Hay Making on a Different Scale

[LHF2019]

Working at the shop yesterday because what else is there to do. Another half inch. More today and into Saturday. Looks like we are a go maybe Saturday afternoon for a short but hopefully productive 3 day window.

 

[Hay Dude]

we got pummeled on thursday

 

[5030]

we got pummeled on thursday


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Good for you... Might change your pitty pot attitude.

 

[5030]

Working at the shop yesterday because what else is there to do. Another half inch. More today and into Saturday. Looks like we are a go maybe Saturday afternoon for a short but hopefully productive 3 day window.

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Constant every other day rain here. Fields are flooded and germinated corn is yellow. Unusual weather this year.

Good for yanking out weed bushes however.

 

[LHF2019]

Kind of an exaggeration because I probably should have known better but 12 ft to the left is the hayfield I was trimming out. Came back to some multifloral rose I had my sights on.

 

[5030]

Kind of an exaggeration because I probably should have known better but 12 ft to the left is the hayfield I was trimming out. Came back to some multifloral rose I had my sights on.

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Little gooey...

 

[CliffordK]

For a general purpose farm tractor, I much prefer a 4x4 tractor. However, I had an emergency need for more power this hay season, so I picked up an ancient International 600 2 wheel drive. It will likely get parked whenever there is mud around.
Unfortunately we've had 2 days of rain this weekend. No hay on the ground, but more rain than I had expected. Still, I am hoping the old International won't end up in a hole somewhere.

 

[LHF2019]

For a general purpose farm tractor, I much prefer a 4x4 tractor. However, I had an emergency need for more power this hay season, so I picked up an ancient International 600 2 wheel drive. It will likely get parked whenever there is mud around.
Unfortunately we've had 2 days of rain this weekend. No hay on the ground, but more rain than I had expected. Still, I am hoping the old International won't end up in a hole somewhere.

Yes, have one of those too.

 

[LHF2019]

Have a whopping 6 acres down when we should have 20-30. Look at that ground. Entire time mowing was thinking how nice this was.

Then we went to the other farm that is good ground and knocked down 11 acres for baleage and knew why we made the decision we did. There is soft then there is well beyond soft. Nothing but standing water and mud.

 

[5030]

Have a whopping 6 acres down when we should have 20-30. Look at that ground. Entire time mowing was thinking how nice this was.

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Then we went to the other farm that is good ground and knocked down 11 acres for baleage and knew why we made the decision we did. There is soft then there is well beyond soft. Nothing but standing water and mud.


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Some years it's diamonds. some years stone... Looks to me like a tile job is in order...