Farmerjan's journal - Weather

[Baymule]

If I could I'd send ya some relief up your way....this next week we are suppose to be in the mid 80s with a chance of showers on Wed....hoping we can close on Tues and be in our own home during the showers.....

Are you really closing on Tuesday? THAT is GREAT news! I hope yall get it all signed and it is yours!

 

[farmerjan]

The original tenative date was Feb 20th... and then he got the confirmation, so it will be going off just about as planned... SOOOOOO Happy for them.

 

[CntryBoy777]

Are you really closing on Tuesday? THAT is GREAT news! I hope yall get it all signed and it is yours!

Yeh....closing is on either Tues or Wed, this next wk....of course we are hoping for Tues, but the timing won't be set until Mon....but, we know it is just ahead....we were talking today about the long list of "thankfuls" we had and one was to get back to Our way of cooking and Our "routine"....

 

[B&B Happy goats]

Nonthing is as sweet as your own spot and place in the world, be it a tiny house, farm, mansion, or a thirty year old trailer......you can be happy as long as your with the ones you love and in your space together...throw in your critters...simply blessed for life

 

[Mike CHS]

I know you have to be excited Fred.

 

[farmerjan]

Well, it's Sunday night. We has some sun and clouds but warmer on Friday, upper 50's. Then on Sat. rain, lt dusting of snow, then some sun peeking out for a little bit then clouds again. Temps in the upper 30's to near 50 for a little while. Got some showers/rain overnight. Then clouds and temps from 32 up to 38 today, with showers and cold damp dreary weather. Then it started to rain more seriously late this aft and still raining. In the next week to 10 days the forecast is some rain/showers clouds, nearly everyday. Maybe a day or two of sun inbetween, but it is so wet now....
The cows are eating like there is no tomorrow. This morning my son fed hay. Like 5-10 days worth to most places because we don't know it we will be able to get into a few of the fields. 9 rolls out to the place with 18 in there, 15 rolls up on the hill where there are about 30 cows, about 23-25 with little calves. There will be some waste, but if we can't get in to some of the places that will be worse. So, hoping this will give us a little leeway. No cold temps in the forecast where the ground will be frozen/firm on top to get into these fields. We cannot take the 4wd tractor 20 miles away to feed. He is tearing up the gateways now with it close here.
It is pouring down out there right now. I did not put the rain gauge back out, wish I had but I am not going out there in the pouring rain now. Maybe some snow/wintry mix now on Tuesday night into Wed., but it won't get cold enough to firm up the ground with it being so waterlogged right now. Just make it more slick.
Wish I could send it to the drought areas.

 

[farmerjan]

Speaking of drought areas, has anyone on here or on Facebook seen the devastation in Australia? They have had some very severe drought and they are selling/depopulating cattle. Then parts of Queensland, got something like 28 inches or some crazy amount, that caused horrible flooding. There are estimates of 300,000 to 500,000 cattle having been lost to drowning. The pictures I have been able to access are absolutely horrific. My heart aches for them. Those farmers/ranchers are just like us. They care for their animals just like we do. And this has to be devastating them like it did to the farmers and ranchers like @greybeard when they had the flooding back a year or so ago. To see the pictures of the cattle that got stuck in the mud and the ones that have drowned brought tears to my eyes. They are trying to helicopter in hay to the ones that managed to find some higher ground to get to as there is no grass or grazing from the drought. My prayers go out to them and their losses.

 

[Rammy]

Thats terrible.

 

[Goat Whisperer]

Speaking of drought areas, has anyone on here or on Facebook seen the devastation in Australia? They have had some very severe drought and they are selling/depopulating cattle. Then parts of Queensland, got something like 28 inches or some crazy amount, that caused horrible flooding. There are estimates of 300,000 to 500,000 cattle having been lost to drowning. The pictures I have been able to access are absolutely horrific. My heart aches for them. Those farmers/ranchers are just like us. They care for their animals just like we do. And this has to be devastating them like it did to the farmers and ranchers like @greybeard when they had the flooding back a year or so ago. To see the pictures of the cattle that got stuck in the mud and the ones that have drowned brought tears to my eyes. They are trying to helicopter in hay to the ones that managed to find some higher ground to get to as there is no grass or grazing from the drought. My prayers go out to them and their losses.

I saw this too.
Just horrible. I can’t imagine.

 

[Mike CHS]

I watched a video in Australia from the air that showed thirsty cows trying to get to a water truck that was hard to imagine the scale without the video.