Re: Mondays should be fun . . .
We have 206 bales in. They stopped cutting & baling for the weather yesterday. I was supposed to get a load Saturday after the show I judged, but something went sideways and she wasn't going to have a full load for us until early evening. It is a two hour drive and about 45 min to an hour to load, and two hours home. We decided to just wait until Sunday AM when we knew they would have enough hay to fill the trailer. Bad idea. We should have gone down Saturday evening and then unloaded it on Sunday. When we arrived at the field on Sunday it was just as the sky opened up for a nice rain shower. The hay lady sent out one of her handy guys to help us load. It took us just about 30 minutes to load the 100 in the trailer! By the time we got home the sun was shining and a we had a nice breeze. We let the bales sit in the sun for a few minutes to help shed the damp, then salted them before loosely stacking them.
We are one load away from done. I think we are set for Thursday morning for the last one. I'll see if I can find some nice 3rd cutting alfalfa to round out the hay supply for the winter and we should be good! I really don't want to be looking for hay in January again! I am afraid of what the hay prices are going to be come this winter. The lowest I've heard of is about $12 for a 90# bale of alfalfa. I've heard rumors of prices getting near $20 before too long. We'll probably have to sell the goats before I can pay that kind of price!
Our other problem is that quite a few of the hay farmers have converted their fields to wheat and other grains. The wheat prices have been better than hay. They can still use their baling equipment to make straw bedding of the leftover stalks.
Yikes! I need to win the lottery and buy up a hay farm in eastern WA just for my own use! Oh yeah, I have to play before I can win huh? Darn! C
We have 206 bales in. They stopped cutting & baling for the weather yesterday. I was supposed to get a load Saturday after the show I judged, but something went sideways and she wasn't going to have a full load for us until early evening. It is a two hour drive and about 45 min to an hour to load, and two hours home. We decided to just wait until Sunday AM when we knew they would have enough hay to fill the trailer. Bad idea. We should have gone down Saturday evening and then unloaded it on Sunday. When we arrived at the field on Sunday it was just as the sky opened up for a nice rain shower. The hay lady sent out one of her handy guys to help us load. It took us just about 30 minutes to load the 100 in the trailer! By the time we got home the sun was shining and a we had a nice breeze. We let the bales sit in the sun for a few minutes to help shed the damp, then salted them before loosely stacking them.
We are one load away from done. I think we are set for Thursday morning for the last one. I'll see if I can find some nice 3rd cutting alfalfa to round out the hay supply for the winter and we should be good! I really don't want to be looking for hay in January again! I am afraid of what the hay prices are going to be come this winter. The lowest I've heard of is about $12 for a 90# bale of alfalfa. I've heard rumors of prices getting near $20 before too long. We'll probably have to sell the goats before I can pay that kind of price!
Our other problem is that quite a few of the hay farmers have converted their fields to wheat and other grains. The wheat prices have been better than hay. They can still use their baling equipment to make straw bedding of the leftover stalks.
Yikes! I need to win the lottery and buy up a hay farm in eastern WA just for my own use! Oh yeah, I have to play before I can win huh? Darn! C
Back to work tomorrow. YUCK! I OWE...I OWE...SO OFF TO WORK I GO!
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