Making Hay While the Sun Shines [part 2]
Posted September 10th, 2008 by lroseGreetings from Land’s End in Nova Scotia !
I have to write in shorter segments these days as I no longer have internet at home . At the library I am allowed an hour and sometimes two to use a computer. Then I am done until another day. With my poor vision I am a very slow writer!
Reflecting on haying this year I dare say it was one of the hardest years we had in the twenty three we have been on this farm. With the changing wind now from the southwest fog moved in mornings. The second part of the field lay drenched in wet fog until late morning or early afternoon. The sun came out and Bill was hard at work spreading the hay out to dry. Before dampness came in the evening he had to rake the hay in piles again. Still he managed to get the second cut in the barn. Part was damp and had to be removed several times from the barn to the lawn to finish drying.
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