Posted by JD Seller on August 03, 2019 at 13:33:35 from (208.126.198.213):
I mowed all my hay Monday. The boys mowed theirs Tuesday and Wednesday. The weather has been perfect for haying. Low humidity and highs in the mid to upper 70s. Well we needed to get some small bales for the Grand Daughter's horses. There were two fields that were perfect horse hay. 1/4 alfalfa and the 3/4 fine orchard grass. They really do not need that much hay for this year but fine grass hay that is in perfect condition, can be hard to get baled in some seasons. Hay in the mow is like money in the bank to me.
So I gathered up the available Grand kids to be hay help. We started baling Thursday afternoon, filled the wagons. I made the bales just a little shorter so they are around 40 lbs. This makes them easier for the girls to handle. So the four horse nuts ( Grand Daughters LOL) plus the two middle grand sons and one OLD fart Grandpa was the crew. LOL we started filling the stable mow Friday morning. Refilled the wagons Friday afternoon and finished filled the mow last night and this morning. We got right at 1800 bales in the mow. It is clear full. Even stacked two stalls that where not being used. The Horse nuts are tired but happy they now have more than two years worth of hay.
Now a little history. The stable last had horses in it in 1959. The stable did not get used for other animals much since the 1960s as the stalls have to be hand cleaned. You just can not get into them easily even with a small skid steer. I often thought of tearing the stalls out but they are nice oak lumber and really make it a nice building. I just did not have the heart to tear them out, too much history would be gone. Then 4-5 years ago the Grand Daughters got horses. There are eight double stalls and four single stalls. My Grand father always kept teams of horses together, so hence the double stalls. The girls only use the single stalls and two of the doubles as storage. A couple of the double stalls are kept ready for visitor horses. They often go on trail rides with people from states away. They like having visitors. The girls have gotten permission from adjoining landowners and me for riding trails. They carry an insurance policy that covers us owners from liability. So with those two things in place they have over 3 miles of trails to ride on. They take care of the fences and gates related to the horses an trails. (they threaten to charge me "rent" when I use the trails for my UTV. LOL)
I can not remember the mow ever being clear full in my life time, as it is hard to get the hay in/out other than a few bales at a time to feed. The kids and I set on a few bales in the door of the stable enjoying the nice cool breeze blowing through, while resting after getting done. I just closed my eyes and LIVED the moment. The smell of fresh baled hay, the odor of horse manure, the sound of horses in their stalls, and the gentle cool breeze. That moment made me darn glad I never did change the building. It is being used like when it was built in 1894. Not many farm buildings left that are than old around here. I wish I had a picture of us setting there. I hope they remember this day with an old man in an old building. I wonder if they will be setting in the same place years from now with their kids and grand kids????
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