After the loooong winter, it's been a late spring here. The alfalfa has been seeded and is coming up nicely, and Jim finally got the ryegrass baled this week.
After mowing it on Saturday morning, he tedded it, raked it, and hoped that the "iffy" weather forecast was in our favor. We had a light shower on Monday evening just as he started baling, and the rye seemed just a bit too wet yet, so he stopped after a few bales. Yesterday morning (Tuesday), the rain came again. Thankfully it didn't last long, and the afternoon was warm and breezy.
This is the tedder that he uses to flip the ryegrass (or hay) so that it can dry underneath...
This is the field they were working in, at the highest point on the farm...
Looking back towards our barn...I love the colors at this time of evening...
Over milking time, Jim and our Amish neighbor Dave began baling. For the amount of acres that we bale, it's more economical for us to rent a baler like this, rather than buy, maintain, and store one of our own. It works out nicely. Jim pulls the baler with his tractor, and Dave rides on a platform between the tractor and baler. He tells Jim when to stop, he operates the controls and the bale rolls out the back.
This video is a little long...over two minutes...but I took it after milking last evening as they were finishing up. You might find it interesting to watch...
They ended up with 28 round bales. They're now wrapped and lined up along the driveway, just doing their thing...curing so that they can become great feed for the cows in a few weeks!
Now...it's time to get the corn planted, if only the rain would hold off a bit!
