Santa came late,,,

[Angry51]

Here I was thinking Santa had forgot me, but no, he came a bit late.

Have just planted a few acres with grass seed ( for horses ) and was praying for rain.

Well it came, we've had about 220mm over the last week so should see some

results in a few days.

That's all I wanted for Xmas.

Now I'm happy.

[ellicat]

I hope it was rain and not reindeer pee.

Looks like it's gonna be a wet season to keep the acres and horses full.

[kmcrosby78]

Nice one @Angry51, perfect timing  

[Angry51]

50 minutes ago, kmcrosby78 said:

Nice one @Angry51, perfect timing  

Yeah, was tossing up when to plant it as I didn't want it to shoot and

then get no follow up rain.

Just went and had a gander and can see some shoots coming thru the ground.

Did I say I'm happy,,,,

[Angry51]

1 hour ago, ellicat said:

I hope it was rain and not reindeer pee.

Looks like it's gonna be a wet season to keep the acres and horses full.

No mate, good wet water from the sky.

Looks like a cyclone might form in

the Gulf, so could be in for a good wet.

Did I say I was happy,,,

Good start to 21.

[Ed.]

Out of curiosity, how many kg of seed did you use to plant several acres?

[Angry51]

Was mixed up Ed.

Buffel, Digit, Qld Blue, Siran stylo, Progades.

36 kg total. over 7 plots total 3acres.

7 bags superphosphate and MAP.

All spread by hand.

[Ed.]

Well it should grow nicely now with all this rain we've had, I am getting to the stage where I wouldn't mind it stopping for a little while. Did you pre soak it or just straight with the fertilizer? My grass is about 50cm in places with seed heads and I can't cut it as the the ground is water logged, every time I think I might be able to get in to it, it rains again.

[Angry51]

Yeah, sometimes it can be annoying but in this country I don't

think we can have too much. Mine I don't have to worry about mowing it

the stock can eat it. I'm just hoping we get a few showers every day to keep it

growing. Once it's established I'll reseed it next year with some Rhodes grass

to thicken it up. I went thru the big wet in '74, we had a place up in the lower

gulf country. started raining Jan, 74 and we didn't move a vehicle till July

that year, that's what too much rain is. 

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

G’day Angry

That’s awesome. What great news! Santa sure knows what to bring  

Cheers Hamish 

[GregOug]

On 02/01/2021 at 7:17 AM, Ed. said:

Well it should grow nicely now with all this rain we've had, I am getting to the stage where I wouldn't mind it stopping for a little while. Did you pre soak it or just straight with the fertilizer? My grass is about 50cm in places with seed heads and I can't cut it as the the ground is water logged, every time I think I might be able to get in to it, it rains again.

What rain? It’s as dry as down here on the Brisbane Northside!

[Ed.]

I am at Ningi and we have had heaps, about 480mm in the past 20 days,  400mm dumped in 2 days with the rest spread out over 5-7 days. I am going to have to hit the back and front of the house with a whipper snipper to knock it down a bit as it is getting too tall for the ride on mower.

[GregOug]

10 minutes ago, Ed. said:

I am at Ningi and we have had heaps, about 480mm in the past 20 days,  400mm dumped in 2 days with the rest spread out over 5-7 days. I am going to have to hit the back and front of the house with a whipper snipper to knock it down a bit as it is getting too tall for the ride on mower.

Might have to buy some cattle or sheep to keep it down for you. Geese are also surprisingly good at keeping grass down.

[Ed.]

 

Nah, last thing I want to do is attract flies, this only happens  now and then, I was intending to cut the grass down before it bucketed but due to life getting in the way I left it a day too late, so now will just have to do it the hard way! We have a few cooler days ahead of us so if it doesn't rain I will hit it with the whipper snipper to knock the height down. Whipper snipping in the humidity and heat is not my idea of fun. Fortunately it is only at the front and back of the house that is the problem area, the rest of the block is manageable by the ride on, I am surprised to hear that you are dry down your way.

[GregOug]

41 minutes ago, Ed. said:

 

Nah, last thing I want to do is attract flies, this only happens  now and then, I was intending to cut the grass down before it bucketed but due to life getting in the way I left it a day too late, so now will just have to do it the hard way! We have a few cooler days ahead of us so if it doesn't rain I will hit it with the whipper snipper to knock the height down. Whipper snipping in the humidity and heat is not my idea of fun. Fortunately it is only at the front and back of the house that is the problem area, the rest of the block is manageable by the ride on, I am surprised to hear that you are dry down your way.

It’s so dry I’m thinking of giving my rain gauge to charity.

[Ed.]

And speaking of rain it started at 5:30am this morning and it still hasn't stopped 11 hours later with no signs of it stopping any time soon, so I guess I will have to let it grow some more.

[Angry51]

Yeah, same here Ed.

Good grass rain, just drizzle all day.

Had a good strike on seed I planted.

Lost a bit in some places where there was some runoff from one

fall we had of 125mm in couple hours.

Probably 5% loss overall which not worried about.

All good.

[AUS-BNE-FISHO]

Jeez Ed. You've been getting a fair bit! 

It's just overcast days for me with a little bit of drizzle. Nice and cool though. Nothing like a normal Summer's day!

Cheers Hamish

[Ed.]

As I said, I wouldn't mind if it stopped for a while , and today it is still drizzling with occasional rain from yesterday with no end in sight, there is a band of patchy rain (about 600+km long) that is on a diagonal to the coast so if it keeps on the present course we will keep getting wet for quite a while. Hopefully it will change direction and either go out to sea or dissipate.

Oh well we are in lock down over the weekend so not much else to do except relax and watch movies.