Hay serves as the primary food source for our cows and oxen during the winter months. As we have ample land, we have good quality hay pastures which our cows graze directly in during the other seasons. This same grass is cut as hay for the winter months.
In 2009, we invested in some used equipment and cut our own hay - the entire process from mowing to tethering to baling. It was enlivening to learn the process, despite the many many hours in the hot sun on a tractor. We now have first hand experience of where the expression "make hay while the sun shines" comes from.
