Hay Days

Hello, dears!

By the time May rolls around, the orchard grass and fescue are getting tall and ripe in the hayfields, ready for the first harvest of the season. I took these photos of my dad and brother baling a field a little while ago, and thought you guys might like to see some behind-the-scenes (and some picturesque farm landscapes πŸ˜› )! I don’t usually photograph tractors or machinery that much, but it was fun for different. πŸ™‚

Enjoy!

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As you can see, they had already got a lot done by the time I came, so it was at a good stage for photographing. ;)There’s something about haybales dotting a field that looks so pretty to me…

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After the grass had been cut and dried in the sun, my brothers gathered up the hay strewn all over the field into rows, called “windrows.” That’s what my brother Logan is doing in the old Allis-Chalmers tractor here. (I always liked how that sounded like Allison. :’D )

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You can see what he’s doing a little more clearly in this photo.

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Ahh, I love this picture! Ordinarily the telephone lines get in the way of my photos, but occasionally they actually add to it. πŸ™‚

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I like the contrast between the straight lines of the telephone poles, and the round bales and curved hill.

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The funny thing was, the finished field looked nicer than the lawn at our house! XD It was mowed off perfectly smoothly, and looked like a huge yard.

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Can you spot two tractors in this photo?

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The next step after forming the windrows is baling them up. Here’s Dad in our much newer Fendt tractor, coming behind Logan to feed the windrows into the baler.

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The baler rolls the hay up tightly and wraps netting around it before releasing the finished bale into the field, like so. Yay for action shots!

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And here we have an exhibit of a perfect bale. πŸ˜€

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Ooh, I really like this one too. All the different sizes and layers of circles look so neat together!

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A portrait of a tractor. Voila! Usually I would want the tractor to pass by so I could get a picture of just the landscape, but it’s always good to experiment, right?

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Somehow gates and fences just look farmish. And that sounds very ungrammarish, but OH WELL.

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Are you tired of tractors yet? Heh heh. We’ll end with a simply beautiful mirror selfie from the truck before I drove back. πŸ˜› What a lovely view in the foreground (or is it the background?).

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So now you know at least partly how a hayfield is harvested! Did you learn something new? πŸ˜› I’m not very knowledgeable about these things compared to my brothers and Dad, but I at least have to pick up something from the constant conversations about tractors and harvesting crops, heh heh.

Which photo was your favorite? Do you think haybale fields are picturesque? Do you prefer farm life photography or nature photography?

Thanks so much for reading, dears, and have a lovely day!

***Allison***

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25 thoughts on “Hay Days

  1. There IS something beautiful about all those round hay bales just sitting there peacefully. They’re so perfect! πŸ™‚ I don’t know, there’s just something about these photos that just makes me happy. 😊

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  2. AHHHHH I LOVED THIS POST! It was so great to see what actually goes into haying since I’ve never paid that much attention to it before. LOVELY PICTURES, TOO. So farmish. XD (Also to me it STILL sounds weird when you talk about driving the truck because I. STILL. CAN’T.)

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  3. Beautiful pictures! ❀ I loved them! We used to have some people come and cut our hay, so I have seen some of these things! πŸ˜› I really liked this post! πŸ˜€

    -Laura ❀ πŸ˜‰

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  4. Oh so THAT’S how hay bales are made. :,D There’s farmland around my neighborhood and I always see them in the field as we drive by but I’ve never seen them actually in the process of making them. XD They just always seem to “appear.” πŸ˜› I love all your pics! Seriously you could take a photo of a paper bag and it would still look pretty. πŸ˜€ XD

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    1. Hee hee, YEP! I love learning the “why” behind things like that too. HAHAHA OH MY WORD, that is so sweet! And definitely a high compliment. :’D

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  5. I love hay bales! They’re so charming πŸ˜‚ And your photography is top notch as usual πŸ˜‰πŸ‘Œ

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  6. Very interesting, and I really liked the pictures! I especially like the first two, as well as the other ones that have the beautiful blue sky and nice landscape with hay bales. πŸ™‚ Do you sell the hay to other farms?
    To answer your question, I like both farm and nature photography. Both are great, and I like the variety. πŸ™‚
    ~Sassafras
    P.S. Just fyi, I sent you a time-sensitive email. πŸ™‚

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    1. Yay, thanks so much! Yes, we do! Well sometimes our customers don’t technically have, like, an actual farm, but they often have horses or some cattle or other animals. πŸ˜‰ Well yay, I’m glad to hear that! (Also I really appreciate how you always answer my questions! They’re totally not necessary, but I love to hear your answers!)
      P. S. Good thing I got it in time – that was fun!

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  7. I love watching friends and family bale hay, it makes me so happy! Since i’m not always able to be on my friends farms (and watch them do all that cool stuff) I defiantly love looking at your posts, which means I do prefer (or like I guess) your farm life photography. But i’m just along for the ride…. do what makes YOU happy. πŸ™‚

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