All this lovely sunshine has been wonderful for the farming community. Hay, silage & big bales as we call these large bales of grass. They can either be oblong like these or round but either way are a very handy & movable source of winter feed. We used to make round ones when ever we had an odd field with too much grass after we had done the main crop silage.
You can buy round feeders specially for these bales.
Three good things:
1. A cancelation by a B&B guest enables a couple coming on Tuesday to stay the two nights they wanted. The original lady is coming for three nights next week....winners all round!
2. Summer is here & it's lovely to be able to leave the back door open even though the ducks are nearly coming inside....the step defeats them!
3. Andy Murray through the first nervous round.
How glorious Pat! And a much deserved 'easy' year for the farmers this year. The wheat around here looks great - proper height etc - fingers crossed that nothing weird happen between now and harvest.
A beautiful and idyllic country scene with the rolling hills in the distance --I love the countryside and am glad I live on the edge of a small county town and not in a total built up area !!
@salza I agree Sally & the round ones are more common but these are easier to feed if you want to do it truss by truss. The round bales need to be in a feeder though as they are hard to separate.
Are these plastic wrapped or nice old fashioned sheafs? Our ugly bales are wrapped in green plastic - I think it is biodegradible which is good but the look isn't. Lovely summer scene - and I do like the back door touch!
@maggiemae black plastic maggiemae.....hideous stuff but it does the trick. Often find the remains of the wrap hanging around farm yards or bits blowing in trees too if it's windy so not all good! Biodegradable it's not! Green stuff might be though, not sure! Nicer colour though!
They make them much larger now days. Years ago you used to stand on the back of a wagon and hoist them on a pile as the framer drove along with the bailer, but not these big ones
@digitalrn lost count of the number of times I have stacked bales on a trailer Rick, then all had to be stacked in the barn...I agree much easier now but a small bale is still handy!
