Even if you broke even or had to pay over market price, you KNOW that your hay is organic... Not sprayed with any chemicals or infested with toxic plants. To me, peace of mind is worth something... Especially, when it comes to something I'm going to eat. 💖🌞🌵😷
This one made me miss the farm.. Also missing haying.. Be a little hard for me now since i have lost most of my sight and being in the sun makes that the rest of what i have not to work right.. And wow.. that cost is up there ish.. On my parents farm (from about 7 yrs ago) not sure that they sell now.. But if you went out in the field to get the hay urself. it was $2.50 for a 50lb bail.. and if you bough alot .. it would lower.. Thank your for sharing again.. Makes me happy and miss home..
Oh wow, I miss the days of cheap hay. But I've never seen it THAT cheap since we've had animals. That's awesome! If it ever goes that low again I'll be sure to stock up. (Last year it was 5-6 bucks per good heavy bale, so it's about doubled).
I’d like opinions- I am doing a lot of research and thought we decided to do a couple of pigs in the forest next year, they will do clearing work and grow bacon. Most people I watch on yt say when butchered they are cost effective if compared to non-gmo organic store bought pork. We don’t care if meat is those things, we wouldn’t raise them like that. I have a great butcher friend I could buy just the cuts I want, a bit cheaper than raising my own. But in doing it ourselves we also learn how in case we need to one day. Anyone have any thoughts?
I know you put this out there for anyone to answer, and I hope they do. But I agree with you about just wanting to have that skill in case we really need it in the future (I think we will). My first time butchering a pig took me about 4 days, and the cuts were awful looking, but the meat was amazing and we bottled so much that we didn't have to purchase meat for over a year!...from one pig!!! Amazing! We're considering buying a big one from the neighbors for this fall.
Hey good idea with the castor oil! I have purchased castor oil infused pellets (at a ridiculous price) and they didn’t work very well. It makes sense to take the very simple ingredient that repels them and just use that! I wonder if it works at repelling chipmunks? That is the plague of the season here this year. But for the last few years it was voles. Thanks for the video, and best of luck with the garden season wrap up.
(I tried replying and it looks like it didn't post...so if this is a repeat, I apologize. haha!) but I wanted to say that we tried those pellets too and they didn't work, but we tried the liquid hose-end sprayer of the same brand and it worked great! Maybe even better than the grocery store generic kind, but a little pricier. It makes sense that it would work even better because this generic kind has been kind of "de-scented" to make it more palatable. Ew! haha! (We got a good deal on the sprayer kind at the end of the summer last year and this year we'll try to get even more!)
Do you do sweet potatoes? I did tomatoes in bags this year for the first time, I was pretty happy with the results. Will def do more next year. I have a lot of 10 gallon pots I think will work well next year, then I don’t have to take up space in the beds.
We're a bit too cold for sweet potatoes without utilizing a lot of plastic and some special tactics, but it's on my list of experimental trials I'd like to take on. I'm interested in doing a better job with our tomatoes too...bags might be the answer. Glad yours worked well!
Even if you broke even or had to pay over market price, you KNOW that your hay is organic... Not sprayed with any chemicals or infested with toxic plants. To me, peace of mind is worth something... Especially, when it comes to something I'm going to eat. 💖🌞🌵😷
Yeah, you're right. It IS nice to know what's in it. Luckily, there are a lot of organic or natural farmers around who don't spray their fields.
The background music your are using is original composed by you sounds amazing and unique
THanks! It's composed by our 15 year old son. Just one of his many awesome compositions! :)
This one made me miss the farm.. Also missing haying.. Be a little hard for me now since i have lost most of my sight and being in the sun makes that the rest of what i have not to work right.. And wow.. that cost is up there ish.. On my parents farm (from about 7 yrs ago) not sure that they sell now.. But if you went out in the field to get the hay urself. it was $2.50 for a 50lb bail.. and if you bough alot .. it would lower.. Thank your for sharing again.. Makes me happy and miss home..
Oh wow, I miss the days of cheap hay. But I've never seen it THAT cheap since we've had animals. That's awesome! If it ever goes that low again I'll be sure to stock up. (Last year it was 5-6 bucks per good heavy bale, so it's about doubled).
I’d like opinions- I am doing a lot of research and thought we decided to do a couple of pigs in the forest next year, they will do clearing work and grow bacon. Most people I watch on yt say when butchered they are cost effective if compared to non-gmo organic store bought pork. We don’t care if meat is those things, we wouldn’t raise them like that. I have a great butcher friend I could buy just the cuts I want, a bit cheaper than raising my own. But in doing it ourselves we also learn how in case we need to one day. Anyone have any thoughts?
I know you put this out there for anyone to answer, and I hope they do. But I agree with you about just wanting to have that skill in case we really need it in the future (I think we will). My first time butchering a pig took me about 4 days, and the cuts were awful looking, but the meat was amazing and we bottled so much that we didn't have to purchase meat for over a year!...from one pig!!! Amazing! We're considering buying a big one from the neighbors for this fall.
Next year can you get more than one crop of hay in a season? And can you store early hay to use in winter? 💖🌞🌵😷
Yep, the first cutting can be used for winter. :) Two cuttings is max for grass, probably, or if we manage to plant alfalfa we could get up to four!
Hey good idea with the castor oil! I have purchased castor oil infused pellets (at a ridiculous price) and they didn’t work very well. It makes sense to take the very simple ingredient that repels them and just use that! I wonder if it works at repelling chipmunks? That is the plague of the season here this year. But for the last few years it was voles. Thanks for the video, and best of luck with the garden season wrap up.
(I tried replying and it looks like it didn't post...so if this is a repeat, I apologize. haha!) but I wanted to say that we tried those pellets too and they didn't work, but we tried the liquid hose-end sprayer of the same brand and it worked great! Maybe even better than the grocery store generic kind, but a little pricier. It makes sense that it would work even better because this generic kind has been kind of "de-scented" to make it more palatable. Ew! haha! (We got a good deal on the sprayer kind at the end of the summer last year and this year we'll try to get even more!)
@@ArtandHomesteading awesome I’ll keep my eyes open for the spray kind! Thanks for the recommendation!
Do you do sweet potatoes? I did tomatoes in bags this year for the first time, I was pretty happy with the results. Will def do more next year. I have a lot of 10 gallon pots I think will work well next year, then I don’t have to take up space in the beds.
We're a bit too cold for sweet potatoes without utilizing a lot of plastic and some special tactics, but it's on my list of experimental trials I'd like to take on. I'm interested in doing a better job with our tomatoes too...bags might be the answer. Glad yours worked well!
We in drought here and hay is 10 dollars a bale if you an find it.
Yeah, it's bad now. Hoping this coming rain makes a dent in the price.