Haying time!

DMF · Jun 24, 2009

Unfortunately, not for me...

My family helped get in two loads of hay in for my partner-in-hay: Art. He is in his late 70's and has been teaching me a lot of the years; he is a very good friend as well as a mentor. Him and his wife raise miniature horses and we took almost 400 bales out of his small field. My daughter (just turned 6) is enjoying a ride on top of the load. Art's wife took a family group picture just before we pushed this wagon into the barn. Being laid up last year after ankle surgery for several months didn't do much for my physical shape...I think I may have done too many 12 oz. curls during that time as indicated by my gut...(I think I was sucking it in too...

) Now that I'm more mobile and the farming has started up I have been losing weight, but I have a ways to go yet.

Right after we got his field picked it started raining and hasn't stopped long enough to cut my fields or any of the other we do...

KennyV · Jun 26, 2009

much better to have it uncut and raining than CUT and raining...
I would guess that things are going great. KennyV

DMF · Jun 29, 2009

KennyV said:
much better to have it uncut and raining than CUT and raining...
I would guess that things are going great. KennyV

You got that right! Still...the long range weather calls for thundershowers right up until Sunday...

Duffster · Jun 29, 2009

KennyV said:
much better to have it uncut and raining than CUT and raining...
I would guess that things are going great. KennyV

Only to a certain point. If you have absolutly no window to cut then there isn't much you can do but if first crop isn't cut yet it is deteriating fast even if still standing.

We are cutting second crop around here know.

Birdhunter1 · Jun 29, 2009

Finally this past week we have been able to get in hayfields around here. Up till last week you would have about 3 days of no rain, then 3 days of rain off and on. last two sweeks has been dry though, lots of mowers and balers running around my place.

DMF · Jun 30, 2009

Duffster said:
Only to a certain point. If you have absolutly no window to cut then there isn't much you can do but if first crop isn't cut yet it is deteriating fast even if still standing.

Right, that's what I'm afraid of...

We usually don't get our second cut until August and we usually get a third... not looking too good this year for a third...

DMF · Jul 8, 2009

Well, we cut 2 small sections of the back field this weekend and got it all baled and hauled in Monday before the rain came back. 235 bales of not-too-good hay...it had a lot of dock weed in it (where that came from I have no idea...never had it before?); the Timmothy looked good but the other grasses has lost most of it's color and a lot of the clover was gone by as well. Walked into the house at 9:58 that night...showered and then had supper...then right to bed; not the best combination! I fell asleep right away but then I woke around 3:30 and tossed the rest of the night... I was draggin' a bit at work on Tuesday!

flusher · Jul 10, 2009

DMF said:
Unfortunately, not for me...

My family helped get in two loads of hay in for my partner-in-hay: Art. He is in his late 70's and has been teaching me a lot of the years; he is a very good friend as well as a mentor. Him and his wife raise miniature horses and we took almost 400 bales out of his small field. My daughter (just turned 6) is enjoying a ride on top of the load. Art's wife took a family group picture just before we pushed this wagon into the barn. Being laid up last year after ankle surgery for several months didn't do much for my physical shape...I think I may have done too many 12 oz. curls during that time as indicated by my gut...(I think I was sucking it in too... ) Now that I'm more mobile and the farming has started up I have been losing weight, but I have a ways to go yet.

Right after we got his field picked it started raining and hasn't stopped long enough to cut my fields or any of the other we do...

Nice looking family. Good looking hay.

What haying equipment are you and your partner using?

DMF · Jul 20, 2009

flusher said:
Nice looking family. Good looking hay.

What haying equipment are you and your partner using?

Thanks!

We have old stuff... Vicon disc cutter, Vicon tedder, Kuhn tedder, NH rake, MF rake, NH 65 baler and another newer NH baler who's model number escapes me...

DMF · Jul 21, 2009

My wife just sent some pictures over but not all of them from two weeks ago.

This is me raking with the 1552 with the (blue-painted) Massey rake behind.