How’s your grass?

[greybeard]

Well, there was a reason for it Jan.

They don't want sweat under my dressings. One of the wires is visible mid left (barely)
The rectangular lump is the battery and wireless communicator.

 

[Mark Reynolds]

Me too. I was advised by a Dr this morning to avoid sweating.
I asked if she commuted down here from Vermont every day.

I'd find a different Dr. Sweating is a natural and normal body function. If you actually stop sweating completely, that can mean only one of two things: You are suffering from heat stroke, or you are dead. Heat stroke is definitely not healthy and dead......well, you can follow the Dr's advice permanently that way and will avoid sweating ever again.

 

[greybeard]

No thanks. The Dr I have has enabled me to sit or drive more than 20 miles or 20 minutes for the first time in over a year.

 

[Dave]

Why graze in the flat irrigated meadow with knee deep green grass when you can hike up a steep hill to graze on old mature crested wheat grass? Calves? There was 40 of them up here a couple of days ago. Maybe the steep hill, sage brush, and junipers remind them of spending summer with mom.

 

[greybeard]

maybe the just like the flowers..

 

[Dave]

maybe the just like the flowers..

Those wild sunflowers really took off after the rains we had in August.

 

[Mark Reynolds]

maybe the just like the flowers..

That's gotta be it!

 

[Mark Reynolds]

Why graze in the flat irrigated meadow with knee deep green grass when you can hike up a steep hill to graze on old mature crested wheat grass? Calves? There was 40 of them up here a couple of days ago. Maybe the steep hill, sage brush, and junipers remind them of spending summer with mom.

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There is something to be said about familiarity so it might be exactly as you suggest: "Mom". On the other hand, you have a point about the irrigated pasture.

 

[Dave]

maybe the just like the flowers..

If I see one of those calves with a flower stuck in its hair I will know I have a California hippie calf.

 

[Dave]

That big steer in the flowers. When he is down in the meadow and I pass him on the quad he follows us. My dog riding on the back of the quad doesn't like that. If I speed up a little the steer goes to bouncing around chasing us. The dog really doesn't like that. She goes to growling at him.

 

[Dave]

The view out the living room window this morning.

 

[greybeard]

This morning.......It has rained more in the last 10 minutes than it has for the previous 12 weeks combined. Still no downpour but maybe 1/4-1/2 inch and I'll gladly take it.

 

[Mark Reynolds]

This morning.......It has rained more in the last 10 minutes than it has for the previous 12 weeks combined. Still no downpour but maybe 1/4-1/2 inch and I'll gladly take it.

A quarter is good considering how dry you are. A half inch in 10 min is a bit scary considering your conditions. Flash flood? Probably only if it continues though.
Happy for the rain.

 

[gman4691]

finally raining here...I just hope it doesn't get cool enough for the bermuda grass to go dormant. I need it to grow enough to bale hay for this winter. Buying hay sux.

 

[greybeard]

All I can say is 7 days ago I was watering th lawn and having to add water to my swimming pool. If it rains any more today, I'll have to drain some FROM the pool. We've sporadically gotten well over 2" in the last 2 days with most of it coming last night and this morning..

 

[CowboyRam]

Thursday night we got 4 tenths here at the farm. The hay was just about ready to bale.

 

[Caustic Burno]

1 1/2 " here last 24 hours, grateful for the 37K gallons per acre. Now another 750k gallons per acre and we'll be caught up.
I don't think we're going to catch up this year.

 

[chevytaHOE5674]

Been raining here finially. Since we have had 2 killing frosts already the moisture doesn't do anything for this year, but it'll help replenish the ground water.

 

[1982vett]

Well how about that! Been raining for a little over an hour. Really came down for a while. Let up some and I went out to check. 3 I say 3 inches. Had 4/10ths Wednesday night. Even after that, still no puddles.

Caustic, even though we haven't had rain in the last 3 months, we are still ahead of average for the year. April and May were wet, wet , wet.

 

[Mark Reynolds]

1 1/2 " here last 24 hours, grateful for the 37K gallons per acre. Now another 750k gallons per acre and we'll be caught up.
I don't think we're going to catch up this year.

You had probably better hope that you don't catch up this year. Do you have a canoe on stand by?