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Post by gotranch on Jul 6, 2014 15:07:55 GMT
I'm going to be raking today. Any other farm peas in the middle of haying season? In the last few weeks I helped dh plant sudan grass with a big tractor and air seeder, cut hay with double windrowers and today I'm stuck in the old tractor with the rake. This is the first year in a while that I have helped dh so much. My dds and nephew did a lot of it in the past, but they are all off working other jobs. I don't mind helping out. It's kind of nice to get out and be close to nature. I have the luxury of helping out during the summer when I am not teaching. Have a great day whatever you are doing!
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ginacivey
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Post by ginacivey on Jul 6, 2014 15:12:45 GMT
i'll be moving hay later on today - i just drive the truck. we had someone cut rake and bale for us this year (we have yet to by a baler) gina
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Post by anniebygaslight on Jul 6, 2014 15:13:55 GMT
Watching the Yorkshire bit of the Tour de France.
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Post by purplebee on Jul 6, 2014 15:18:28 GMT
Just got back in after taking dh up the road to pick up the tractor and the last 2 round bales in that field. He's baling a different fieldnow, and has another 80 bales waiting to be put in the barn. I don't get involved with the tractor work, 19 yo ds helps a lot, but I do drive the truck and trailer occasionally if needed when hauling hay. I'm also off for the summer, I'm a lunch lady at our Primary School. It's nice to have a good hay crop this year, we'll have plenty for the winter months without having to worry if the winter is bad. Happy haying, farm peas!
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Post by gale w on Jul 6, 2014 17:22:48 GMT
dh just cut wheat but I don't help with the actual farming beyond toting him back and forth between fields/machinery and doing the bookwork. He'll be making straw next week if it doesn't rain. My FIL just cut his hay and baled it without raking it. Probably not a good idea.
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Post by padresfan619 on Jul 6, 2014 17:25:12 GMT
Having a family birthday party at my parents for all of the people with summer birthdays. I have to bring a green bean and tomato salad, a southwest quinoa salad and wine. I guess I should get started on making those dishes!
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Post by tania7424 on Jul 6, 2014 17:25:13 GMT
No idea what we are doing. My boys had a great time last week watching hay be baled into the big round bales. The said the tractor was pooping. And they call them marshmallows once they're wrapped in white plastic.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 6, 2014 17:26:21 GMT
I hope to have a small farm (10 acres or so) some day so we can do our own hay. Even though our hay bill isn't what others have (5 miniature horses don't eat what a full size horse does daily!), it would be nice to have my own source grow exactly the way I want it.
Today I've attended Mass, gotten groceries and am now eating some lunch. I'd much prefer to go veg on the couch the rest of the afternoon but I'm so far behind on everything from being sick all of last week. So after my lunch, I'll be heading outside to working with a few of my horses before I tackle some laundry.
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Post by BeckyTech on Jul 6, 2014 17:26:49 GMT
My FIL just cut his hay and baled it without raking it. Probably not a good idea. What does that mean? (For some reason I am fascinated with farming/ranching life - probably because I know I could never do it.)
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Post by 1lear on Jul 6, 2014 17:31:05 GMT
Wow, some of you peas are very busy today! I've just returned home from driving my daughter to her friends house for a sleepover-almost 3.5 hours total. I can't wait until she gets her drivers license-she's 20 and just got a learner's permit!
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Post by Frazzled Mom on Jul 6, 2014 17:46:05 GMT
Wow, all those farm tasks sound so much better than my day of makeup paperwork!
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Post by iowgirl on Jul 6, 2014 17:51:17 GMT
You rake hay to flip it over to help it dry, or to take smaller windrows and put them into a larger windrow so the hay bales up nice.
If hay is too wet when baled, the hay can get really hot and combust. We have had bale stack fires and those are NOT fun. It can burn a barn down in a flash too.
We bale big squares now. They really stack nice, but it takes some big equipment to move and stack (pretty much the same as big rounds, but we had to get new forks)
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Post by SweetieBsMom on Jul 6, 2014 17:56:40 GMT
Laundry, weekly cook-up, getting stuff ready to begin the week. The usual Sunday stuff.
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Post by pynke on Jul 6, 2014 18:02:00 GMT
I will be attending a memorial of sorts for my dad.
