Well, I am completely done, done, done, as my son says, baling first cutting hay. A thunderstorm Saturday night kept me from finishing the last little bit Sunday but I managed to get it yesterday. I got around 1350 tons of hay off around 750 acres. Pretty good for dryland hay. I left a little over 200 acres go to seed because the amount of hay I got was almost enough for two winters instead of one so enough is enough. <br />n<br />nI won't say I am done haying yet though. The haying isn't done until the bales are stacked which hasn't quite happened yet. Earlier I had talked to the guy that stacked the bales last year and he said he would come stack them this year. I called him a few days ago to tell him we were ready and he informed me he sold his machines and isn't custom stacking anymore. Damn that left me in a lurch. I finally found someone to do it. They will be here by the end of the week to stack the bales.<br />n<br />nWe didn't get enough rain around here after taking the first cutting off to really make a good second cutting. There was enough moisture in the ground that the alfalfa is growing back good but mostly it will only make good grazing down the road. I am going to go over some of it for hay since having a few small square bales of second cutting is nice, but it won't be a major thing since it didn't come back well.<br />n<br />nAll I know is it's nice to be done. That damn tractor I was using for baling did a number on my back and I am half crippled up. I need to go see the Chiropractor when I get a chance. I hate spending the money on him but i guess he needs to make a living to.<br />n<br />n<strong>Let's get it done. Let's get it done right. Natalie Wood</strong>