Norris Family Blog

Hay Baling

Linda worked in the office for the FRYSC yesterday morning. While she worked, Stacey and I took Daisy for a run, then I mowed with the FarmTrac and finish mower as Stacey set in the Mule listening to her iPod and working a word search. Linda came home and we went to town for lunch, then back to the farm. Phil Garmon had raked the hay in the field across the highway and told me it was ready to bale, so Linda helped me hook the square baler to the tractor and I headed to the field. After some trouble with the baler needing a shot of WD-40 and Steve Garmon adjusting the pickup height I was off and baling. No more problems and I finished the field as Linda watched and moved a few bales out of the way for me. I checked the bale count and it read 82, then I set the baler to travel position and parked it in the shed. Linda and I went to the house to cool off a little, then Stacey and her picked up Regina and they went to the mum patch to trim the buds off the mums.
 
After a couple glasses of cold water, I went back out and hooked up the trailer to the pickup truck. Steve Riddle showed up and wanted to help pickup the hay, so we started picking it up and stacking it on the trailer. Shortly, Linda came driving up in the Mule, with Regina and Stacey. Linda took Stacey to the house and Regina began driving the pickup truck through the field while Steve and I picked up the hay. Linda returned and helped until the hay was stacked too high for her to throw it on the trailer. Then she took over driving while Regina rode along and we finished picking up the hay. Afterwards, I moved a wagon and parked the trailer full of hay in the barn hallway. Linda took Regina home and brought back a blackberry cobbler that Regina had made for us. We enjoyed that with ice cream right after taking showers. It was delicious!