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Both of the boys like tractors, but the 3 year old is REALLY obsessed with tractors and construction equipment (backhoes, dump trucks, front end loaders, etc....). A couple of weeks back, because of the dry weather, the field next door had the hay harvested to reduce the possibility of fire. The boys happened to be here the day that they were running the cut hay into windrows and then bailing it. We ran out and watched both tractors go past. The second time around, the lady driving the tractor that was doing the baling stopped to chat (hadn't met her before). After chatting for a bit, she offered to take the boys for a ride in her tractor. They both, but the young guy, especially, was over the moon and talked about it all day.





I had never really seen the full hay making process until last year, I got to see a full harvest which was pretty cool and educational. This most recent time, we were super dry and the hay wasn't nearly as grown as it was last year when harvested. They cut on a Fri and then on Mon, they raked and baled. Last year, it took a week or more. They cut, then tedded, then raked, and then baled.