Oats

I've worked the last few days to get the field plowed and oats planted before the forecast rain arrived.  I finished planting 15 acres today about 10:00 and it started raining about noon!  Although I intend them for winter grazing, last year I deferred the grazing, fertilized them and made 60 bales of hay.  It's nice to have those bales now--I'm already feeding hay, something I usually plan to start doing in November.

Here the horses are cleaning up the oats I spilled as I loaded 2000 pounds of seed, one 20-pound gucket at a time.  At one point Kitty was eating them off the ground, Sugar from one of the guckets I was trying to fill and CT was eating out of the grain drill.  They really bonded with that red grain wagon--they're probably standing out there beside it right now, waiting for it to drop some more oats on the ground for them.  We've gotten half an inch of rain so far, hoping for more as we have significant chances all weekend long.  Life is good--come on down and watch the oats grow.