Well, after working on the barn in the morning Steven, Scott, and I headed out to mow hay. We came across some extra hay ground at just the right price so we went for it. It took us about 4 hours to mow it all with both of us mowing. The hay looks good and should feed the cows well. I also had Steven following right behind tedding the hay so it would dry faster because the sun was blazing hot and we needed to get it dry to bale before the party Saturday
Here is a picture of the hay we mowed. The narrow row was with Scotts New Holland Discbine with conditioner rolls and the wide row is my new Kubota DM2032 disc mower without a conditioner. I want to see if there is any difference between the two and this property posed a great opportunity to check that.
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| Kubota DM2032 Disc Mower in Clover Hay |
As we went to mow yesterday and even when we got done, the forecast called for clearing weather and sunny till Monday night. I went to sleep last night to the sound of a thunderstorm building to the south that just missed us. I awoke to rain this morning with a half an inch that fell overnight. So much for drying the hay fast.
So this morning, instead of mowing hay to start the day, we are going to work on mowing the lawn and cleaning up for the party on Saturday. Hopefully the sun actually comes out after this rain passes like they are calling for now so we can go get the second cutting all mowed.
Here is what Steven and I worked on yesterday morning. Notice the bright sunshine and beautiful clear sky in the background!
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| Residing the old barn |
This was the last section of the barn that needed resided.
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| Residing the old barn |
A couple of years ago Steven's brother, David, visited here from Montana and while he was here he brought the branding Irons for my cows out in Montana. We took the opportunity to burn the brand into several different pieces of wood. The one below is a piece of old barn siding from Montana. We all think it looks great on the side of the barn and we will be putting it up this morning before we start cleaning up.
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| Residing the old barn |
Here are a few pictures of the finished cow shed.
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| Klene Pipe Bunk feeder with new cow shed. |
I think it turned out perfect.
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| Looking in south side of cow shed. |
I wanted to take a few more pictures this morning but with the rain I decided to post what I have now and I will take more once the sun comes back out.
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| Looking in the East end of the new cow shed. |
Well, I might as well head out and see if I can get something done even in the rain.
Have a great day everyone.
Kenny
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