What the HAY?

Hay is grass or legumes that has been cut, dried, stored, and used for animal feed, particularly for grazing animals like cattle, horses, goats, and sheep. Small pets such as guinea pigs and rabbits also enjoy hay, though they only consume very small quantities. Pigs may be fed hay, but they do not digest hay very efficiently. Hay is fed when or where there is not enough pasture or rangeland on which to graze an animal, when grazing is unavailable due to weather - such as during the winter, or when lush pasture by itself is too rich for easy digestion by the animal. It is also fed during times when an animal is unable to access pasture, such as when animals are kept in a stable or barn.

What the HAY ~

Cutting of the Hay I never tire of seeing this process even after 30 some years. Today’s haying was a little different. In the horse pasture one of our geese decided to make another nest. Our guy carefully scooted her off of some number of eggs and mowed so carefully around her nest still leaving her safety and some cover for her soon to be brood. She is the one that insisted to make a nest in one of my raised beds. The temporary fencing was a deterrent and the open meadow much better for all concerned. By the weekend we will see the completion as we speculate on the numbers of bales that we will have. For some reason this brings to mind Cow Tipping. In theory one is to sneak up on a cow in the evening as it stands sleeping then push it over for the heck of it. Not sure why anyone would want to do this. This particular site makes a lot more sense to the term Cow Tipping as far as I can see. Actually skinny-dipping in a pond seems a lot more fun. Many years ago our children did manage to hop, jump or otherwise propel them from one round bale to another. Of course we heard about this the next day.