While I mow lawn and work in my garden, the guys are busy putting up hay. They started in the fields around my house, which is always very appreciated due to my grass allergies. I’ve often wished I could go somewhere for the month of June and return after the pollen has blown away… which…
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Scenes from a Tractor – Video
Yesterday you saw “Scenes from the Calving Shed”, now we’ve moved out to feed some heifers, baby calves, and our bulls. If you recall, the guys have built two big bale feeders over the past few years, Vernon uses one, Daniel the other. Now that we’ve moved heifers and their new calves to my place,…
Wordless Wednesday – “Native Hay”
For a jigsaw puzzle of this photo, go HERE.
Back In Business
Dog-gone rocks! Vernon and the boys are trying to hay… despite afternoon rain showers that seem to target each field as it’s cut. The heat wave we’ve had the past week or so does dry the hay fast… so Vernon zooms and makes hay while that sun shines… Unfortunately, the baler flung a rock into…
Round and Round
While today was cold and windy and it even tried to snow… yesterday was sweet! Vernon asked if I’d like to drag fields with the pickup… and so I did. Settled with my audiobook, water bottle, and trusty sidekick… I set to work. Dragging fields is done with a simple metal toothed piece of equipment…
#TBT: Keep on Haying
As long as you can grow it, dry it, and bale or stack it… keep on! We are… just differently than they did back when. No dates. For those of you interested in how this worked, I’ve included a link to a YouTube video similar to what these family photos are of.
#TBT: Making Hay
Making hay while the sun shines. No date.
I Take Photos
Someone waved that magic wand and just like that, we’ve turned from cowboys into farmers! It seems to happen that fast to me, of course, I’m not the one cleaning ditch or prepping the discbine or baler… I’m not much help when it comes to farming, though in the Way Back Time, I would do…
#TBT: A Load
This is quite the load of hay… No date.
While the Sun Shines
The guys have been working long days… well, as best they can in between rain showers… putting up hay. You know the old adage, “Make hay while the sun shines”? Sun is essential for drying fresh cut hay. If you bale hay too wet, it can start to decompose, yes, like in a compost pile,…
#TBT : Snow on the Ground
Since most of Wyoming is reeling from a winter storm… and we are dry but cold… I pulled up a winter photo for you. I assume they are putting more hay in the top of the barn. That’s where we keep our good horse hay, with all that snow on the ground, perhaps they ran…
Hay Through My Window
Over the past few days, I’ve witnessed the haying process right through my dirty kitchen window! I was “hiding” inside, as the grass pollen and I don’t agree on much… First came Daniel. He’s a hay cutting man! While not as tall right there, the orchard grass just outside my yard on the other side…