Today in Pictures

[Blaithin]

I pictured Blaithin this petite millennial, small but mighty. Never have I been wrong.

Big and mighty millennial ????

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Have you considered wrapping silage bales. Gets it done while quality there. No more black hay.

We put up hay on a very small scale these days. When we got out of the cow business, we also got mostly out of the hay business. Just putting up some random sloughs.
Trouble with doing anything on a small scale, it doesn't get the time invested, or equipment required to do it properly.

This picture is about 50 acres of intentionally seeded hay on some former pasture land that is too low to crop. Second year. Last year had a neighbor silage it. This year I did offer it as silage earlier but no one was set up to do it at that time.

Tube wrapped bales aren't very easy to market, once the tube is open, unless there's someone close by who can keep using them before they spoil.

I'm not set up for handling and loading individual wrapped bales. Not really looking to invest for the few acres we do.

Realistically, we could have got this up in much better shape. If I hadn't have believed the forecast on some of the days where we were guaranteed to get rain. Or on the days while we were definitely not supposed to get rain. And an overzealous rake operator who doubled some swaths together while they were still far too wet and stuck to the ground.

[Blaithin]

Lake day.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

The dog agrees with your assessment of the day.

Spring fed Creek right at the source is probably a little more refreshing than the lake. Even secondhand when she comes out and shakes the water all over me.

[cropgrower]

Thankfully my buyer hay has a wrapper , cut headlands and after a week weather was not cooperating so it got wrapped , then a bear comes along and rips both end of row to shreds and climbs over row a few times !

[AlbertaFarmer5]

A long distance renter in the area thought grain bags would be a good idea. The bears thought they were a good idea as well. So do the deer and the elk.

So what do you do once they are ripped? Lots of duct tape? Or start over again putting them in a new tube?

[furrowtickler]

Last lake day / morning here till ice fishing most likely
Was nice early this morning, boat home now , cleaned out and parked for the season most likely

[sumdumguy]

Just got out to Echo and boom, the sky opened up, everything is sopping wet now. thanx a lot!

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Big and mighty millennial ????

If the chicken hoarding hermit headline doesn't work out for you, you could try that for your online dating profile next.

[shtferbrains]

A long distance renter in the area thought grain bags would be a good idea. The bears thought they were a good idea as well. So do the deer and the elk.

So what do you do once they are ripped? Lots of duct tape? Or start over again putting them in a new tube?

Once a bear opens it up it's a bait?

Grizzlies probably are a bigger problem because they are high value tourists attractions.

I think my son worked not far from that area as a liazon between Grizzlies and ranchers.
Wasn't his favorite job.