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…
Tag: hay
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…
Hay, Hay
Hay, hay. Second cutting is finally underway. **** It’s already the seventh of August… I have a couple of questions to answer… Anyone have any more???? Post them here!
Haying Season
The guys are busy getting started haying… The center pivot field making for pretty semi-circular designs… Of course, if you start haying… this is bound to happen, too… It poured for a bit… .3″, but, unbelievably, the hay doesn’t look too bad! It’s been hot here, so hay dries quickly… Daniel is cutting it down…
Ten Things You Don’t Know About: Haystacks
A fixture on any farm or ranch that has to supplement their livestock’s feed supply is the haystack… Here are ten things you might not know about haystacks. 1. Haystacks are surrounded with high fences around 8′-10′ high. Why so high? Because hay is excellent food by definition, making it a target of high jumping…
First Hay
The guys decided it was time to start feeding the calves and heifers extra hay. They’ve been on our fields munching away, but it’s time. We didn’t have to move them from their favorite restaurants so much as just get them from the self serve buffet to the best table in the house! They’ll get…
Sandhill Crane Watercolor
After getting some new belts for the combine, we were Back in Business. Vernon and Brandon stayed busy thrashing the grain, hauling truckloads of it off to the granary, and baling the straw. I kept busy mowing and working on my website. Finally, I managed a few photos… When you don’t quite have enough hay…
Questions and Answers – August 2013 Edition
LightNING and rain passed north and south of us… Here’s hoping for no fire calls! Let’s get going! Marilyn: Questions: how do the doggies react during thunder and lightning? how did you select the name, “Dally”? Lucas was not scared of lightNING/thunder until I got Elsa. Elsa, as an Oklahoma dog, was SCARED of…
Ten Things You Don’t Know About: Alfalfa
We are in the midst of haying season here, although temporarily slowed by equipment problems. With my monthly Questions and Answer Session coming up… I’ve actually been thinking about some topics that no one ever seems to ask questions about. Then it hit me… maybe I should give a short report on something you may…
Haying Weather
The guys are hard at it… there’s plenty of hay knocked down and waiting for the baler to make the rounds! Yes, that’s the baler dusting up the back field. Yes, those are BIG bales, not little 90 pounders! Yes, that’s a ton of hay! (multiple tons actually 😉 ) Yes, that is an evil…
Go Look
The first of the hay has been baled. After two days of blissful non-allergy, I now have it again even with this baled! Too much still in the air from other sources, I guess! Like this, for instance… That’s not snow. That’s cotton from the cottonwood tree, floating in the air. I imagine pollen from…
All Progress
Most of the snow melted today… and if there’s one thing that will put a smile on a farmer’s face, it is timing the application of fertilizer so that a spring storm will take it into the ground. Vernon managed that today. It’s a fine line between frozen and muddy, because if there’s one thing…