My garden and pastures are slowly drinking in the rain that has been falling
on-and-off for 4 days. So far 60mm and more on the way. The cracks are
closing, the grass is growing and tanks are full. The steady showers are
filling up the subsoil with almost no runoff which is great. Perhaps in a
couple of days if the big sponge is getting full some runoff to refill the
dams and to get the river going would be nice. The horses have all calmed
down and stopped charging about - they seem to know their life will be
better now. Sadly, for the moment, it looks like the rain in NSW will be
mainly east of the ranges down to about Sydney.

David

On Sat, 14 Feb 2009 10:51:36 +1100, David Hare-Scott wrote:

My garden and pastures are slowly drinking in the rain that has been falling
on-and-off for 4 days. So far 60mm and more on the way. [...]

Yay! Good to hear. Shame about the HOGS field day though, I was looking
forward to a bit of wine tasting and chatter.

Sadly, for the moment, it looks like the rain in NSW will be
mainly east of the ranges down to about Sydney.

Yes, a bugger that.
--
Ross McKay, Toronto, NSW Australia
"Under the big bright yellow sun" - Fat Boy Slim

On Sat, 14 Feb 2009 11:41:57 +1100, Ross McKay wrote:


Yay! Good to hear. Shame about the HOGS field day though, I was looking
forward to a bit of wine tasting and chatter.

Sigh, now even pigs do not like mud. No wonder modern pork is
tasteless. Modern animal husbandry has a lot to answer for.

David Hare-Scott wrote:

My garden and pastures are slowly drinking in the rain that has been
falling
on-and-off for 4 days. So far 60mm and more on the way. The cracks are
closing, the grass is growing and tanks are full. The steady showers are
filling up the subsoil with almost no runoff which is great. Perhaps in a
couple of days if the big sponge is getting full some runoff to refill the
dams and to get the river going would be nice. The horses have all calmed
down and stopped charging about - they seem to know their life will be
better now. Sadly, for the moment, it looks like the rain in NSW will be
mainly east of the ranges down to about Sydney.

David

half your luck, still as dry as a chip in Melbourne and covered with smoke haze
--
faeychild

David Hare-Scott wrote:
My garden and pastures are slowly drinking in the rain that has been
falling on-and-off for 4 days. So far 60mm and more on the way. The
cracks are closing, the grass is growing and tanks are full. The steady
showers are filling up the subsoil with almost no runoff which is
great. Perhaps in a couple of days if the big sponge is getting full
some runoff to refill the dams and to get the river going would be
nice. The horses have all calmed down and stopped charging about - they
seem to know their life will be better now. Sadly, for the moment, it
looks like the rain in NSW will be mainly east of the ranges down to
about Sydney.

David

What do you use your horses for, David? Are you a mad Pony Club Dad or
do Adult Riding Club or...?

--
Trish Brown {|:-}

Newcastle, NSW, Australia

Trish Brown wrote:
David Hare-Scott wrote:
My garden and pastures are slowly drinking in the rain that has been
falling on-and-off for 4 days. So far 60mm and more on the way. The
cracks are closing, the grass is growing and tanks are full. The
steady showers are filling up the subsoil with almost no runoff
which is great. Perhaps in a couple of days if the big sponge is
getting full some runoff to refill the dams and to get the river
going would be nice. The horses have all calmed down and stopped
charging about - they seem to know their life will be better now. Sadly,
for the moment, it looks like the rain in NSW will be mainly
east of the ranges down to about Sydney.

David

What do you use your horses for, David? Are you a mad Pony Club Dad or
do Adult Riding Club or...?

We run a retirement herd for elderly and unsound horses, eleven at last
count.

David

David Hare-Scott wrote:
Trish Brown wrote:
David Hare-Scott wrote:
My garden and pastures are slowly drinking in the rain that has been
falling on-and-off for 4 days. So far 60mm and more on the way. The
cracks are closing, the grass is growing and tanks are full. The
steady showers are filling up the subsoil with almost no runoff
which is great. Perhaps in a couple of days if the big sponge is
getting full some runoff to refill the dams and to get the river
going would be nice. The horses have all calmed down and stopped
charging about - they seem to know their life will be better now.
Sadly, for the moment, it looks like the rain in NSW will be mainly
east of the ranges down to about Sydney.

