Clearin' the hayfield

Jerry/MT · Jul 8, 2011

We finally got some warm, dry weather and the neighbor hayed a 20 on our place. I spent most of the day clearing the hay off the field and I still have some to do tomorrow. Thought you might enjoy seeing a few pictures.

Anonymous-0 · Jul 8, 2011

Are you shure your even ALIVE.......Looks like a pik sent from hevan,,,,,,

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Old Roy · Jul 8, 2011

still looks like snow in the background .

Nice pic of the haying there though

Jerry/MT · Jul 9, 2011

In a normal year( whatever that is!) that"s what the snow look likes in May. We had a big snow pack this winter and Montana has hd a lot of floosding. We"re pretty high and dry but Missoula had a lot of flooding last month and they smay get another batch yet of the warm weather returns.

Jerry/MT · Jul 9, 2011

Just another day in paradise!

Anonymous-0 · Jul 9, 2011

I gess,,,You poor bugger you,,,

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larry@stinescorner · Jul 9, 2011

that is awesome! you have to send more pictures of that area,it is spectacular!!!

nhboyd · Jul 9, 2011

I know about where you are at. What size New Holland are you using.

Dave2N · Jul 9, 2011

Great pics!! One of the first things on my "bucket list" is to see Montana.

NEKS · Jul 9, 2011

Nice picture. Gets kind of boring around here. Hedge row on two sides of the field, beans and corn on the other two sides.

Allan in NE · Jul 9, 2011

Now, darnit Jerry!

I didn't see ya sneak in here and steal my pickup and trailer!

I gotta quit dozzin' off. :>)

Allan

casenut1 · Jul 9, 2011

sure would like to see that country someday . getting to be too many people around here.

Hay_Man · Jul 9, 2011

That sure is pretty! Looks nice and cool, in sharp contrast to our conditions here. Its been triple digits most of the days since April. No rain to speak of. Barely enough to get the grass to get long enough to bale. Is that Coastal Bermuda Grass? Sure is thick and pretty! Didn't think coastal would grow that far north. Nust be some other kind of grass. Grasshoppers are eating what little bit of grass we have here. Here's some of my best friends. They eat all they can. Wish there were more of them to keep the grasshoppers thinned out.

That day temp was 106 F in the shade, 'fraid to know what it is on the tractor with the hot air blowing back on me. Not a cloud in sight.

Jerry/MT · Jul 9, 2011

Not all the people with good taste live in Nebraska, Allan. There"s a few of us in Montana.(Grin)

Jerry/MT · Jul 9, 2011

It"s TD95D with a an 820TL loader. It"s rated at 95 hp at the engine and 82 hp at the pto. I just got it in November. Bought it down in NM with 93 hrs on it and hauled it back myself. It sure handles those bales in the field a lot better than my Ford 4610! It"ll be nicer feeding in the winter also!

Jerry/MT · Jul 9, 2011

When you do, allow some time "cuz it"s big country!

Jerry/MT · Jul 9, 2011

That grass is mainly orchard grass. I doubt coastal bermuda would grow here in Western Montana. Where are you located? 106°F is plenty hot and without rain it"s tough to grow anything in those conditions. Sur ehope you get some miosture soon. it looks pretty dry.
Around here when the farmers start tilling the sea gulls come in by the droves lookng for voles and they eat so many, they can"t even fly! We get a build up of the vole population every so many years till they have a big die off. In between we depend on the hawks, owls, foxes, coyotes etc to deal with them and let me tell you there aren"t enough of anything to make a dent in the little buggers numbers!

Hay_Man · Jul 10, 2011

We're in East Texas, between Athens and Canton. Really dry everywhere in this corner of the country. We're cutting the road ditches to get a little hay. Those little egrets chase the grasshoppers around and eat as much as they can. Thanks for the pretty pics!

Jerry/MT · Jul 10, 2011

I thought there was something that didn"t look quite right about those "sea gulls"! It must be my eyes at the end of a long day.

My wife grew up in Tyler, TX and does not miss the hot, steamy summers there.

We had a few of those dry summers in 2003 and 2004 when the irrigaton water was done by mid-August due to low snow pack. So I know what your talking about. The only rain we got was from some sorry little thundershowers that set the woods on fire and not only did we have a lack of water but we were choking on smoke! Fortunately we didn"t have cows on the place those years.

If you farm or ranch, weather is always the biggest unknown and totally out of ones control. You can do everything right but the weather can screw up the best planning and execution of those plans!

Anonymous-0 · Jul 10, 2011

Jerry is right, Montana is a huge state, with a whole bunch of different areas to see. It can be really hot in the Summer and bitterly cold in the Winter. Or not so bad, either.

I love Montana, where both of my parents grew up, and where we have vacationed lots of times over my lifetime. I would guess that we have just scratched the surface of places and things to see.

Hope you get a chance to go there, but take some time or you will miss all sorts of things. Good luck!

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