They're Making Silage!

The first clue that I had that my neighbours were about to make their second cut of silage

was the mower arriving...

on Tuesday afternoon

so I went up

to my bedroom window to take a photo!

Yesterday afternoon the harvester arrived

Then the trailers....

and they were....off!!

I enjoyed watching them working.......

and seeing the harvest coming in....

in such good conditions.

and I remembered when we were farming......

hubbie out early..

milking the cows before going to fill and grease

the equipment ready to start

the harvest

I would be preparing food

to take

to the workers in the fields.

I would usually have a hot meal

available for them when they finished work (sometimes at 11pm!)

Sometimes, if we were shorthanded,

I would be driving one of the tractors and trailers collecting the grass

and taking it back to the silo

The silage making would take nearly 2 weeks

with the machinery we had then....

Now it's done in days!

Then.. I had a young family

as well as taking Bed, Breakfast and Evening Meal holiday makers to help out with the budget!

We didn't have contractors

just my husband and our farm workers

and me!

It was hard workbut we enjoyed it...

I made myself a pot of tea

and went to sit in the garden room

with a cup of tea

and some Scottish shortbread biscuits...

I could hear..

the drone of the machinery

and my memories were so sweet and poignant

I wrote this post especially for Nancy...

and thinking of her rural journal!

So please join her at Rural Thursday


I'm also joining Elaine for  Sunny Simple Sunday


and  The Tablescaper for Seasonal Sundays

and Raindrops and Daisys for Green Day