Shoutouts Archive (22nd July 2019)

Well, in that heat, better than walking.

Did not travel far Helen, Just to deliver 6 parcels to the post office!

That's a hot sunset. I mean that in the literal sense - when the sun goes down looking like that, the temperature is going to be high overnight and tomorrow. Gradon, stay out of the car if it's 35c.

I can't wait either. It will be beautiful.

That sounds wonderful Dan,Can,t wait to see it in full bloom!

we seeded the top section with a lovely wild flower and grass mix suitable for clay soils and it is doing reallly well - in time they will spread to the rest of the field - there are ox eye daisies, self heal, yarrow, napweed and allsorts in it.

What a lovely sunset!The temp was 35 degrees in the car today!

I did see the dock leaves, Dan, so I quite understand your concern. I hope it all grows back beautifully. Did you burn them off?

oops, yes - we have mown the top sqare of this field in order to get rid of some of the dock leaves which are taking over it a bit. I want to restore it to a balanced meadow so have been working hard at removing dock leaves without chemicals, It;s time consuming and will take a few years but am making progres. we will be getting rid of the grass as we dont want it to enrich the soil. the cut grass that is. we have enough hay!

I miss those grasses!

It's hard to tell what happened - mown or not? Certainly less grass than we have been seeing.

Have already melted and in a heap

Also we have a flat field again! Thankyou Dan, for correcting the cam angle

Good Evening Oh Dan has been mowing again, or the grass nearer the cam has grown shorter and the cut grass has been turned, If smoke was seen earlier that could have been dried grass dust!

Looking at it when the pic is zoomed, I'm not sure it was a fire or it's just rutted.

There has been a fire on the field. Whether deliberate or not is not known, yet. It must have happened around one o'clock.

Well, we had a week of it, too, and it got hotter, but it's gone, so hang in. I can see from looking at the cam that at least there is a stiff breeze.

Trouble is it's lasting all week.

You're right, Neil, and I'm sorry, but it made its way eastward across our Atlantic provinces and now it's your turn. However, it doesn't last.

Good Morning Folk, I think some of your heat,Helen, is coming our way to the U.K., as it is certainly hot & becoming hotter here today! Hoping you're having a good day where ever you are

Good morning

Hello

Morning all

Thank you, Helen. I think it is supposed to cool down this week. I don’t see any sheep, but agree the raindrops on the lens are pretty!

Raindrops - diamonds on the lens.