>>> ! I can't believe you got 235 bales off of 4.5 acres tho--wow! Maybe I should have someone cut my pasture (about 3.5-4 acres)--the grass is really nice this year! The problem is finding someone who will cut/bale it.
A good cutting here is about 100 bales per acre, so 50-60 is so-so. We once got about 120 per acre - that was a bumper crop. Thank goodness Emily was dating a good-natured, big, strapping boy, with a good-natured, big strapping brother that year! That's a job to pick up that much, knowing there's almost always a thunderstorm risk during hay season. We haven't been fertilizing it like we should, so the yield has dropped. Our hay guy had a day job and was only a hobby farmer until he retired last year. Now he's a "full-time" farmer. His equipment is old, but it (mostly) works. We have to find someone like him to cut it - someone who just enjoys a little hobby farming. It wouldn't be worth it for us if we had to buy the equipment. There's about 15-20 acres for sale that adjoins our property, and this is part of it. I'd LOVE to buy it, but our area is developing so fast, I don't think the price is too good for farm land. Karen Thomas, NC [EMAIL PROTECTED]
