400 Up!

Blog post number 400. Yeah!

Still at the farm, but the work has been halted. Rain has hit and we have been forced to wait until it blows over. Sadly, it looks like it'll be here until Saturday, or even Sunday. There isn't much that we can do except wait for sunny skies. I have explained the haying process last summer, but the brief version is that the grass is cut and must dry for two to four days before it can be raked and baled. If it is not dry when it is baled, the moisture will cause the bales to heat up and decompose. The cows won't eat the hay since it is rotten and the bales, when stacked, are a fire hazard.

So, we wait for a stretch of nice weather. The jet stream is dotted all the way to the Pacific Ocean with specks of rain-bringing-lows. Here's our progress so far:

Cut: 9/16
Raked: 9/16
Baled: 9/16
Stacked: 6/16

Things are going well and we haven't had any breakdowns or any real problems. I've been working well and that makes this rain delay all the more frustrating.