My Everyday Scenery

[Melissa]

I was out checking the fields today, so I thought I'd snap some pictures of what I see and do everyday.

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[Melissa]

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[ol"blue]

God bless your hard workin' heart Missy. Thanks for sharing those nice pics.

[xjjeepthing]

Man I would that. Great view, I bet there is a fair amount of wildlife as well

[BlueXJ]

Do you get Deer mixed in with your cattle when feeding? If you do then Jeff and I can cure that problem without firing a shot. Thank you Fred Bear!!!

[Melissa]

Do you get Deer mixed in with your cattle when feeding? If you do then Jeff and I can cure that problem without firing a shot. Thank you Fred Bear!!!

Nope, the joy of cows are that they run every deer, coyote, or any other wildlife off that gets in the pasture. They are better than guard dogs, when they raise a fit, I go out and see thats up. If one calf is in trouble, the whole herd comes to the rescue

The deer love the fields, but they are really a pain in the a**, but the good news is that the neighbor has what looks like a shop, but open the slider door and the whole inside is an apartment, which he rents out every hunting season and the hunters help keep the deer down in numbers.

[Dirt Dogg Rydas]

How many acres is that it looks huge

[muddeprived]

Nice pictures. I dream of living in the country again.

[Melissa]

How many acres is that it looks huge

Right now there is 100 acres in hay, and the remaining 75 acres is in pasture. Best place to grow hay is here, we average 8 tons per acre per year, when most places your lucky to get 6

[N1TZU]

Just looked through your pics Melissa,Awesome place you have.I can picture myself getting up before the dawn with a good cup of coffee sitting on the porch and enjoying a beautiful sunrise.I hope you get to do such things.Thank you for sharing.....Bob.....

[Melissa]

Just looked through your pics Melissa,Awesome place you have.I can picture myself getting up before the dawn with a good cup of coffee sitting on the porch and enjoying a beautiful sunrise.I hope you get to do such things.Thank you for sharing.....Bob.....

Well you could say that I get to see the sunrise everyday from the cab of my diesel :rotfl2:

The wost part of growing hay is baling it at the right humidity. So I have a tester on the fields that are close to baling, I usually sleep in the truck out by the closest field and check the moisture every few hours. Alfalfa you want to bale at 18-20% moisture and grass you want to bale at 15% moisture. Bale to moist and you have molding issues, bale to dry and you destroy the protien content and make what we call stick hay. Yet I would not have it any other way, I can for the most part make my own hours and I can take a day off without the worry of being fired :D

[N1TZU]

Sounds like cool stuff Melissa,I'm an independent heating and air conditioning contractor so you are right on its nice being the boss.I enjoy being able to do things my way as you do.......Bob.......

[Melissa]

Sounds like cool stuff Melissa,I'm an independent heating and air conditioning contractor so you are right on its nice being the boss.I enjoy being able to do things my way as you do.......Bob.......

Yes, very much so, it is really nice now and then to play hookie, just because you can :cheerleader:

[AJ99]

Yes, very much so, it is really nice now and then to play hookie, just because you can :cheerleader:

Well im in the same boat as both of you lol.. I am a contractor for flooring. Although i am stopping it to join the military but it is nice to be able to set your own hours and days off

[N1TZU]

Hi AJ99,Thank you for joining the military to serve for us and our great country.Hope it all becomes a good thing for you and yours..I've thought of joining but I'm pretty sure the military would not be interested in an almost 50 year old man.....Bob....

[whowey]

Well you could say that I get to see the sunrise everyday from the cab of my diesel :rotfl2:

The wost part of growing hay is baling it at the right humidity. So I have a tester on the fields that are close to baling, I usually sleep in the truck out by the closest field and check the moisture every few hours. Alfalfa you want to bale at 18-20% moisture and grass you want to bale at 15% moisture. Bale to moist and you have molding issues, bale to dry and you destroy the protien content and make what we call stick hay. Yet I would not have it any other way, I can for the most part make my own hours and I can take a day off without the worry of being fired :D

You forgot to add that nasty tendency to catch fire if stacked while too wet...

Great pictures BTW....

[Melissa]

You forgot to add that nasty tendency to catch fire if stacked while too wet...

Great pictures BTW....


This is true, I have never had it happen, but it has come close.

I knew a guy who bought a load of hay and borrowed his friends brand new flatbed to go and get it. He drove all the way over by Portland to get it, on his way back across Mt Hood, he saw smoke and stopped, well the trailer full of hay was on fire. He unhooked the trailer and went to get help, well by the time fire responded, it was way to late to save the trailer. He had to then go home and tell his buddy that he just burned up his brand new trailer, poor guy, but I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall when he did tell him.

