![]() 07/21/2017 at 19:17 • Filed to: None | ![]() | ![]() |
takes a while...
gonna leave it in mow-rows for the night and then ted it tomorrow.
and then mow the next 12 acres.
and then bale the first.
I still like this better than workin’ for the man ;)
![]() 07/21/2017 at 19:37 |
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I too enjoy hay farming. I worked on a hay farm during highschool and I liked what I did. Sometimes I wish I still did it, but then I look at my paycheck and decide this is better lol.
![]() 07/21/2017 at 19:49 |
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yeah, it’s very meditative... We’re taking one cut off it this summer, then throwing the sheep on it to do rotational grazing... We may get a second cut, as we only have 35 sheep this summer, but as we expand to our planed 75-100 ewes (200+ lambs a year) we will probably not be haying it as much... Unless the sheep poop makes it suddenly grow out of control (it won’t its actually gonna probably take a couple years before its rehabilitated into good production...) in the coming years we may have to go searching for more land to hay for winter forage.
![]() 07/21/2017 at 21:34 |
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What size bales? 12 acres is a good amount. My parent’s fields are 20 acres, and due to it being a “satellite” location, we’d do it all at once. Made for a long day. Hay was always my favorite thing to do on the farm though, even if you did get a bit itchy unloading the wagons.
![]() 07/22/2017 at 05:01 |
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Beautiful.
![]() 07/22/2017 at 07:44 |
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we’re doing 4x4 rounds. This cut is gonna be pretty low quality, but the mass is certainly there.
![]() 07/22/2017 at 13:00 |
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that’s a cool pic - wind turbines and firewood, (pursue the future but hedge your bets)