Drought? What drought? The Indian Summer which we've enjoyed has departed, and the first winter storm is on the way.
The rain will be welcome here in W(h)anganui, the Riviera of the WCNI, that's for sure. March and April were both much drier than usual, and up until yesterday, we'd only had about 30% of our average May rainfall. The grass is superficially green, but there's very little moisture underneath as yet, and the time for reasonable autumn grass growth has probably passed.
It has been unseaonably mild though, but we suspect that winter has some nasty surprises in store for us, and that they may not be too far away. We only need to remember the sight of snow in Florida just a few months ago ...
2 comments:
Yep, farmers could have an expensive winter ahead with zero feed in the paddocks. One cold snap, grass growth stops dead.
Wishing you enough but not too much.
After 100mls plus int he last 24 hours we're in the unusual position of having some to spare now.
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