Hmmm. You got the way-more-better job. Nice shot. :-)
ps: I used to use straw as a cover for newly seeded grass. I don't do
it anymore since I have realized that the local straw is also full of
the local farmer's yellow nutsedge seed. Yellow nutsedge used to be
just a southern weed but has worked its way north. I call it one of the
world's worst weeds.
My back yard became infested with it when I had part of the yard
re-seeded and the guy that did the work used lots of bales of hay to
cover the seed. After that the reseeded area was chock full of yellow
nutsedge. I've been trying for 5 years to get rid of it. So far I
think I've gotten about 90% of it. There are very few chemicals that
will kill it (as a lawn weed), they are expensive and are well less than
100% effective. Moral of the story: If you're planting grass find
something other than straw to cover the germinating seed.
Chuck Norcutt
On 12/8/2013 4:32 PM, Tina Manley wrote:
> With our very small farm here (64 acres) in York, SC, we raise hay on three
> different pastures. Another farmer comes with the equipment to cut, stir,
> and bale the hay twice a year. We split the bales with him. Last year we
> baled just over 600 square bales, twice a year. He uses his hay to feed
> his horses. We store ours in the barn until the horse owners around here
> run out of their own hay and then Tom sells it on Craig's List for about $5
> a bale. Our hay is all organic and has never been sprayed. We have no
> foxtails, which horse people hate. The horses seem to like our hay. Tom
> usually sells all but a few bales which I use in the chicken house and
> garden. We don't have any straw so I don't know about that except that
> they sell it at Lowes for mulch maybe? The fields need bushhogging right
> now - lots of broadleaf weeds - but Tom has to work on the tractor first.
>
> To transfer this thread to photography, here is my take on the hay harvest.
> I drive the truck while the guys load the hay:
>
> http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/135404269
>
> C&C greatly appreciated.
>
> Tina
>
>
> On Sun, Dec 8, 2013 at 3:51 PM, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> On 12/7/2013 4:39 PM, Ken Norton wrote:
>>> ...
>>> My BIL's cattle operation goes through two to three rounds per day
>>> plus additional feed. His goal is to always have a full year of
>>> carryover. Last year, we had the drought and the year before, Texas
>>> did. Between hay sales to Texas and last year's drought, most Iowa
>>> operations fully depleted their carryover reserves and had to resort
>>> to other sources.
>>
>> U to here in this pp, we are talking straw, correct?
>>
>>> It got a little tricky around here and hay thefts were a daily
>> occurrence.
>>
>> Hay, or straw, or both?
>>
>> Partially Enlightened Moose
>>
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