“Expert Gardener’ Miracle-Gro knockoff fertilizer. Exact same ingredients as MG, but half the price.”
I use that, too. Good stuff.
Glad your damage was minimal. We’re in for big rain on Tuesday, but I’m hoping it will tamp down the smoke.
All the guys we talked to at the various Graduation Parties today worked the morning chopping and bailing, and then had some good eats at the parties and left again to do more chopping and bailing. They REALLY live by the weather around here. No one is offended if you eat and run this time of year. ;)
The big alfalfa field across the road from the church just got cut. It should be a ‘hot’ (80’s) week & dry - great baling weather. Alfalfa mildews/molds easily so it needs to be dry before baling. I know the farmer (my cousin’s fiance) so we have interesting conversations at family gatherings, etc. He’s trying to talk me into getting a horse since I had horses for 40 years, but no dice so far. I can have an intelligent conversation on hay & we both have commercial size JD mowers (his mower is bigger) so he likes talking to me :-)
I will have my own ‘hayfield’ to deal with this week - grass shot up at least an inch just the last couple of days.
My favorite play was one my high school put on: “The Unsinkable Molly Brown” ... it was great!
Couple of years ago we had a drought Spring and everyone waited and waited but finally said the heck with it and cut/baled tan hay. Everyone except a Mennonite family who waited a couple more weeks. Had one rain that was just enough to green up the grass and they had green bales sitting in the field while everyone else had tan bales.
This year’s the opposite and no one’s been able to cut. More rain this week so it ain’t happening yet. Definitely not getting three cuttings in this year.
It looks nice when they cut, like driving by 1000’s of acres of lawn. Of course if you walked it, you’d find it’s still 6” tall but driving by looks like lawn.