David

What do you use your horses for, David? Are you a mad Pony Club Dad or
do Adult Riding Club or...?

We run a retirement herd for elderly and unsound horses, eleven at last
count.

David

Aaaawwwww! Follyfoot! Something I've always dreamed of doing. Good onya! ;-D

--
Trish Brown {|:-}

Newcastle, NSW, Australia

Hi Mate,
You can have some of my bloody rain. In fact you can have a lot of my bloody
rain.
Cheers,
Dan
"Trish Brown" wrote in message
...
David Hare-Scott wrote:
Trish Brown wrote:
David Hare-Scott wrote:
My garden and pastures are slowly drinking in the rain that has been
falling on-and-off for 4 days. So far 60mm and more on the way. The
cracks are closing, the grass is growing and tanks are full. The
steady showers are filling up the subsoil with almost no runoff
which is great. Perhaps in a couple of days if the big sponge is
getting full some runoff to refill the dams and to get the river
going would be nice. The horses have all calmed down and stopped
charging about - they seem to know their life will be better now.
Sadly, for the moment, it looks like the rain in NSW will be mainly
east of the ranges down to about Sydney.

David

What do you use your horses for, David? Are you a mad Pony Club Dad or
do Adult Riding Club or...?

We run a retirement herd for elderly and unsound horses, eleven at last
count.

David

Aaaawwwww! Follyfoot! Something I've always dreamed of doing. Good onya!
;-D

--
Trish Brown {|:-}

Newcastle, NSW, Australia

Dan wrote:
Hi Mate,
You can have some of my bloody rain. In fact you can have a lot of my bloody
rain.
Cheers,
Dan

Send it down here where we haven't had rain for months - and the air is
smoky from the fires not that far over the border...

--
Anne Chambers
South Australia

anne dot chambers at bigpond dot com

g'day david,

yep a good drop up here inb sth/e-q, started friday got 93.5mm don't
think that sort of rain has fallen about for a long time in one hit,
and got 17mm for the saturday on top of that not sure what's out there
now might be another 10+mm, but good soaking stuff.

be good if some of it ends up down vic' way in those fire areas.

On Sat, 14 Feb 2009 10:51:36 +1100, "David Hare-Scott"
wrote:
snipped
With peace and brightest of blessings,

len & bev

--
"Be Content With What You Have And
May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In
A World That You May Not Understand."

http://www.lensgarden.com.au/

Will someone please tow some of that rain into Victoria please.
We are doing it tough here.
Those people with matches are at it again, back burning and smoke is thicker
than our premier, who should have done this back burning months ago.
Instead he's building a power hungry desalination plant which he could have
avoided if he put some dams in areas where rain falls more often than where
the Thompson dam is.
The desalination plant will be ready when every thing is burnt to a crisp...
Meanwhile the power needed to run these places will probably come from
nuclear facilities as the wind power wont be enough.
Try telling them that though.......


"len gardener" wrote in message
...
g'day david,

yep a good drop up here inb sth/e-q, started friday got 93.5mm don't
think that sort of rain has fallen about for a long time in one hit,
and got 17mm for the saturday on top of that not sure what's out there
now might be another 10+mm, but good soaking stuff.

be good if some of it ends up down vic' way in those fire areas.

On Sat, 14 Feb 2009 10:51:36 +1100, "David Hare-Scott"
wrote:
snipped
With peace and brightest of blessings,

len & bev

--
"Be Content With What You Have And
May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In
A World That You May Not Understand."

http://www.lensgarden.com.au/

"Jonno" wrote in message
...
Will someone please tow some of that rain into Victoria please.
We are doing it tough here.
Those people with matches are at it again, back burning and smoke is
thicker than our premier,

Smoke thicker than a greenie influenced Labor premier. Geez I am glad I left
the sunny south decades ago.


who should have done this back burning months ago.
Instead he's building a power hungry desalination plant which he could
have avoided if he put some dams in areas where rain falls more often than
where the Thompson dam is.
The desalination plant will be ready when every thing is burnt to a
crisp...
Meanwhile the power needed to run these places will probably come from
nuclear facilities as the wind power wont be enough.
Try telling them that though.......


