Barley

There stand a couple of old farmers discussing life, crops, and the weather.

Our barley was cut Sunday 

baled

and wrapped

on Monday.

Since the skid steer was out there

the last of the winter fence posts were pulled out.

The First Cutting is Done

It's HOT.

Time to bale!

Hannah and Molly built this pile.

They put 113 bales on.

Friday afternoon and Saturday 

were the days to finish up 

the 1st cutting.

Hannah was waiting for the first bale to arrive.

Elsie got the area cleaned out and ready.

Molly unloaded the wagon.

Just a couple of sibling conferences before heading to Hillary's Triangle.

 Luke did the round bales 

and Paul hauled.

It couldn't have been a more beautiful day.

And they had the wind to cool(?) them off.

Hershey had to leave her kittens at home,

but she was happy to make the sacrifice

for the opportunity to ride in the Viking.

The stack went higher with Luke throwing the bales!

There were 132 on that wagon load.

Baling

 It has started!

My favorite time of year!

The first alfalfa cutting is

done and wrapped.

We got all three fields done.

I'll never get enough of this sight!

Hauling over for wrapping.

Not too hot 

and not too cool.

Just perfect weather for getting the job done.

Not a bad couple of days' work!

Ben's Busy Birthday

Luke did another round of disking

on Thursday night.

Most everyone else worked on manure spreading,

new bedding,

and making another calf pen.

Friday was Ben's 24th birthday!

And the day to hurry and plant before the rains came.

The barley is all in.

God added 1.08" of rain on top of the new seeding!

The Last of the Calves

On Wednesday, the 20th,

Navara had Mazda.

Thursday, Havana had Mustang.

And the grand finale... 

Lovey finished off the year with Rebel on Wednesday morning.

The Year End Totals 

The boys are:

3. Bugatti

4. Bentley

8. Maverick

9. Barracuda

12. Datsun

13. Wrangler

15. Blazer

16. Bronco

17. Hornet

18. Continental

19. Hummer

20. Hudson

22. Mercury

26. Mustang

27. Rebel

The girls are:

1. Porsche

2. Phoenix

5. Mercedes

6. Lexus

7. Camry

10. Miata

11. Belair

14. Atlas

21. Comet

23. Kia

24. Fiesta

25. Mazda

Three More Calves

Last Wednesday, the 13th,

Snowbird had Mercury. 

And Ben's cow (who needs a name!)

had Kia.

Thursday, 

Alyeska had Fiesta.

More Calves

Another catch-up post of the calves... 

On April 1,

Olympia had Bronco.

On the 2nd,

Cheyenne had Hornet.

Katie Elder had Continental 

on Tuesday the 5th.

Wednesday, 

Dallas had Hummer.

And Thursday,

Polly had Hudson.

Early this morning

Ash had the 21st calf,

Comet.

Still waiting on the last ones.