Got it layed down - Finished w/more pics

[the_jersey_lilly_2000]

Finished cuttin hay today, had about half done last night when we ran out of daylight. Now after months of prayin for rain, we'll hope it doesn't for a few days. Then we can fire up the prayers again LOL


Mr Lilly cuttin hay


Future round bales


Peek-a-boo


Wine cups in the hayfield

[Garuno]

Wow, that must've took a mighty long time. I applaud you. Course, I've never actually cut acres and acres, so I wouldn't know. Heheh.

[HAY MAKER]

That stuff looks pretty thick Llly,be interesting to see how many bales to the acre you are gonna get......................good luck
PS guess I will head upstairs,good nite

[Mrs.Greg]

Nice pictures Lilly,love the peek a boo one!Nice thick hay!

[Big Muddy rancher]

Nice hay. Is that what a drought looks like in your part of Texas?

[Faster horses]

Beautiful hay, Jersey Lilly. I don't think our hay is ever that green.

Is that coastal hay? Our friend from Texas mentioned how good the coastal hay was. I don't think I have ever seen any.

If it isn't coastal is it Bermuda grass?

[the_jersey_lilly_2000]

The first cuttin is usually alotta rye grass that just volunteers, and vetch. After this cuttin the coastal will kick in, but it's also mixed with johnson grass. We concidered tryin to get rid of the johnson grass, and an older rancher/hayman (he does custom hay balin) said leave it, that johnson grass was some of the best there is if it's cut at the right time.

[Manitoba_Rancher]

looks pretty good for as dry as it was in your neck of the woods earlier in the year. BMR would you get that kinda cut if you had a drought?

[cowsense]

Hey BMR; I think that a cut of hay like that in a dry year would take too much out of the land; you would probably want to save some soil nutrients for the good years!

[the_jersey_lilly_2000]

We started rakin and balin today, wouldnt ya know it, nothin but trouble, baler kept throwin a chain off, after about 4 times of that, we went to town and got a new chain. Got that fixed and then the rake wasn't wantin to cooperate.....bog up and not turn....So after an afternoon of bad luck, got the rake goin better and raked a few more windrows. and called it a day. MIL asked if we wanted to come over for supper.....so we get there, she has it in the oven.....(new fangled one) has a lock on it for when you do the cleaning mode....well I kept checkin the oven..to see if it was done yet...Our son...pesterin me about openin the oven decides to LOCK the oven door.....Well ya can't get the door open now......waited and waited ...got the book out and it says, 45 minutes or when the oven cools down the lock will release..........we waited..........nothin happened, it got to be almost 9:30 and no one had ate. So we all migrate back to our house and fix quickie mexican food...tacos and tostadas. Uhgggg when it rains it pours....oh wait....I take that back..hay still on the ground it might just do it.....NOOOOOOOO
We'll take another stab at it tomorrow after we get back from Takin the Ole Fart to get his staples removed.......

[alabama]

[the_jersey_lilly_2000]

Finally got it finished.

Someone asked what kinda yeild we had.....4 1/2 bales per acre for first cuttin. cuttins after that, if moisture is right usually get 5 to 6 bales per acre.




"The Rake that Noah used" LOL


We're done!!!!


The view on the way home this evenin.......awsome!