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ginacivey
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Post by ginacivey on Jul 6, 2014 18:17:10 GMT
combusting hay is the reason lots of hay barns are vented at the top
to keep them cool way up high
wet hay leads to mold as well
gina
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Post by ~Susan~ on Jul 6, 2014 18:50:27 GMT
Trying to get caught up on housework. I have just been in a funk since my Pooka passed away and I have jury duty all next week. I am so not looking forward to it.
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Post by mom2emilytaryn on Jul 6, 2014 18:54:08 GMT
We just got home from doing a canoe ride on the lake. I think I'll head to the neighborhood pool in a bit with a good book to relax while DH and the kids have their quiet time.
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Post by Sparki on Jul 6, 2014 19:00:00 GMT
We cut and baled last week. We're expecting rain all this week, so we only cut a few fields so we could get it up before it got wet. For us, in NM, cutting this early means we'll get a second cutting in the fall, which is great. That didn't happen last year. (This was alfalfa fields.) We still have to cut the timothy grass fields, but they can wait until it dries up a little.
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Post by Lovebug2867 on Jul 6, 2014 19:05:13 GMT
No longer a farm pea but they are cutting hay all around my house and my poor head allergies are killing me.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 6, 2014 19:09:03 GMT
We just put our youngest on a plane to visit his Uncle and Aunt. They have 4 girls and his loves going to their house. He is gone for a week. I would like to say we will get a lot of things done while he is gone but most likely we wont.
It's been 6 years since we have had a child free house...not sure how well I'm going to handle this.
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Post by slicksister on Jul 6, 2014 19:12:45 GMT
Thankfully my days of working in the hay fields is over. The cowboy and I live and work at a christian camp and conference center. Today is camp turnover day. That means we have a guest group leaving at noon and another coming in at 3 pm. So all living quarters, bathrooms, chapel, meeting rooms have to be cleaned and ready for the next group. The outgoing group was 380. The incoming group is about 110. I work in laundry so I strip beds and launder and fold sheets and towels. A lot of sheets and towels!
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Post by moosedogtoo on Jul 6, 2014 19:17:26 GMT
dh just cut wheat but I don't help with the actual farming beyond toting him back and forth between fields/machinery and doing the bookwork. He'll be making straw next week if it doesn't rain. My FIL just cut his hay and baled it without raking it. Probably not a good idea. Just out of curiosity, why is it not a good idea to bale without raking? What does the raking do?
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Post by gale w on Jul 6, 2014 19:28:45 GMT
The raking flips the hay over so it dries better. He's baling the big round bales-I hope dh doesn't get any of it and if he does, I hope he keeps it in the hay shed and not the barn.
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Post by nnnsmom on Jul 6, 2014 19:53:12 GMT
My parents (who are in their 60s) ranch and they bale their own hay. Last year my dad broke his foot and was still out baling hay! My DS1 is 14 and works with my dad in the summertime and is about to learn to bale. He's excited and I'm nervous!
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Post by SunnySmile on Jul 6, 2014 20:05:49 GMT
Just reading these farming posts makes me tired. That could be because I am blue today and have not done a thing except pea and some online shopping. Retail therapy. Don't you guys know that Sunday is a day of rest?
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ginacivey
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Post by ginacivey on Jul 6, 2014 20:10:48 GMT
there is no day of rest on a farm/ranch!
ever heard the saying 'make hay while the sun still shines'
it's a serious thing
if you have hay down you need to finish it so it doesn't get rained on
cut/raked/baled and either moved or wrapped
and if you have a lot of hay...it takes a long ass time
gina
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Post by gale w on Jul 6, 2014 20:16:03 GMT
DH doesn't "work" on Sundays. He does his regular chores, feeds the livestock, etc but that's about all the farm-y stuff he does. He mows the grass though, which I guess could be considered a farm-ish job.
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Post by austnscrapaddict on Jul 6, 2014 22:04:16 GMT
I was the wife of a farmer for 18 years, now divorced and living in a city 1200 miles away, but,,,, my oldest son still farms with his dad and I contemplated a visit over the holiday weekend to visit him, BUT it's hay season... so,, nope, they know I still remember how to drive a tractor and would end up baling hay for my son and ex... yep! We get along well.
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Post by chaosisapony on Jul 6, 2014 22:47:17 GMT
Last weekend I spent $600 on 40 bales of hay. I am totally jealous of the people with the land/tools/knowledge to farm and bale hay!
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Post by eversograceful1 on Jul 6, 2014 22:51:08 GMT
We went to the for a little but today. DD wanted to see the new tiger exhibit. She hasn't been feeling well this afternoon so we are just hanging out.
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