When We Finally Got Rain

On the 30th March we finally got rain after about a month or two without it. Mum asked me to put our new rain gauge up before it rained so we could tell how much rain we had got. Over 24 hours we had 60 mils of rain and about 90 mils all up. Our pond that had absolutely no water in it now is half full. Where the lawn was dead, now there are little green sprouts of grass. Another good thing is that we had thunder and lightening which the electricity helps grow the grass. When I went outside on the morning of the 1st of April I saw that there were heaps of puddles on the ground and that the river was up. Everything had a good soaking. Dad is extremely pleased and wants more rain so that the grass grows a little bit more and the stock will be just a little bit fatter before weaning time of the calves. We don’t want too much though otherwise you get the other extreme which is too much and then you get slips which will ruin your pasture. Overall we are extremely pleased with the rain.