Monday, June 04, 2018

Perfect weather

After the second hottest and driest May on record, it's been partly cloudy with temperatures in the 70s – much nicer IMO, even if the garden would prefer it warmer.
enjoying the clouds today at work

enjoying the clouds this evening at home
Last week we got a call from our favorite local hay guy saying he had around 350 bales of first-cutting orchardgrass and orchardgrass/rye mix hay. This is why he's our favorite producer; he almost always manages to get his hay put up before anyone else, before it gets too mature and loses nutritional value. Rick picked up a trailer load yesterday that we unloaded tonight. Then he picked up another load and backed it under cover. Us old people have to pace ourselves; the young buck is busy catching up on past-due homework and studying for finals.
The resident hay inspector was johnny-on-the-spot!


Hay is very popular here, and not just for eating; ha!
Maybe Bogie is trying everything he can to get me to shear that big fleece of his; he might just get his wish in the morning!

That's it for today from . . .

6 comments:

Mama Pea said...

All I could think of when I saw that last picture was, "Bad hair day?" (I can so relate!)

Michelle said...

It was hilarious, Mama Pea! I had just put hay in their feeder and then returned with a clean bucket of water to find him looking like this.

Susan said...

I just love that last photo. You can almost see him plunging into the hay for just the right morsel! Having a barn full of hay is about the best feeling every. That sure looks like nice hay, too!

Michelle said...

It is, Susan – at least once you get over sticker shock! ;-) This hay was put up over three weeks ago, so lots of good eating even though it looks coarse. Strangely enough, the sheep and horses have not been wild about the fine, green 4th cutting we bought last year.

FullyFleeced said...

"the wearing of the hay" - must be a Shetland tradition. :)

Michelle said...

I had to throw away his massive neck fleece, Denise – it was FULL of it!