Well I took a chance and cut an acre behind the house on Sunday. It was really thick and getting tough. But the JD 1209 I bought used worked great.
Then it rained pretty good Monday morning. It was starting to dry, and I raked it late Monday, and then yesterday I raked off the tops of the thick windrows so it could dry better. I don't have a tedder, which would've been better of course.
But now it's raining again, and is supposed to rain into tomorrow.
Oh well. So much for this crop. I'm just going to let it dry completely, then bale it, and try to sell it to a construction or landscaping company for erosion control, because I don't think it would be suitable for feed. Maybe I'll get a buck or two per bale. Straw is about $6-8 a bale.
Then it rained pretty good Monday morning. It was starting to dry, and I raked it late Monday, and then yesterday I raked off the tops of the thick windrows so it could dry better. I don't have a tedder, which would've been better of course.
But now it's raining again, and is supposed to rain into tomorrow.
Oh well. So much for this crop. I'm just going to let it dry completely, then bale it, and try to sell it to a construction or landscaping company for erosion control, because I don't think it would be suitable for feed. Maybe I'll get a buck or two per bale. Straw is about $6-8 a bale.