Winter Harvest Landscape
by Gary Keesler
Title
Winter Harvest Landscape
Artist
Gary Keesler
Medium
Photograph - Digital Art Photography
Description
Hay production and harvest, colloquially known as "making hay", "haymaking", or "doing hay", involves a multiple step process: cutting, drying or "curing", processing, and storing.
Hayfields do not have to be reseeded each year in the way that grain crops are, but regular fertilizing is usually desirable, and overseeding a field every few years helps increase yield.
Methods and the terminology to describe the steps of making hay have varied greatly throughout history, and many regional variations still exist today. However, whether done by hand or by modern mechanized equipment, tall grass and legumes at the proper stage of maturity must be cut, then allowed to dry (preferably by the sun), then raked into long, narrow piles known as windrows.
Poor quality hay is dry, bleached out and coarse-stemmed. Sometimes, hay stored outdoors will look like this on the outside but still be green inside the bale. A dried, bleached or coarse bale is still edible and provides some nutritional value as long as it is dry and not moldy, dusty, or rotting.
The ratio of volume to surface area makes it possible for many dry-area farmers to leave large bales outside until they are consumed. Wet-area farmers and those in climates with heavy snowfall either stack round bales under a shed or tarp, but have also developed a light but durable plastic wrap that partially encloses bales left outside.
The wrap repels moisture, but leaves the ends of the bale exposed so that the hay itself can "breathe" and does not begin to ferment. However, when possible to store round bales under a shed, they last longer and less hay is lost to rot and moisture.
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January 31st, 2014
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Comments (56)
Dominique Fortier
Stunning capture Gary! Looking at it makes me feel Earth is still a nice place to live. l/f
Gary Keesler replied:
Awesome Post Dominique!!! Thank you for your views & your comments are very highly valued.. :-)
Trudi Doyle
Beautiful winter sunrise image .. or is it sunset ?? Love the brilliant colours on snow ... so lovely !
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