We were able to get some grass hay up this weekend. We had cousins visiting - one from Maryland and one from Colorado. They arrived on Saturday afternoon and once they had unloaded their luggage at my brothers they came down to the hayfield we were working. They missed doing square bales, but I did get them in the tractor to try rolling a round bale. It is a lot of fun to get someone behind the wheel of a tractor for the first time and to run a round baler down the field. We windrow our hay narrow enough that we have to switch back and forth across the windrow to make an even bale. If you have never run a tractor, or you haven't run one in years, it can be a challenge to coordinate all of the activities required to make a nice bale. They made some very nice bales and we didn't run anything over we didn't want to, so it was a success.
My son Tom who is 10 and I raked alfalfa hay this morning. This morning was one of those mornings that had heavy dew on the ground, blue sky above and made the hay smell so sweet. It was a joy to share that opportunity with my son. He did a great job too. Now if it will only dry I can get it off the field and can get on to other jobs like cutting the oats and working on the well.
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