Category: Hay and Forage
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Solar Panels, Ready for Hay, and My DNA Sweater
It’s time to get the solar panels up onto the shop roof for the PV system. It’s quite a long way up, and everyone is using safety harnesses and ropes. The hay barn is cleaned out and ready for new hay. It should be arriving today or tomorrow. My DNA cable-knit sweater is also coming… Continue reading
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Passageway
We stack the hay so we can stay under cover and still feed the sheep. Ewes are on the left and hay is on the right. Prompt: Make a photo of a hallway or passage and post it today. Continue reading
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Moving Hay
Carefully balanced. Prompt: The word balance has many meanings, both literal and abstract. Pick one and make a photograph today. Continue reading
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Centered Bale
Center of the bale, plus centered in the frame. Prompt: Make a photograph today that has a strongly centered composition. Continue reading
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Sheep Food
I’m tired of food assignments! This hay is for the sheep. I’ve got a bunch of sold sheep that are going to be in the corral until the transporter arrives. This was the only different meal I prepared today. Prompt: Preparing or eating food is a rhythmic part of life. Make a photo of a… Continue reading
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Bindweed!
Bindweed is the bane of gardeners, but it’s high-protein, and the sheep love it. Prompt: Make a photograph with a shallow depth of field today. Get in close if you need to force it with the lens you have. Continue reading
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Beautiful Pasture
It figures. The one day I really wanted a nice Mt. Lamborn shot, it’s been cloudy all day! Fortunately, the most beautiful sight is a pasture with plenty of feed and a flock of happy sheep. Prompt: Beauty is all around us. Make a photo of some naturally occurring beauty in your area today. Continue reading
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Summer Pasture, Rambo, and Rambutt
It’s time for late summer grazing. The bare patch in the pasture is where we burned the prunings this year. I need to find a different way to deal with the pruning debris, because it hurts the pasture when we burn it. Here are Rambo and his buddy Rambutt. Rambutt is the one looking at… Continue reading
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Weighing the Hay
All of the first-cutting hay is in. John came down to weigh some bales so that we could pay for it. We buy the hay by weight, not by the bale. The first cut ended up being 664 bales, or 19.3 tons. During good years, we usually get about 45 tons of hay from the… Continue reading
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Moving Sheep and New Hay
We moved the sheep to the other side of the orchard today. Unfortunately, we discovered at the same time that the very new lambs can climb back through the divider fence. We managed to get them all over, but it was a bit of a challenge. Hay is finally being delivered. Our cold spring made… Continue reading