Bale Hauling Season

Harvest is complete...now Hauling Bales Season is upon us. The beginning of this phase was celebrated yesterday with the sacred "Repair the Flat Tire" Ceremony. A sense of resignation has fallen over local farmers.

Harvest Time...

was not not easy this year. Or so I hear (having remained safely inside for the duration).

Rain, rain, came again and soaked everything in one long soggy day - it was like the flood waters hadn't been receding for the past two months.

Anyhoo, at long last, the bales were completed this past week when a string of warm and windy days dried everything up again.

There was an impressive number of bales, which I would share with you if I remembered it. Suffice to say...the herd should make the winter.

Harvest time..

AKA...Farm Machinery Repair Season.

Peter returned from a day of cutting the other day with a big black eye. Questions about the hay bine (cutting machine thingee) received no reply. On the upside, said hay bine is still out in the field and not crowding out the baler awaiting repairs in front of the shop.

Yay.

Now that's low maintenance

At the Board of Director's meeting this morning over breakfast, Chris and I inquired as to how we could help out with the flurry of spring activity.

Uncle Peter:  If you think we don't do anything in the winter, wait 'till you see us in the summer!
Me: What, now that the cows are in the fields, it's just busy around planting time and then harvest time?
UP: What planting?
Me: Don't you seed for the feed?
UP:  No!  We just let the fields grow...it's the just grasses that are already there...

Wow.  Who knew?  Yes, I really am that clueless as to what goes on out here...

Makes sense.  The cows are eating grass all summer long...just keep some aside to cut and bale for the winter.

I'm kind of digging this whole ranching business.

So, Chris and Peter went off to survey the state of the fences and Dad fed the bulls that are still in the corral/pen.   Must keep them in check until it's 'go time'. :)