1stmassey - How far up in VT are you? How tall/stalky does your hay get by late summer?
I live in central Mass; our field has a Southern exposure and by the end of May it is ready to
cut! Due to the weather we haven't
cut yet and last Sunday when I brush-hogged around the otside edges the hay was as tall as the rear tires on my 1552... Horse people won't touch it down here.
Usually, if I
cut the first week of June at the latest I'll have good horse hay. Of course, the horse folks around here are nuts (no offense) and won't buy my hay off the field at a discount price; they "need" second
cut. 'Course, by the time March comes along that 1st
cut hay I put in the barn looks pretty good to all those horse people that wouldn't buy it in the spring...fine by me; they pay an additional $1.50 per bale...
Usually we can get 3 cuttings if we get the first one in early enough. This year has been awful though and after this rain most of the hay will be lying down...
