We’ve been having such trouble with getting our 4th crop of hay done that even though tonight the weather was a little iffy, we decided to get it baled. It’s been the typical fall weather, first it’s cloudy, then the sun will come out, and finally you’re worried about rain!
But off we go to get it baled. It’s not a very big spot of hay that’s cut, but any hay in the barn is a good thing right? And we’re just glad that we’re getting a 4th crop. It’s been a couple of years since we’ve been able to so it’s all good.
And it’s also been a year since I drove the baler but I guess it’s just like riding a bike. You might be a little shaky at first, but then you get the hang of it and keep moving. The first couple of bales wouldn’t tie and if you’ve baled with a small square baler you know how much of a pain that can be! And for the driver you have to know if you’re going to stop the baler or if the person stacking the bales (aka Daryl) is just going to tie them as you go. Kind of a challenge knowing the answer sometimes if you ask me. Daryl does both ways of tying the strings and it’s a good thing that we only had a couple that didn’t tie.
Soon we were cookin’ and we didn’t have any more troubles in the field. And even though I’m probably not the best bale driver in Iowa, I’m also thinking I’m not that bad. Well that’s probably because I’m the only one available 🙂 
With quite a few bales on the wagon when we were done, it was time to get home and unload them. 
I snapped a quick picture of the corn while we were out there. You can sure tell that it’s getting close with the ears dropped on the stalks. 
Once we got home it was time to unload the hay in the barn and boy oh boy did we have trouble! And guess what troubles name was? If you guessed Scarlet, well you would have guessed correctly. After I was trying to keep her away from the wagon, she slid in between the wagon and the barn to see what Daryl was doing. Now this doesn’t sound so bad other than Daryl was in the barn hallway taking away the hay bales and with this big calf/cow trying to see what was going on – it just didn’t work so well! Honestly not at all. So into the barn pen she went and after about 3 times knocking over the gate, we finally got it all unloaded and piled in the barn for the winter months and then out she went back outside into the cow yard. Whew! Who would have thought that the hardest part of baling tonight was trying to keep Scarlet out from under our feet?