5 Acres & A Dream
Showing posts with label haying. Show all posts
Showing posts with label haying. Show all posts
July 24, 2023

Dan's Power Scythe

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Once upon a time we had a sickle mower . our old sickle mower It was a great alternative to the scythe, as it could cover more grou...
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April 24, 2023

Homestead Haying

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Last week, the weather forecast promised perfect weather for haying. Good quality hay needs to be cut while the grasses are long, luscious, ...
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April 19, 2020

Spring Hay Harvest

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About a month ago, I showed you photos of how our pastures are coming along since we began our soil building efforts (See " Pasture Soi...
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May 1, 2019

Soil Building Experiment #3: Hay Growing

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Hay fields = hidey places for mice = good hunting. Last year I started a series of blog posts on building better soil. Some of you may ...
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April 23, 2019

Saving the Wheat

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I didn't know whether to call this blog post "Saving the Wheat" or "More Adventures in Haylofting." Why? Because of ...
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August 3, 2018

Unexpected Hay Harvest

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The paddock was thick with lush grass. The only thing was, that's not what I planted. What I planted was grain sorghum, cushaws, amar...
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5 Acres & A Dream. The dream has always been to live close to the land. The five acres came in 2009, when my husband Dan and I bought a neglected 1920s-built bungalow on a piece of old farmland. The goal is simpler, sustainable, more self-reliant living, and a return to agrarian values.
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