The closest I ever came to that was I had a load of hay delivered to the barn, I noticed about a week later the smell of mold when I cut open a bale, that got me hunting all the hay until I found 6 bales, cut them open to find that they had starting smoldering and if left much longer, it would have sent the whole stack up in flames. I now never stack hay, even if I know it great anywhere near anything I don't want potentially burned up :thumbsup:

[AJ99]

Hi AJ99,Thank you for joining the military to serve for us and our great country.Hope it all becomes a good thing for you and yours..I've thought of joining but I'm pretty sure the military would not be interested in an almost 50 year old man.....Bob....

Thanks man, ya i dont know if they would be interested lol. The jobs im looking at doing will have good jobs for me when i get out....

Hey Melissa if i ever get the chance im gonna go up there with my compound bow and go hunting lol

[Melissa]

Thanks man, ya i dont know if they would be interested lol. The jobs im looking at doing will have good jobs for me when i get out....

Hey Melissa if i ever get the chance im gonna go up there with my compound bow and go hunting lol

Thank you and good luck!!

Oh................. and if you get the chance, come on up and hunt

[whowey]

This is true, I have never had it happen, but it has come close.

I knew a guy who bought a load of hay and borrowed his friends brand new flatbed to go and get it. He drove all the way over by Portland to get it, on his way back across Mt Hood, he saw smoke and stopped, well the trailer full of hay was on fire. He unhooked the trailer and went to get help, well by the time fire responded, it was way to late to save the trailer. He had to then go home and tell his buddy that he just burned up his brand new trailer, poor guy, but I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall when he did tell him.

The closest I ever came to that was I had a load of hay delivered to the barn, I noticed about a week later the smell of mold when I cut open a bale, that got me hunting all the hay until I found 6 bales, cut them open to find that they had starting smoldering and if left much longer, it would have sent the whole stack up in flames. I now never stack hay, even if I know it great anywhere near anything I don't want potentially burned up :thumbsup:

I have had it happen to me twice... Once when I lived with my grandparents. We had a stack in the barn start..... about 4 layers down in the bunk. We climbed in and peeled the bales out till we found the ones on fire.

Second time I worked on a BIG factory dairy. They used the 120lb rectangular bales like yours, and would stack them in a big open sided shed till winter. I came back from doing work on a water pump in a field(which used a AMC 232 for the motor) and found smoke rolling out of one of the sheds. The fire suppression system in the shed kicked in and started drowning the hay. It took the hands almost two full days to unstack all that hay and lay it out to dry. What a mess..... Took me three days to replace all the sprinkler heads.....

Never heard of a load in the open like that going up before... WOW.....

[Melissa]

I have had it happen to me twice... Once when I lived with my grandparents. We had a stack in the barn start..... about 4 layers down in the bunk. We climbed in and peeled the bales out till we found the ones on fire.

Second time I worked on a BIG factory dairy. They used the 120lb rectangular bales like yours, and would stack them in a big open sided shed till winter. I came back from doing work on a water pump in a field(which used a AMC 232 for the motor) and found smoke rolling out of one of the sheds. The fire suppression system in the shed kicked in and started drowning the hay. It took the hands almost two full days to unstack all that hay and lay it out to dry. What a mess..... Took me three days to replace all the sprinkler heads.....

Never heard of a load in the open like that going up before... WOW.....

Dairy's do buy some "iffy" hay, I know that the Dairy 20 miles from me had one of their stacks holding about 80 tons, burn up last fall, I'm just glad I have never had to deal with that and hope I never do!!

Before making hay, when I was buying it, I would never buy from a person, who would not let me break open a random bale and check out the inside. Now I have a spendy moisture tester that you can stick into any bale you want and it will tell you the moisture content, makes it so much easier.

I would have loved to see a trailer full of hay on fire, sounds bad and I did feel bad for the guy, but I still would liked to have seen that :)

[19558077]

nice pics:thumbsup:

[Melissa]

nice pics:thumbsup:

Thank you :)

[JG-Man]

I'm breathing better just looking at all that fresh air!!!

[4.3LXJ]

I remember hay, lots of work. Not to mention cows, which can be even more work.

Do those long horns have a sweet disposition?

[Melissa]

I remember hay, lots of work. Not to mention cows, which can be even more work.

Do those long horns have a sweet disposition?

Yes, all my Longhorns have pretty sweet dispositions, you can even get between them and their calves without the fear of a mad mamma after you. I will not keep cows I don't trust, not when my two daughters like to play out in the pasture.

Now Hombre (My Bull) He is the sweetest of them all, he loves nothing better than to have you scratch him between the eyes.

A few years back when I was out feeding, I was not paying attention and I went to take a step backwards, well I did not notice the one of the cows was right behind me eating with one of her horns right between my legs, I kind of backed up and sat on her head. She just stood there, until I regained my balance and got off her head :smiley-laughing021:

[4.3LXJ]

When I lived in OR I had a neighbor who had some cows and one horse. He had his cows named and they would come when called. I made some off the wall comment one day that cows were as dumb as a horse (his was really dumb) and he said "Don't insult my cows!"

[alwaysxj]

yee ha looks like fun i would ride the hell out of those bulls