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Had a good hard rain for the past 2 hours
- Thread starter muleman
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Cool.
Not a drop here. It's all to my East.
That deluge we got last Saturday was something... Between that one and the previous Thursday, we got a tad over 3.5". You aught to see how much everything is growing. The small fruit trees grew 15-20% in the last 5 days!!! Garden and grass are trying to catch that number as well.
Not a drop here. It's all to my East.
That deluge we got last Saturday was something... Between that one and the previous Thursday, we got a tad over 3.5". You aught to see how much everything is growing. The small fruit trees grew 15-20% in the last 5 days!!! Garden and grass are trying to catch that number as well.
Last Sunday theey had predicted a 40%chance of some showers. The storm did come, right straightdown Highway US 61. And right over myhouse.
Soft gentle rain for 6 hours.
It cameslow and steady and almost none of it ran off in the street gutters. Ground today is still very damp despite two 100 degree days.
Corn is still gone here in Eastern MO. But just two days later the beans are awake again and jumping. If they were up and solid the fields are now dark green folaige. Anybody that bet on corn this year is hurting. Anybody that hedged their crops with beans will do OK.
Go biodiesel.
Soft gentle rain for 6 hours.
It cameslow and steady and almost none of it ran off in the street gutters. Ground today is still very damp despite two 100 degree days.
Corn is still gone here in Eastern MO. But just two days later the beans are awake again and jumping. If they were up and solid the fields are now dark green folaige. Anybody that bet on corn this year is hurting. Anybody that hedged their crops with beans will do OK.
Go biodiesel.
I have some pasture in at the Springfield MO ranch. It was stone dead last June when I visited. I would think it is still so. Only worse.
It has been triple digits, or close to it, everyday since we were last there. Not a drop of rain.
If the fall rains come, I'll replant pasture but, timing will be critical. And pasture seed will be dear.
My neighbor likely has his cows foraging in my woods and along the Springs where some green always exists. And there is always fresh water. He will be buying hay this winter for sure.
It has been triple digits, or close to it, everyday since we were last there. Not a drop of rain.
If the fall rains come, I'll replant pasture but, timing will be critical. And pasture seed will be dear.
My neighbor likely has his cows foraging in my woods and along the Springs where some green always exists. And there is always fresh water. He will be buying hay this winter for sure.
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October seems pretty early. Do you do that every year or planning on butchering early due to the lack of feed?
Oh, and I was just mowing the lawn. The places that were too wet Sunday (after Saturday's rain) but it's dry now.
Going to the bunker to pick up some sandbags. That deluge we got on Saturday was brushing water against the house. For now, I'll keep sandbags at the ready. Longer term, I'll add another French drain.
muleman
Gone But Not Forgotten
I butcher every year so we can drain the barn down for the winter. I have heated waterers and even have pex run out there for heat. I can't justify the expense and work to keep cows over winter anymore. With feed prices jumping I will be glad when they go. Just checked radar and we have another even bigger storm about 15 miles west of here.
Snowtrac Nome
member formerly known as dds
heck i got hard rain all weekend and 2 days prior dried up for 2 days and the rain is comming again the last low dumped 5 inches over a 4 day period every time you walked out the rain was comming down so hard it was like stepping into a shower.should have taken some shampoo out when walking the doggs they would have smelled better when they came back in.
