Hey everyone. Take a look at the weather.
Thank you, Lord! Time to get on the tractor and cut hay!
Feeling all the happy hay makes me feel happy.
A break from the rain means we can start getting up our second cutting of hay for the year. If the weather is right, we usually get two cuttings per year, and we typically get about the same amount each cutting. We're a little late for our second cutting but all that is up to the Lord. Hay cutting usually lasts only a few days (as opposed, say, to several weeks of harvest for corn farmers). But what it lacks in duration it makes up in pure insanity. We will cut a different field each day so that we can stagger the baling. During hay cutting, my son routinely sits on the tractor for hours on end with only an occasional break. But if you were to ask him, he'd tell you he loves it.
You always follow a certain procedure. First you have to cut the hay in the field. Then you have to wait for the hay to dry. Third, you have to rake the hay (this helps with the drying-out process). Finally, the hay is baled and loaded on trailers before being put up in the barn. By the way, when I say "we" are getting up hay, that's a figure of speech. Nowadays the kids are doing all the work. I just stand around and "supervise" (haha).
Our family loves hay season. It's a great excuse to be together!