The alfalfa hay is down and another acre of grass hay to boot. With showers forecast for today but lots of lovely sun after that so we will see. Hay is so important to the welfare of the farm. My cows are not fed grain, so good hay for the winter is imperative. And this hay was getting way past its due by date so it had to be cut. 
The new crew and I planted up the new vegetable gardens and weeded all morning (as well as the normal chores) and the vegetable garden has never looked better.
Today we will plant out all the cucumbers and watermelons and another line of zuchinni and egg plant. Then we will sow the pumpkins and put all the struck Japanese sweet potatoes (the closest to New Zealand Kumara I have found in America) into the ground. Then everything will be fed with the seaweed fertiliser.
I have doubled the numbers of visitors this year and so have doubled the size of the vegetable gardens. My crews need to eat. 
Of course and as usual, I am talking about the vegetable gardens and have taken shots of cows in the long grass (the best place to hide from flies is out in the long green grass).
I hope you have a lovely day.
celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
44 responses to “Hay is Down”
One of life’s beautiful scenes is seeing cows in grass. Loved these photos. Fingers crossed for your hay. xx
Unless I deserve a ‘fail’ mark for my mathematics: that seems like one harvest before and two now – must make you feel more comfortable as far as future hay supplies are concerned since this is only the beginning of June . . . *smile* just love my alfalfa sprouts most breakfasts . . . . methinks the cows would smack their lips also . .
That is a good place to hide!
Our donkeys spent most of today trying to escape the flies. They can’t spend time in long grass … not good for them … being desert critters. They like a dark spot to hide – usually in their barns in front of a large fan!