Thursday, 1 January 2015

Making Hay While The Sun Shines

For the first time ever in my farming career ... we are making hay on our own land ! Here is the recipe.

First you leave a paddock ungrazed for a couple of months. Here you might do perhaps a September to December lockup.


Then you find a good hay guy. Ours was Scott Auton from Auton Agricultural

They come and mow it ...



And then fluff it ...


And rake it ...


And bale it !



And then you find some willing helpers to load, cart and stack ...





What turned out to be 500 small square bales and 14 small rounds !


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3 comments:

  1. thecrazysheeplady2 January 2015 at 07:38

    Yay :-D

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  2. Anonymous22 February 2015 at 15:28

    So rewarding for you Elnini - can understand how thrilled you must be. We on the other hand are buying big bales for $70- to keep our sheep fed. Much as I would love to DH wont move to Tassie!! Keep up the great work and blog. Love to hear your progress. Shal (Oz farmer forum)

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  3. Elnini22 February 2015 at 15:33

    Thanks guys, I still feel chuffed every time I walk past the shed :-)

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