We have been waiting since the beginning of August for a 5 day weather window to cut our meadow and make haylage. To decide on when to cut we use a combination of crossed fingers, the Countryfile Weather Forecast on Sunday, Met Eireann's Weatherdial and finally The Irish Weather Network which has a recording station in Killucan about 15 miles away, and is a great website for local weather.
Monday 30th August turned out to be a bright hot breezy day. Ideal weather !
We tedded it out twice,
and then rowed it up on Wednesday evening.
Smidgen and Iota can be seen checking that the rows are straight!
The haylage was baled on Thursday afternoon.......
......and immediately wrapped.
The bales need to be brought in straight away or else the crows perch on them and puncture the wrap.
All safely stacked in the yard ready for winter, and most importantly, saved without rain.
It will be used to feed the cattle, the sheep and the horses.
We have had 3 inches of rain since this photo was taken!
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