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Subject: Re: [OM] Help an ignorant urbanite [was And a couple more - Bales]
From: Bob Whitmire <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2013 09:24:55 -0500
Cute shot. Nicely composed. 

Surely you've been around this list long enough now to realize you don't have 
to involve photography in your threads? <g>

--Bob Whitmire
Certified Neanderthal

On Dec 8, 2013, at 4:32 PM, Tina Manley wrote:

> With our very small farm here (64 acres) in York, SC, we raise hay on three
> different pastures.  Another farmer comes with the equipment to cut, stir,
> and bale the hay twice a year.  We split the bales with him.  Last year we
> baled just over 600 square bales, twice a year.  He uses his hay to feed
> his horses.  We store ours in the barn until the horse owners around here
> run out of their own hay and then Tom sells it on Craig's List for about $5
> a bale.  Our hay is all organic and has never been sprayed.  We have no
> foxtails, which horse people hate.  The horses seem to like our hay.  Tom
> usually sells all but a few bales which I use in the chicken house and
> garden.  We don't have any straw so I don't know about that except that
> they sell it at Lowes for mulch maybe?  The fields need bushhogging right
> now - lots of broadleaf weeds - but Tom has to work on the tractor first.
> 
> To transfer this thread to photography, here is my take on the hay harvest.
> I drive the truck while the guys load the hay:
> 
> http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley/image/135404269
> 
> C&C greatly appreciated.

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