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Some hay people are royal PITB's.... shame that he is that way with being so close and convenient... but....
We have gotten a little ticked off with some that would call and want 10 bales and then not show up, or try to chew down the price when they got here.... you get tired of people like that, so DS doesn't like to deal with any "small lots" anymore either... unless they are referred by one of the "good customers"... and we have a couple that call, then come and get their own when he tells them where it is, and then gives him a count. But they are very trusted customers.
Sounds like the owner of the land and the hay guy renting it are well suited to each other.
Shame that you can't get the alfalfa mix for the goats to feed when they have kids and you are milking... and closeby. GRRRR
Ray came and did the garden... I was surprised he came in the middle of the day but he says the heat doesn't bother him... he is SOOOOO SKINNY... like a matchstick thin... says some of it is the diabetes and all the meds... so I guess the sun keeps his bones warm.... It is alot smoother than the rest that Sam only disced. But the good thing, all the weeds/grass growing has been cut up... AND with the heat, they will die quickly. I will get out there this evening and get some more planted.
I did work out there for a little bit earlier, we had some clouds.... white fluffy kind... but they blunted the sun so I got a little more weeded in part of the next row of potatoes... and got some more mulch down and the soaker hose on the purple beans. Then I will pull the weeds down through the purple beans and put the mulch down in there. The weeds I pulled along the tomatoes came right out from being watered some yesterday. As soon as I get the mulch down between the potato rows I just got weeded, I will put the one long soaker hose down between them and then it will not evaporate after it soaks down through the mulch hay. I need to put the hay down around the dill that I weeded around when I can see it. So that will get done later this afternoon.
I am going to take a couple barrels of water up to the calves in a bit and have to go get feed at the barn to take with me.
Have texted with DS... he is very very sick to his stomach and the headaches... he said he was sick all weekend.. I finally told him to stop all the meds and give his stomach a break... and that he should try something like a smoothie or something with some yogurt in it to try to feed the good gut bacteria if there is any left, and just try to manage with a tylenol/ibuprofen combination... But of course, he is there at her house and she is running the show... I can't even find out exactly what he is taking. Needless to say, he is not on the tractor, no hay will get mowed... He said he has a dr appt on Thursday and "we're gonna fix this ****" ....
It has me worried..... very concerned..... but I cannot force him to tell me what is going on...
Going to head up to the calves in a bit. Then spend cooler and sun going down time, in the garden later.
We have gotten a little ticked off with some that would call and want 10 bales and then not show up, or try to chew down the price when they got here.... you get tired of people like that, so DS doesn't like to deal with any "small lots" anymore either... unless they are referred by one of the "good customers"... and we have a couple that call, then come and get their own when he tells them where it is, and then gives him a count. But they are very trusted customers.
Sounds like the owner of the land and the hay guy renting it are well suited to each other.
Shame that you can't get the alfalfa mix for the goats to feed when they have kids and you are milking... and closeby. GRRRR
Ray came and did the garden... I was surprised he came in the middle of the day but he says the heat doesn't bother him... he is SOOOOO SKINNY... like a matchstick thin... says some of it is the diabetes and all the meds... so I guess the sun keeps his bones warm.... It is alot smoother than the rest that Sam only disced. But the good thing, all the weeds/grass growing has been cut up... AND with the heat, they will die quickly. I will get out there this evening and get some more planted.
I did work out there for a little bit earlier, we had some clouds.... white fluffy kind... but they blunted the sun so I got a little more weeded in part of the next row of potatoes... and got some more mulch down and the soaker hose on the purple beans. Then I will pull the weeds down through the purple beans and put the mulch down in there. The weeds I pulled along the tomatoes came right out from being watered some yesterday. As soon as I get the mulch down between the potato rows I just got weeded, I will put the one long soaker hose down between them and then it will not evaporate after it soaks down through the mulch hay. I need to put the hay down around the dill that I weeded around when I can see it. So that will get done later this afternoon.
I am going to take a couple barrels of water up to the calves in a bit and have to go get feed at the barn to take with me.
Have texted with DS... he is very very sick to his stomach and the headaches... he said he was sick all weekend.. I finally told him to stop all the meds and give his stomach a break... and that he should try something like a smoothie or something with some yogurt in it to try to feed the good gut bacteria if there is any left, and just try to manage with a tylenol/ibuprofen combination... But of course, he is there at her house and she is running the show... I can't even find out exactly what he is taking. Needless to say, he is not on the tractor, no hay will get mowed... He said he has a dr appt on Thursday and "we're gonna fix this ****" ....
It has me worried..... very concerned..... but I cannot force him to tell me what is going on...
Going to head up to the calves in a bit. Then spend cooler and sun going down time, in the garden later.