. Mother Nature does most of the rest. Rye is a good tilth builder in ous soils. We rotate crops annually and rye is a biggie to keep the soil from clayballing up and its deep rootlest provide a nice organic touch. We sell rye as a short season crop to the ethanol plant and then get the post alcohol "Must" back all dried out and we use that for sheep food cause the alcohol process takes out the sugars and beefs up the protein. We mix this with shredded alfalfa and feed it at breeding time. Most of the rest of the year, the sheep (ewes) eat pasture. My wife tells me what to do and I just handle the heavy equipment. Shes the farming genius not me. I have enough trouble with other ****.
You grow rye?. I only plant it
msolga wrote:Melbourne's water catchment levels are now "officially" below 30%. I think the last time this happened was around 1968? (Trying to recall exactly what I heard in a news report today.)
Not looking good, is it, despite the recent rains?
Didnt have the Thompson dam then either.
More good rain here today 6.8 mm. April was well down on last year.
We had over 80mm in Adelaide in April, which is double our April average, drought is truly well broken.
Since 1st May, had showers daily, heavily raining here as I type.
Would love to msolga but I have as much control over the weather as John Howard has over his Senators like that insensitive, unthinking cruel blatherer Bill Heffernan!
You can boo and hiss as much as you like, I am a Port Power fan. I'm only going to annoy Eddie Mcguire, I can't stand "Mr. Everywhere".
A water tank is very handy to have, years ago everybody had one and they then disappeared, but they are making a great comeback.
I've always had one, we use it to water our plants in summer, we can't drink from it as our roof is asbestos.
What did you think of Mr. Costello's budget last night msolga, is there anything in it for you? Being an election year did you think he handed out a few carrots to boost his party flagging popularity.
Yes, I must agree with you, there will be a lot of happiness allround following this "carrot" budget, but I can't feel but help wondering what else he has in store for us, once elected? They can change their policies dramatically and quickly take back what they have given you, there are many examples of that. May be I sound cynical but that's what I've become after many years of watching their shenanigans.
