RPC~ Picture of our 4-H wether

[Roll farms]

I learned the hard way not to wear shorts when messing w/ hay. Looked like I'd been walking through Sawgrass when we were done and you don't feel it until you get in the shower. Ouch!

Dealing w/ hay at all is the biggest gripe we have w/ farming....I wish goats didn't eat it.

But good on you for helping your dad out.

 

[elevan]

I don't know Roll...I think it's a toss up between dealing with poop and dealing with hay for me

 

[RPC]

Emily its really not that bad if we sell it off the wagon and just put it in someones barn. I hate when we bale it up then bring it home and unload, then 3 days later someone wants it so we have to load it all back up and take it there and unload again. There is usuall 4 of us so that's better. 1 person drives and the other 3 stack then all 4 of us unload so it goes pretty fast. The days its just me and my dad it wears me out.

Kim I have don't the shorts before too and the was a 1 time deal also. I bale for free so that I get hay for free so its not a bad trade off. I need the hay so if I can work it off its better then paying out of pocket all at once.

 

[Roll farms]

I used to hate the poop part, too....esp. when we had 5 horses...ugh....then, my FIL took pity on us and bought us a Bobcat.

I miss that old man.

 

[elevan]

Yeah it's the horse and cattle poop that kills me

Sorry for the manure hijack RPC

 

[redtailgal]

Hay makes me itch. Poop doesnt.

I'll take the poop anyday.

 

[elevan]

 

[RPC]

Hijack all you want its the most action my journal has seen in a bit lol. Well I am dead to the world we did 593 bales tonight. I am so darn tired and we still have w wagon left to unload, then 2 more fields to bale and unload tomorrow. I don't think I ever want to own a hay baling business like my father.

 

[elevan]

Like any business it's better suited for some than others.

Good hard, honest work makes the soul feel good though.

 

[RPC]

I do enjoy going out and working on the wagons with some of my buddies. It feels good to work and get a nice tan at the same time. If I never had to unload it in all the dusty hay lofts I would be a happy camper lol. Well we got another 535 bales done tonight. We didn't keep all of this though. 150 bales stayed at the first farm we did and then another 164 that we baled on the second field was already sold to someone else. The second field is actually going to be a park. If I understand it correctly My dad donates his time, baler and wagons and then they sell the hay to raise money to build the park. There is another man that does the same thing as we do. This is our 3rd year doing it so hopefully one day soon they will be able to build the park. I am sure getting my work out this week. I am putting in my 40 hours at my day job, plus the hay, and tending to the goats and cattle. I would not trade my life for any city kids life any day. I can not imagine the high light of my day sitting in my room playing the latest video game and beating it. I truly love being outside and farming. I just wish we did it on a larger scale like my cousins and I could work there everyday.