Howdy Friends! What about hay? While picking up droppings in Rosie’s, 100 akker wood this morning, I had a thought.
A Dog Named SaturdayThen we fill hay bags or toss flakes to our horses. The next step then is to wait while our equine partners process the hay into … the things they process hay into. Then we pick up the processed hay, and in our case we pile it on our compost pile to age. Now you might consider the hay handling complete here, not quite.
As I scooped a beautifully crafted pile of processed hay into the muck wagon I thought about how much we horse folks handle hay.
If you grow your own you till, plant, fertilize, mow, rake, bale and stack in the barn. If you buy, as I do you, stack on the trailer, unload the trailer/truck and stack in the barn. Unless you get it delivered, then most likely you help a little like me. (Very little).
Then we fill hay bags or toss flakes to our horses. The next step then is to wait while our equine partners process the hay into … the things they process it into. Then we pick up the processed hay, and in our case we pile it on our compost pile to age.
Now you might consider the hay handling complete here, not quite.
After the aging process, Ravishin’ Robbie moves this fine black processed hay to her garden. Where, mixed thoroughly to a depth of five inches or more with soil, that processed hay transforms into tomatoes, green beans, Swiss chard, rhubarb, carrots, lettuce and a host of other delicious vegetables not at all resembling hay. Processed or otherwise.
Now of course those vegetables carry that processed hay on still another journey, but I reckon I’ll stop here. For now. Have a fun day! ~ Gitty Up, Dutch.
Hay is expensive! Thank goodness it can be used for the garden when processed in aged. This a good read and true !
There ya go!!