Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Haying, part 2

I'd just returned from a ride that I think was virtual, but it felt real, and heard a tractor roar through our gate. I grabbed my camera and ran for the field.







It is hay flipping day! If we're lucky, this is gonna be honest-to-God HAY and not the abomination called silage. I think we're lucky, cuz so far so good - no precipitation and none expected.






I waved to Carsten as his tractor passed me by. I stood in the safety of the grazing strip. Then I tought, Gee, I wonder how Baasha is handling this? So I made my way down the field, snapping pics like a tourist.

Whew, Baasha was grazing as if nothing was happening. No loud clattering tractor swirling hay up and fluffing it.











I was proud of my boy, I can imagine some horses would not put up with that. (Tractors are loud - if you watch, you'll probably want to turn your volume down.)






I'd stuck Baasha in the back corner under the oak trees cuz he avoids that area and there is a lot of untouched grass there. He really hates that spot, cuz it's low, there's a creek right there, and it's the furthest point from the barn. But after our virtual ride, he was hungry.







In this video you can hear me say Baasha's name. I was mumbling to myself because it was such a novel experience for me! (Warning - this is also quite loud - not unlike the sound of an airplane taking off.)






This completes my documentary of hay fluffing - I was so impressed how Carsten handles that tractor - he comes right up against our Tposts and step-in posts and doesn't touch them, getting as much hay as possible. In this video, he is driving backwards for some reason, and then resumes. Every time he passed me, I noticed he was looking at the hay, good, I don't want him to know how many pics I took. I'm undoubtedly his only field owner who stands out there with a camera and documents his work!

2 comments:

AareneX said...

Cute!

Tell about your "virtual" ride....and come on our "virtual trail ride", okay? I want to "ride" on your trails in Germany!

Melanie said...

Baasha didn't mind that hay machine, because he is old and smart, and knows that it is making food for the winter...lol!!! :)