternoon showers and thunderstorms (imagine that in April). We are now having the cold weather spell that is common for the first two weeks of May.

[Marshall]

I don’t think we have gone two consecutive days without rain in over a month. Nothing is getting planted. A few guys managed to get oats in early, but they will be replanting. There is water standing on tiled ground. I don’t know if it worse to be too wet or too dry. It stinks either way.

[jac]

Hey Marshall its great to hear youre getting back in harness again.. On balance i recon id go for the wet… i cant begin to imagine how OldKat and the folks in these regions manage with livestock. Ayrshire is unusually dry these past couple of years to but the heavy land can stand it dry for a while…
John

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