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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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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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
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June Pastures
Our pastures are quite spotty. The combination of our cold spring and problems with irrigation has made it hard to grow good grass. However, what has been growing is, fortunately, of high quality. It looks like we might have some apples, too. The June drop has not happened yet, but so far, we do still… Continue reading
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Sheep on Pasture
For your enjoyment, here are some photos of the pregnant ewes out on pasture. They enjoy sitting in their hay. Continue reading
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Woolly Lawnmowers
While the main orchard isn’t growing well, we do have a bit of grass around our guest house. We decided to use the pregnant ewes to mow it. Continue reading
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Burning Brush
We’re late getting the brush out of the orchard. We burn the prunings when they pile up. We got one pile completely finished today! This is our view down the orchard. There still isn’t much grass! Continue reading