Well, I am completely done, done, done, as my son says, baling first cutting hay. A thunderstorm Saturday night kept me from finishing the last little bit Sunday but I managed to get it yesterday. I got around 1350 tons of hay off around 750 acres. Pretty good for dryland hay. I left a little over 200 acres go to seed because the amount of hay I got was almost enough for two winters instead of one so enough is enough.
I won't say I am done haying yet though. The haying isn't done until the bales are stacked which hasn't quite happened yet. Earlier I had talked to the guy that stacked the bales last year and he said he would come stack them this year. I called him a few days ago to tell him we were ready and he informed me he sold his machines and isn't custom stacking anymore. Damn that left me in a lurch. I finally found someone to do it. They will be here by the end of the week to stack the bales.
We didn't get enough rain around here after taking the first cutting off to really make a good second cutting. There was enough moisture in the ground that the alfalfa is growing back good but mostly it will only make good grazing down the road. I am going to go over some of it for hay since having a few small square bales of second cutting is nice, but it won't be a major thing since it didn't come back well.
All I know is it's nice to be done. That damn tractor I was using for baling did a number on my back and I am half crippled up. I need to go see the Chiropractor when I get a chance. I hate spending the money on him but i guess he needs to make a living to.
Let's get it done. Let's get it done right. Natalie Wood
(Page 1 of 1, totaling 1 entries)
