We got the rain yesterday afternoon we needed 3 weeks ago, stopping my harvest that has barely started. It made for a nice afternoon of mowing our yard. One of the many things we found you do better in the UK is keep yards(I think often you call them gardens but I am not sure). I am one of the worst in the world about yard work, that is one of the better things about dry weather the grass doesn't grow.
The rain also gave me the time to rebuild a short stretch of fence down to the river. In the floods earlier this summer this was knocked down and the wire stretched. I had cobble housed it up, but with the dry grass the cows decided to give it a try. I imagine the first few(probably some of the half Limousin cows I still have) cleared it then one not so airworthy landed on it flattening it so all could escape. I thought while I cooked in the high humidity and heat(it is still near 90F here) that it is not such a bad idea to have irregular property lines corresponding with the natural features of the land like you seem to have in the UK, rather than the straight lines that sometimes make us take fence across rivers or places one ordinarily wouldn't build a fence. This warm moist air has brought my triticale bounding out of the ground, thanks to this rain we should have some good fall/winter grazing for the cows, barring an early cold snap.
An indicator of how good this corn harvest is shaping up to be is that our local elevator owners keep asking how much corn we think we will have to sell, as they are concerned about capacity. Everything I read and see points to a record corn crop in the USA, even with the ethanol it appears now corn is going to run about $3-$3.50 per bushel, this will help livestock producers, but many of the corn farmers who were hoping for $5 are going to be disappointed.