We’ve had our share of rain lately. Haven’t been able to do the amount of mowing I had hoped. I squeezed in a customer yesterday and it poured twice while mowing, but briefly.
Just getting underway and it started to pour.
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The tall grass below my cut line is reeds canary grass. Makes nice hay if cut early. I have hayed this field in the past, but its’ getting cut this time. Not enough time or dry weather to make hay.
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Once rain shower was about 15 minutes, the other about 5-10 minutes. Makes a mess, but it takes a long period of rain to dampen tall grass, so it still makes an acceptable cut after a short rain.
I never liked to be seen working in the rain, but once you drive several miles with the equipment and start mowing, you want to try to finish.
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