What's the weather like at your place?

[Alaska-Rancher]

We have plenty of rain, too much really, indian summer now and everyone is cutting second and final cutting up here. No frost yet but in low 40's at nite and 60's with sun during day.

 

[DosArroyos]

Finally getting a little bit of rain here.Rain totals the last 4 mornings at 7 AM were; .6, .1, .4, .35. It's amazing what 6/10ths of an inch of rain did to the hybrid grasses in 12 hours time. They are like sponges,and were already making chlorophyl in just 8 or 9 hours.The leaders were Coastal Bermuda,B Dahl Bluestem,and Kleingrass. The 3rd evening I noticed Lovegrass,Swictchgrass,and Buffalo grass starting to turn.

Overnight and tomorrow morning are going to be or last good chances for any moisture until the middle of October.With the recent moisture I can at least get some land tilled and prepped for wheat now. Will probably dry plant around the 10th of October, or just before I think it's going to rain again.

 

[webfoot]

It is about 40 out there this morning. Yesterday was one of the first mornings in a long time that the day didn't start out wearing irrigation boots. I think I am done irrigating until next May.

 

[webfoot]

It was 38 this morning when I went out to do calf check as the sun just starting to show up. I either need wait an hour or two to do this check or break out the warm gloves. My fingers got cold putting around on the quad looking at calves who were looking at me.

 

[Silver]

Handlebar warmers are worth every penny no matter the cost.

 

[webfoot]

Handlebar warmers are worth every penny no matter the cost.

In your neighborhood I would insist on them too. Frankly I have never seen or heard of anyone having them here. When I bought that quad during Covid it was very difficult to find a quad let alone one with additional options.

 

[Big Muddy rancher]

still smoky and dusty dry here, we hauled a could rock piles this morning and it was powder dry silt and blow dirt in the piles with no moisture showing under the piles.

 

[Silver]

In your neighborhood I would insist on them too. Frankly I have never seen or heard of anyone having them here. When I bought that quad during Covid it was very difficult to find a quad let alone one with additional options.

Just because you haven’t seen or heard of them in your area does not make them a bad idea. You could be a trend setter. And you will thank me later. I would expect there will be many cool mornings and in fact days at your place over the next 6 months. Treat yourself. Get the thumb warmer too.

 

[Faster horses]

We had a real downpour last night and this morning. Here is our yard

 

[Nicky]

Lucky you!

 

[Faster horses]

Lucky you!

Town 32 miles to the south of us got 2.5"!

 

[webfoot]

Lucky you!

I see Portland is supposed to get rain pretty much all next week. Maybe some of it will slop over here.

 

[DosArroyos]

Our rain chances are over for about a month it looks like.Got a little over 2 inches,in a 5 day period, that started about 2 weeks ago and ended a week ago.Mud is gone.Barely made the creek run again,and I've got some new grass coming up in the pastures,as well as,old greening back up.I'm still supplementing a little hay,but have cut back on protein as some of the girls have the runs a little bit.Prepped 90 acres yesterday for wheat that I'll dry plant just before our rain chances around the 20th of October.

Life is good.HaHa

 

[webfoot]

First day of fall. First frost this morning. It was 32 degrees.

 

[Silver]

Plus 10 this morning. 70% chance of rain last night and not a drop.

 

[Faster horses]

I hate it when that happens.