It's time to MOW!! And it's no tall tale I've been tellin' ya either! I told you the grass and clover on our land was amazing this year...especially after all the rain. Well here it is...over Asheley's head! We're waiting...not so patiently now...to get it all hayed. It's one of those times when we wish we had all the equipment ourselves...but alas...we're waiting on the farmers to do it again for us this year. I admit, they have the hard part. All we have to do is wait for them to do it. But that IS getting harder by the day...especially when all that Timothy is going to seed! I know...patience is a virtue...I know.
The photo below is looking out across the back...you can see all the clover and the tall wheat looking grass is the Timothy...
And this is the temporary fencing we have set up for the horses. They're doing a great job of getting it tromped and eaten down. A solar charger keeps the fence 'live' and is really working out great. We've expanded this pen area to reach the far side of the log 'home'...that's not our home yet...but will be soon...we hope!
I also put in this white fenced area on Monday next to the trees. It's a little closer to the road and higher up so there's a bit more breeze coming through...as well as some shade for the horses. It's this front area that I'm longing to get mowed down and looking more spiffed up again...
The small birches make a great place to hang the lead ropes and fly spray. I scythed...or attempted to scythe anyway...a path over to the gate there. Scything is definitely easier said than done...or maybe I just don't get the knack of it! I end up doing way more grass 'pushing' than grass 'cutting' whatever the case!
Harlow Post brought over their horse trailer yesterday. So now I'm going to work on Babycakes getting into said horse trailer. We'll see how that all goes. If it has food on one end of it, then hopefully it will be a non-issue for her. She has no problem walking up onto our porch...and has acted like she'll walk right into our house on occasion...so the trailer shouldn't pose too much of a problem for her....as we keep telling ourselves anyway. Nevermind the fact that it took her previous owner a couple of hours to load her up to bring her over here the first time...but she was only 2 years old...and it was pouring down rain...and hail...and she'd never been loaded into a trailer before. Minor details.
So the idea is that Babycakes will be joining Babe and Reno some time this week...if all goes well! Which it will....I just know it will! I'm very good at convincing myself...now if I can just convince a pony! : D