Putting up hay...

We went a long ways to filling up our hay barn with our annual stock of round bales today...The massive amounts of unexpected rain this year have forced the local farmers to put off cutting the fields for several months now....as a result, we are playing catchup and our regular supplier cut and delivered almost 100 bales to us today! Here's Jim from Maribella Farm dropping off one of his loads....

...and this is what it looks like when he leaves....looks like a giant cat threw up hay balls all over the place...but not for long!

...JR has to climb up on ole' Green and get them up and under cover...

It's not all work. Between loads there is a little down time, so we take a perch and rest for a bit...

Then, it's back to stacking! Shoo, that 's a lot of round bales...this many round bales will last of the majority of the year...we'll get one more cutting in there later this summer to top it off and then we're set thru next Memorial Day!

Round bales aren't all for the horses though...the Little Brat likes to use them for aerial gymnastics too...

...and when it's all said and done, the bales are all in their rightful resting place and all is well in the world...Amen.

Happy Hay Days!

Leah