"len gardener" wrote in message
...
g'day david,

yep a good drop up here inb sth/e-q, started friday got 93.5mm don't
think that sort of rain has fallen about for a long time in one hit,
and got 17mm for the saturday on top of that not sure what's out there
now might be another 10+mm, but good soaking stuff.

be good if some of it ends up down vic' way in those fire areas.

On Sat, 14 Feb 2009 10:51:36 +1100, "David Hare-Scott"
wrote:
snipped
With peace and brightest of blessings,

len & bev

--
"Be Content With What You Have And
May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In
A World That You May Not Understand."

http://www.lensgarden.com.au/

On Mon, 16 Feb 2009 18:37:49 GMT, "Jonno" wrote:

Will someone please tow some of that rain into Victoria please.
We are doing it tough here.

i'm sure nth/east-q would love to send their rain your way, even here
inb the sth/east you can have what we are currently getting, and count
nthn-nsw in that as well.

Those people with matches are at it again, back burning and smoke is thicker
than our premier, who should have done this back burning months ago.

well i remember when back burning used to get down through the winter
months, they don't even do it up here. oh well that is the warm fuzzy
feeling the green promote about our habitat, and the people who
promote it live in the cities and don't see the issues. then on the
other hand it is people who make the decision to go live among the gum
trees, in wooden structured homes.

Instead he's building a power hungry desalination plant which he could have
avoided if he put some dams in areas where rain falls more often than where
the Thompson dam is.

same issue here dams built in areas that now don't get the rainfall
they used to get, but now nought can be done about it as the best
areas ahve been built out by those who live among the gum trees.

The desalination plant will be ready when every thing is burnt to a crisp...
Meanwhile the power needed to run these places will probably come from
nuclear facilities as the wind power wont be enough.
Try telling them that though.......

wind is just another of those warm fuzzy feel good things done to
appease the environmentalists. we need a balance. instead of planting
wind farms they should be rehabilitating the habitat that once stood
there.



"len gardener" wrote in message
snipped
With peace and brightest of blessings,

len & bev

--
"Be Content With What You Have And
May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In
A World That You May Not Understand."

http://www.lensgarden.com.au/

"len gardener" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 16 Feb 2009 18:37:49 GMT, "Jonno" wrote:

Will someone please tow some of that rain into Victoria please.
We are doing it tough here.

i'm sure nth/east-q would love to send their rain your way, even here
inb the sth/east you can have what we are currently getting, and count
nthn-nsw in that as well.

Those people with matches are at it again, back burning and smoke is
thicker
than our premier, who should have done this back burning months ago.

well i remember when back burning used to get down through the winter
months, they don't even do it up here. oh well that is the warm fuzzy
feeling the green promote about our habitat, and the people who
promote it live in the cities and don't see the issues. then on the
other hand it is people who make the decision to go live among the gum
trees, in wooden structured homes.

Instead he's building a power hungry desalination plant which he could
have
avoided if he put some dams in areas where rain falls more often than
where
the Thompson dam is.

same issue here dams built in areas that now don't get the rainfall
they used to get, but now nought can be done about it as the best
areas ahve been built out by those who live among the gum trees.

The desalination plant will be ready when every thing is burnt to a
crisp...
Meanwhile the power needed to run these places will probably come from
nuclear facilities as the wind power wont be enough.
Try telling them that though.......

wind is just another of those warm fuzzy feel good things done to
appease the environmentalists. we need a balance. instead of planting
wind farms they should be rehabilitating the habitat that once stood
there.
All agreed with.
Even as a ten yo I couldnt see why these so called smart citizens would
build on good growing country.
Now I'm 60 odd years old, I see I was right.
Try telling any hierarchy theyre wrong and you will see they are only after
their wqon selfish interests.
I mean they could miss out on a deal that could cost them money, so they act
stupid like a fox in their own interests.



"len gardener" wrote in message
snipped
With peace and brightest of blessings,

len & bev

--
"Be Content With What You Have And
May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In
A World That You May Not Understand."

http://www.lensgarden.com.au/

On Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:49:23 +0000, Jonno wrote:

Even as a ten yo I couldnt see why these so called smart citizens would
build on good growing country.

$ rules, sadly.