Showing posts with label heifers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label heifers. Show all posts

Saturday, May 30, 2020

Keeping Busy Here ...

Finally … Plowing the Garden!
It's been a wet spring until just recently. Then it got really hot this week & went up to the low 90's. During this time, we've had the tractor in the shop and were focused on lambing and moving hay with our skid steer loader. The tractor came back on Tuesday and we immediately plowed the garden area before it rained late the next day.
Glenda & the Brush Hog
 Glenda is always nosing around and was fascinated with the freshly plowed garden soil. She even spent time following the brush hog around as the grass around the garden area was mowed ...
We're expecting our neighbor over this weekend to run his tractor mounted rototiller over the garden.
Now the weather will be cooler for a few days, but should be dry enough to do some planting.
Final Load of Hay ...
The next day we moved the last of the round bales of hay before it clouded up for evening t-storms. The farm across the road was raking and baling this season's new hay in that perfect window of hot weather and sunshine.
Steers & Heifers Watching 
My job is to man the gate. The curious steers & heifers were watching and started to meander over towards me when we pulled in for the first load. They quickly lose interest since we don't have a feed bucket!

Friday, June 8, 2018

Hay Season Returns!

Cool Overcast Day to Haul Hay
It's that time of year again when the fields are cut, raked, & baled into hay.  We've had some good weather between days with thunderstorms or days when thunderstorms threatened.  Local temperatures have already hit a high of 89 degrees & we've had the window air conditioners running ... then a day came along like is pictured above. We're wearing our sweatshirts and it's overcast and windy!
Wary Heifers & Steers ...
We were watched by a small group of young Holstein & dairy cross heifers & steers. They are pastured in the field surrounding the barn where the round bales are stored.
Here they are below on day two, out in the sunshine & cautiously approaching the truck, lol.
Looks Scary - Don't Get Too Close!