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gcreekrch

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This last week the weather hasn't been very dependable for hay so we went to wrapping bales. Morrison Meadow is done and we are working on the meadows at the home place. So far they are adding up to the best crop in quite a few years. Strange, as most other meadows in this area are down 20 to 40%.

Dewey Web
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Woke this little owl up on Sept 3rd, it reminds me of Oscar the Grouch on Sesame Street. :D
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Cutting on Sept 4rth, looking west.
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Looking northeast, we were blessed as the storms went around us all day.
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The rake and baler stay fairly close in this weather.
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Fat hawk, their ADG has been fairly impressive this year.
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Beautiful bales and beautiful country as well.

A silly question from someone who is not familiar with that country (ranching-wise).

Do you guys bale only once a year or are there several cycles?

With my bermuda and a bit of cooperation from the weather gods, I can bale at least 5 or 6 times without using my irrigation system.
 
Whitewing said:
Beautiful bales and beautiful country as well.

A silly question from someone who is not familiar with that country (ranching-wise).

Do you guys bale only once a year or are there several cycles?

With my bermuda and a bit of cooperation from the weather gods, I can bale at least 5 or 6 times without using my irrigation system.
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We get one crop and are thankful that we don't have to cover this rough, sometimes wet and soft, rocky ground more than that. :wink: :D

The weather here is nine months winter and three months tough sledding.

Not far east of us, at lower elevations, there are ranches that get two or three crops of alfalfa under irrigation.
 
Those big hills and short growing season precludes many of us from procuring more than one cycle. But we don't have dangerous snakes and spiders to contend with because they don't like this climate.
 
per said:
Those big hills and short growing season precludes many of us from procuring more than one cycle. But we don't have dangerous snakes and spiders to contend with because they don't like this climate.
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I've killed more than one cascavel (rattlesnake) in my bermuda. :?
 
Justin said:
it looks like you'll have some bales to gather up, good problem to have. :D how far along in the haying season are you?
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!0-12 days of cutting left if things go well. Our rake man left on Sunday for a job interview at a mine. His girlfriend wanted him closer to home. :roll:

He said if he didn't get the job he would be back. He's a good kid so I have mixed feelings about his mine job or ours. The mine would definately be longer term for him.

Mr. and Mrs. Faster Horses are supposed to be here on Sunday for a couple of days. There is a baler tractor for him to travel the Chilcotin in when they get here. :wink:
 
:D :D

Gcreek is right. I was surprised when ths 'home boy' wanted to go
so far out of the way to go there, but he did. So we are off today
for the trek home.Mr. FH and his friend are out moose hunting
at the moment, so who knows when we will leave here.
We hope to catch jiggerboss, JD balerman, per
and SSAP on the way home. I doubt if we get to Gcreeks until Sunday afternoon at the earliest.
We wanted to go around by Dawson City but the road is closed tomorrow and that is the day we would need to travel on it,

I hope you get some sunshine, gcreek. Thanks for the pictures!
 
Can you post a short history of your area. I mean, somebody had to cut a whole bunch of trees out of that meadow and I'm sure it was a heck of a lot of work! So, how long ago,ect. I'm always fascinated and amazed with the hard labor that had to take place to turn some areas into production. thanks :!:
 
flatlander said:
Can you post a short history of your area. I mean, somebody had to cut a whole bunch of trees out of that meadow and I'm sure it was a heck of a lot of work! So, how long ago,ect. I'm always fascinated and amazed with the hard labor that had to take place to turn some areas into production. thanks :!:
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Perhaps someon cut a lot trees, or perhpas it's one of those alpine meadows....too wet to support the local confiers and therefore naturally barren of trees.
 
Whitewing said:
flatlander said:
Can you post a short history of your area. I mean, somebody had to cut a whole bunch of trees out of that meadow and I'm sure it was a heck of a lot of work! So, how long ago,ect. I'm always fascinated and amazed with the hard labor that had to take place to turn some areas into production. thanks :!:
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Perhaps someon cut a lot trees, or perhpas it's one of those alpine meadows....too wet to support the local confiers and therefore naturally barren of trees.
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Bingo! This country is about 40% natural peat meadows. Some of the ground we cover is exactly the way God left it, other meadws we have rotovated and seeded to tame hay.
 

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