The hay has been done and is in the barn: Three days of shifting hay bales, not all mine I must add. There are three groups of us who get our hay cut at the same time and we then help each other to bring it in and store it.
This year I had nigh on 300 bales but not all are usable. The weather has been strange as I’m sure I’ve previously said and for the first time since I’ve been here, there was standing water down the middle of most of my hayfield and that’s even with the hay being cut nearly a month later than usual.
But I have a hayloft full of hay, around 240 bales thanks to some wonderful friends. All the doors are open beneath the hayloft to help make sure it stays cool and, should any of the bale be slightly damp help dry them. The bales have been stacked no more than 4 high and only one bale wide, (across, two bales lengthwise), and a gap of 50cm between each of the stacks. The batteries have been changed in the smoke alarms and I’m now just going to be a bit paranoid for the next month or so as the barn is part of my house and I sleep right next to the barn!
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