A few posts back, "deep end of the loom" (love that name!) asked me to tell a bit more about the haying process. If you want my version, read on. If you'd like to read the official wikipedia version, click here . Haying happens in three steps: cutting, raking and baling. This process takes several days, as the hay must be dry when baled. Moist hay molds and heats up and has even been known to spontaneously combust, burning down the barn. Gotta have dry hay. This first photo is of our haybine. The haybine not only cuts the hay, it also crimps each piece of long grass in several places, to allow for faster drying. We usually cut hay in the early afternoon, when the dew is gone. When we're done, long row of cut grass lie waiting. The hay is allowed to dry for two to three days, depending on wind and sun conditions. Obviously, the more wind and sun the days hold, the quicker the hay will dry. When we feel like the hay is nearly dry, we go out with the rake. There are diff
Yum! I haven't done sauce yet, but definitely want to!
ReplyDeleteQuick question: I added that new blogger gadget where it gives the most recent posts of the blogs you link to. Any idea why your blog would be showing as a 6-month-old post for your most recent? Weird. All the other ones seem to be up-to-date. I'm stumped!
Gina, can you double check the URL? It should be shadysidefarm.blogspot.com without anything else on the end. Other than that (which is almost too basic to mention), I have no idea. I'm a bit of a techno-dunce.
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