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Ed Thayer
ParticipantVery glad no one was injured during your runaway. I had a single Hafflinger bolt back to the barn on me and it was a terrifying experience. Consistent work and communication is key and the horses will respond to that over time.
Reading your horses and recognizing their habits and attitude will come in time. Being able to acquire that skill may take some patience on your part. My Belgian gelding and I worked almost a year before we figured each other out. But he has become the best horse ever.
Good luck and Stay safe.
Ed
ParticipantGlad you got yours in Mark. Friday really saved us as well. I started raking yesterday about 2:00 pm after seeing the black clouds start to roll in. But the rain did hold off until about 8:00 pm. Checked the tempature of the bales this morning on a few of the heavier bales and all was good. Only about 10 deg above air temps. We stacked it all cut side up and only 2 deep.
Don, I hope you have good luck with the mower. Your conditions sound similare to ours last year at this time. Here hoping you get a good stretch soon.
Ed
ParticipantWe got about 200 bales in this afternoon. Pretty good stuff considering the rain that we got. Fortunate to have good friends and neighbors to help today.
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You must be logged in to view attached files.ParticipantWell, after two perfect days of drying, Mother Nature was not kind to us last night. The crop was almost dry enough to bale yesterday late but I just couldn’t take chance on it. Now to figure out how to dry this stuff today and tomorrow before the big rain comes on Sunday?
Whoever said farming was easy ?ParticipantFinally looks like a nice hay making stretch of weather, cutting 5 acres after work tonight 🙂
Happy Haying everyone.
EdParticipantWe haven’t cut a single stem, and it’s killing me. We had the drought here early as well then what rain we got the grass really recovered nicely. Now it is course and going by and I cant get on the field with the forecasts. Rain every other day or so.
Hoping things improve quickly, but next week looks worse than this one. I just cant take a chance on ruining a crop with a 40% chance of showers forecasted every other day.
ED
ParticipantErika,
Sorry to hear about the horses, it is often hard to replace leaders like that. Glad to hear you ended the week on a better note.
Ed
ParticipantTom,
We use pigs to renovate our pastures, they are very aggressive when it comes to tilling the land, and they fertilize it for us as well. We rotate them using electric netting. When we move them, I simply chain harrow the piece they just cam off of and then spread pasture mix by hand and rake it in. This has worked very well for us.
Good luck,
Ed
ParticipantI run a 40″ neck yolk and evener so I guess I will use that measurement for spacing.
Ed
ParticipantAmazing photos of your farm, very impressive furrows there for such a long run. Good luck with your growing season.
Ed
ParticipantThanks to Mark, I am all set. This forum rocks 🙂
ParticipantMark,
I use a small 1″ Honda pump to force water back up the lines from the tank end. I found a male “Lincoln Style” air fitting fits perfectly in to the end of the 5/16 tube. I fill my pickup tank with water and simply pump it up the line and start at the furthest tap. It works very well. After washing, I then drain the line and plug the taps to keep the mud wasps out.
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You must be logged in to view attached files.ParticipantI have never planted oats before, do I need to do anything to it later besides mow it? Do I disc it back in then plant buckwheat?
I think I will disc it a few times before doing any planting.ParticipantGeorge,
Do you have any pictures of that arrangement for reference?I would like to see it. I run a plug style yolk for my ride on cultivator. I had to make the neck yolk arrangement to fit the tool when I bought it.
But that is the only implement I use with a plug yolk.
Ed
ParticipantAll done here too Bill. We cleaned buckets and sugar house yesterday and have all the tanks cleaned. Just have to wash the tube lots and call it a season. We had the second best crop ever, just under 150 gallons produced. Lots of high quality sap late in the year really saved us.
Glad to hear you had a good season. We are getting ready to spread too then chain harrow. No frozen hydrants here this year, but I hear it was not uncommon around the region.
ED
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