Hay. The best air freshener of all.
I had to turn the field twice to accelerate the drying because of all the rain in the forecast. And Jen and I went back out and gently spread out the bigger clumps by hand so it all dried evenly.Which as usual made my skin erupt in welts and itchy red spots, even though every part of my body was covered, due to my allergy to hay. ( It subsides after a few itchy hours but is a little irritating to be a farmer allergic to grass). But we got the hay in by late evening and it is beautiful hay. Fragrant and dry and not too heavy at all.
And last night we were so tired after loading the first trailer full into the barn that after eating a simple dinner of pasta, asparagus and cream with a quick salad from the garden we all left the dishes in the sink and went straight to bed. No reading, (Fede reads aloud to me every night to prepare for the oral portion of his English exam on the 12th) no writing, no last wander around the sleeping grounds, I did not even download my pictures. Just straight to bed.
Later today, after we have finished unloading the next trailer load of hay (Berit is coming down from Chicago to help) we will attend to all those details.
We had Jen (the part time guest worker) helping yesterday too – she picked chamomile flowers for the oil). I will begin today’s work while you read. Only a little late!
And because the rain that was threatened has been taken right out of the forecast now we will begin watering today.
Have a lovely day.
Your friend on the farm,
celi
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41 responses to “Hay In The Barn”
Never mind about the ruddy dishes: they’ll be there when you are ready 🙂 ! But that hay looks just great and I do hope another such load was safely delivered into the loft during today!!!
Chamomile flowers!!!! How beautiful! I have a cup of chamomile tea every night before I go to bed. Yummy and sleep inducing. What do you do with chamomile oil? You know, I have no idea? The pictures are so beautiful today. Well, they always are. But these strike me as…special somehow. I love Ton getting his bath. Dog humility always makes me smile.
I bathed my two today and they both still have the same face as TonTon 😦 Bad luck about the allergy – I’m allergic to olive blossom which is a huge problem here in Spain! I too am curious as to what chamomile oil is used for – must be very soothing.
Hey Celi .. Lovely post and pics. What do you do with the chamomile oil?
Fantastic to see that good crop of hay brought safely in.
Did you start the watering by watering Ton? He’s such a good boy. Yay for getting hay done! I imagine you all were quite tired after that.