Saturday, 6 June 2009

Silage update mark 2

Well they did it, but only just. They worked until dark last night (a bit of drizzle but no rain as such). We went to have a look in the shogun (saw Mr Fox too!) (first time we have explored 'our' fields by vehicle, a very different perspective). What we hadn't realised it that one of the big fields which we though had cattle in, didn't so in fact they had more enclosures to cover than we first though.

It did rain overnight and was drizzling when they came back at about 9 this morning. They have gone now and I think have managed to get it all in, but the last 2 hours or so have been in drizzle (and now heavy rain). Do hope it will be OK for silage. The farmer only rents this land as grazing and silage, his family run another farm and it looks as though he got all that grass in on time, so he should have enough. Presumably they also do a second cut later in the year.

Very strange to be all quiet now after the rumbling of tractors and trailers for the last 2 days.

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