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Post by FirenLady on May 9, 2011 20:55:15 GMT
Drought, We have not had a proper rain since the start of March and the ground is hard a rocks in most places and no sign of the grass growing. I've been schooling in next doors sand school and jumping the xc jumps in the woods with Fire but its furstrating not being able to do much with him. Trav is doing lots of walk hacking and is loving every minute of it. He is going for half hour solo hacks good as gold and we.ve been practising taking him down to our neighbours to get him used to the horses with the plan of eventually riding him in the sandschool. Both times to be greeted by a whinnying arab stallion  Hes been doing a little trot and trot poles on the field where its not too bad but really have not been able to do much with him. WE need rain!!!! |
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Post by fimacg on May 10, 2011 8:27:19 GMT
nope - lots of rain here
sounds like you are doing well though considering yourconditions
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Post by zara on May 10, 2011 10:59:13 GMT
We have been getting very worried about the abscence of rain for the last 6 weeks or more. Alan, the YO's dad and farmer is getting very concerned as if it doesn't start raining there will be no grass to make hay and haylage. Thankfully we have now had quite a bit over the last 3 days but not sure if its going to be enough as another warm spell is forecast. The ground is rock hard and extremely dusty. I'm going to Google rain dancing  rachel x |
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Post by jack on May 10, 2011 13:52:39 GMT
yea weve had quite a bit over the last few days but its not soaking into the ground and just evaporating we were trying to get fence posts in last night were george has pulled them up and the ground is like cement
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Post by solomon on May 10, 2011 14:21:40 GMT
We are worried too. Loads of lame horses as a result of the hard ground and what abou the hay???
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Post by maximum on May 21, 2011 20:47:59 GMT
you want rain? come and take ours.
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Post by scattymare on May 23, 2011 11:23:00 GMT
We're the same. Fiels is just yellow dust. I am dreading what the hay crop will be like this year. My instructor grows her own and she said its less than a foot high but going to seed already. So it's going to be another expensive winter....
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Post by FirenLady on May 28, 2011 19:25:01 GMT
thats what my farrier said about the hay. las year they got a 75% of a normal crop and this year there expecting 25% of a normal crop.
Hallaluah we've had rain though and a fair bit of it. (we had less then 3mm in April, then almost nothing till Thursday). Bad for sand colic.
I never thought that 1) I be sooooo excited to see a puddle.
2) I'd be happy as larry going for a hack in the rain.
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Hes been doing a little trot and trot poles on the field where its not too bad but really have not been able to do much with him. WE need rain!!!!
