A sign of high summer is when the hayfields are ready for their first cutting.
We are a little late this year because of all the rain that Indiana has had. (Farmers are in serious trouble - some could not get their fields planted at all due to the soggy soil.)
Tim's hay field is west of the south pasture with a creek and line of trees defining its western border. He gets several cuttings from it every year.
I love that Tim grows his own hay for the horses - we know where it is from, how it was cut and stored, and that it is clean hay and not not full of thistles or weeds.
The rains held off after the hay was cut and so Tim and crew were able to get it baled and ready to stack for the winter.
He'll use a forklift to haul it over to the northwest pasture or to the paddock by the new barn where it will be put on wooden pallets to keep it off the ground and dry. (Judging by the growth I see in this picture, the northwest pasture is about ready to have the horses rotated back into it - that grass is nice and tall.)
The first cutting is done, and this girl and her friends will have plenty to eat again during the coming winter.
