Another reason to graze all winter. Keeps them out of the mud. I have a friend that strip grazes and moves daily. A couple weeks ago he was unrolling a roll in each narrow strip. It was dry so almost no waste.
When I was on the coast it rarely froze but it rained every other day. I had concrete and roofs over the feed bunks. Teh worse one I remember it rained 60 inches in 120 days. Rained on 90 of those 120 days. Here the low will be below freezing almost every day now to spring and it very rarely rains. Most of the snow comes and goes in a few days. The year before we moved here it was below zero for a month and it snowed several feet. One neighbor said they were snowed in for 8 days. Also in the dead of winter the sun doesn't hit the house until 10:00 in the morning and drops behind the hills at around 2:00. As a result The road across the valley on a south facing slope will be dry and we will have a foot of snow in the back yard. So it is a trade off as far as weather goes.
Yeah, I love when it snows. But im over it in 2 or 3 days. I do hope we get a bit this winter. Seems it really helps the fescue and clover in mid to late winter.
I busted out the long johns yesterday. Was 49 and windy. And wet.We were a hair over 100 a couple days ago. Supposed to get in the 70/40s the next couple of days. Going to have to break out the coat.
Hopefully that's the end of the warm weather. They are showing 80s from there on out.
