That’s better than a poke in the eye with a charcoal stick isn’t it?!
Though the morning started off with a very pessimistic attitude.
It was looking like rain, showers were blowing over, the wind was a gale and the hay was still too wet due to the humidity and spotty rain in the night but by the afternoon the rain had held off and the sun was out, so I went out with my fork and rolled all the hay over so the wet underside was in the sun and retrieved all the hay that had been blown into the bean field. By 5pm we had bales in the barn. And I began to breathe again. The tension had been awful.
The bales are still on the hay rack in the barn across the way, because that is where I will be needing this batch during the winter, but they are out of the weather and I can go over each day and unload at my leisure. Though stacking hay is not exactly a leisure activity.
The chicks are in their intermediary home – the stock trailer aka The Black Mariah.. it is nice and big and out of the weather while they are still small. I am starting to feed them their hay now that we have some good stuff. 
It was a lovely warm day yesterday. 
But by the time I was finished I was staggering tired. 
Have a lovely day.
Love your friend on the farm
celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
55 responses to “124 Bales”
I’m so glad your hay didn’t get rained on. Way back (50+ years), my father and helpers would hoist the bales onto the wagon with a pitch fork . I would stack the hay on the wagon or drive the tractor . I love your blog because it brings back so many memories of my childhood.
Your hay looks beautiful! And even more so because you have it IN THE BARN! We are cutting right now…started off yesterday and will finish by noon. I hope the weather holds here as well….it is the best hay we have ever had. I’m posting photos today.
Linda
http://coloradofarmlife@wordpress.com
Don’t do all the hay before I get there! I’m bringing my leather work gloves. 🙂
C. that is one beautiful load of hay…in spite of all that hard work getting it in, you must feel sooo much better now knowing it is safe and dry in the “barn across the way”…and look at Sheila lying in her spa pool not helping one little bit! She’s smarter than we think! 🙂
The chicks are so cute and Sheila has the right idea. I’m happy to hear your hay is safe in the barn.
There goes another weird saying…I wonder what the basis of them is……maybe I should start to research. My hub, s favourite is ‘its no skin off my nose’ which means it does not matter one way or the other. Very intriguing.
You did well on the hay…they, ll , make a farmer of you yet (joking)……you work so long and hard that it makes me tired just reading about it.
have a great day miss CI
Very impressive! Sheila looks tired after all that work too 😉
Wow! Well done, everso!
Not much prettier than a load of fresh hay, unless it’s a load of fresh hay put where it belongs. 😉 Did you join Sheila in the spa after a hard day’s work?
tempting, but she does not like to share!,.. c
Lol
That gay looks terrific Celi ..well done it is hard work.
Oh, how I remember hay days. Bless your heart, you will need a few days to recoup from the workout you got! It’s really too bad Sheila does not like to share her mud spa… I sure would love to spend just thirty minutes at her mud hole. Aren’t you kind of curious as to why she loves that mud so much? She might be onto something!
I think we were holding our collective breath until that hay was safely in… except maybe Sheila – she knew it was in the bag… errrr barn 🙂
I’m so glad you beat the rain! Was holding my breath for you yesterday xxx
Hope you didn’t pass out darling!!. They would blame the drink you know.. c
Ha! After the day you had yesterday, you deserve one. Or two. Or three.. 😀
or four or five!! hha ha ah
Cecilia, you’re cholesterol reading must be around -.02. I have never known anyone in this life (or any of my past lives if I had any) who works as hard as you do. That sight of your harvested hay is overwhelming. I keep thinking–I could help! I could help! NO WAY. I could throw a stick for Boo and one for TonTon and that would be about it. OMG! Such an admission.
Oh I am sure we could find something for you to do! just feeding and watering four different sections of chickens takes me a while.. see? you could do that, and feed Aunty Del, and give Tima her cuddle time.. there is something for everyone..take care darling.. c
It’s a really good feeling to get next winter’s hay in the barn. The local dairy farm plants and harvests our 11 acre field with whatever they want and supplies us with hay. Around here it’s next to impossible to find small squares. Ours run about 300 to 400 lbs. which can be a real pain when trying to portion it out, not to mention you need a skidsteer to unload the wagon and stack it in the barn.
Four more cuts I hope.. we will need a lot of hay next winter with four hungry cows.. c