Corn Stalk Bales

This naughty girl slipped out of the gate yesterday morning.

Thankfully she agreed to very calmly walking back in.

Yesterday was the day to finally start corn stalk bales.

It was dry enough after the rain a few days earlier

and needed to be done before the coming snow and hard freeze.

Ben got some raked and then started baling.

When Paul got home from work he dressed up warmly

and took over raking while Ben baled.

For several hours Steve chopped,

Paul raked,

Ben baled,

Luke chisel plowed our fields,

Elsie and Hannah kept things under control at home,

and I rode with Ben.

Ben and I drove out of the field at 10:35 p.m.

after making 268 bales.

Luke got 98% of the plowing done
Tuesday night
and then blew a hydraulic hose.

There was a fresh dusting of snow on everything this morning.

Fixing the hose was first on the morning's agenda
so Luke was at Car Quest at 7:00
so he could work on it before going to work.

There's just something about a field full of bales
that makes my heart happy.

We got half of the bales.
Jack drove the 7400 to the field with Molly riding along.
We also had another tractor and our gooseneck out there.
And both skid steers.

All of our bales are home and most of them are lined up.
We called it quits at 6:30 tonight.
Except for Luke being at the fire department and Elsie studying,
everyone is relaxing for a bit before an early bedtime!