First Hay of the Year!

[@donatellonabotti2299]

Man I could watch an hour straight of just mowing. Talking or no talking. Doesn't matter if it's all drone or all on board footage, or a mix of both. There is something therapeutic about the sights and sounds of a tractor in a field. And I'm serious. I could watch an hour straight.

[@Kelleena1on1]

Also me as well :-)that’s some beautiful grass also

[@djjamison6548]

Me too

[@jorgehurford1742]

The only thing missing is the smell!

[@mikenelson6630]

There's no denying it - THAT's a great day of farming. I'm so glad that the new calf is doing just fine. Only the 'murder drone' put a slight damper on the day.

[@bgatlin5918]

Hilarie’s laugh and The music at the end though. ❤

[@DougMoore-vn8zr]

My 3 year old daughter and I watch all the time, she just calls your channel "cows". Thumbs up

[@timothyabraham2228]

3 of pete's favorite words(and us viewers too) "come on 🐃cows🐂🐮" !!

[@bradwilson4043]

I watch it with my granddaughter and we both say hello back to Pete when he says ‘hello I’m Pete’ 😂

[@joeanonemouse]

@@eileenmcdonald1599 👍🤣🤣

[@lynnclark4208]

There's days that I enjoy "no talking". The quiet with the sound of the tractor is therapeutic. Makes me feel like I'm right there. And there's times when you use the drone, enjoy that too. And there's times you talk through the video. Enjoy that too. I also enjoy Hillary!!

[@newman_LaRue_Jr]

Thank you for inviting us into your office yes I now live in a retirement community spent my entire life on a farm THANK YOU for allowing me to walk with you ❤❤❤❤❤

[@vickyburton2434]

To me, this is the American dream!

[@bertmenden2645]

As a teenager I remember a Hereford calf being stillborn or so we thought. That old cow turned around, stuck her nose under the calf and flung it in the air over and over. There was nothing but hooves, and tail flailing about, round about the fifth flip the calf left out a small bleat, and came to life. It was running around, nursing a half hour later. Mom knows best I guess! Spent many summer days mowing hay with a Massey Ferguson 150 with a New Holland 6' sickle bar mower, and an International crimped offset behind, we were too poor to afford a haybine. Good times!

[@JustaFewAcresFarm]

What a great story. Thank you for it!

[@billmarks8246]

I truly enjoy your videos! I know it is a lot of trouble setting up the cameras and all the editing that’s required, but watching you cutting hay is very relaxing to me. Thank you for your channel, I never miss one. Thanks Pete.

[@JustaFewAcresFarm]

You're welcome Bill!

[@daubber51]

Yes Pete I like your videos too. They're so relaxing keep up the good work, and it's always nice to see Hillary working along with you. You make a good team. Rht

[@lynnsweeney4529]

Good morning, Pete. We can't tell you how much we enjoy all of your videos . There is just something so peaceful about watching the animals, you moving the hay, and I even enjoy the tractor 🚜 rebuilds. Thank you for taking the time out of your busy day to share your videos with us all.😊

[@farsalah]

❤❤❤❤

[@farsalah]

You are the most beautiful, ma'am, stay well

[@deancharles1470]

I missed that prayer that I always said when taking vintage equipment to the field for the first time of the season and that is “Lord please get me thru one more season with this old equipment “.

[@madampolo]

Pete knows his tractors inside and out. There is no doubt his old tractor will perform perfectly. Now, MY old tractor is a different story!

[@deancharles1470]

I was always confident the tractor would make it. The haybine was a different story. She never let me down but I always said the prayer

[@madampolo]

@@deancharles1470 I think Pete also keeps his auxiliary equipment in working order as well. I only have a tractor, shredder, and auger to maintain. Boy, that was a lot of grass he cut!

[@bamatractor]

I have to say , your getting good at making video's.

[@MarthaAngell-dl7qu]

That will be some sweet hay in the winters! Why does a 84 year old lady watch a farmer? I grew up watching uncles farming and my father was a part time farmer with a cub farmal tractor that is how I learned to drive at 10 years old! This brings back many memories! Thank you! S

[@sandraengstrand2784]

If you sold tickets to ride along with you when you’re cutting hay, I would be the first to buy one 🎟️ It must smell soooo good!!! ☀️💕👍🏻

[@chanwittwer4925]

I would be right behind you in line to buy a ticket!!!

[@davidgetchell3633]

So different from when I was young, I first drove the horse drawn hay rake then later I would drive the hat wagon, HOT days in the hay fields !

[@stevenarmer8245]

That would be an awesome day. Just watch out for that murder drone lol

[@TreverDuncan]

I’ve made hay for over 50 years this year. I’ve never once thought about selling tickets and honestly I don’t know anyone who would pay to ride along with me. Pete must make hay a lot different than I do.

[@sandraengstrand2784]

@@TreverDuncan 🤣🤣 I know, so silly 😜

[@MichaelAllanTorrey]

Was a little teary eyed until you verified the calf was breathing. Having spent many hours caring for 3 wonderful grandsons with Rosemarie I appreciate life more and more. What could be better than an old red tractor that can actually be used? Overhead views great. Beautiful natural canvas as usual. Must be great to sit outside at end of day and look out over the fields. Hope you, Hil and family have great week! I know I use the word “great” too much.

[@nathanokken3565]

Good way to mark the end of seasonal depression on the farm. Love this time of the year.

[@woodyswartze5620]

Wow, this brought back memories of having to help by FIL pull calves when momma cow couldn't quite get the job done. The kids really should enjoy the delivery process. What a miracle!

[@louiserawle8999]

Oh these are beautiful shots from the drone Pete,just magical.❤

[@eloiseteklu84]

Wouldn't it be cool if we all had a father, brother, son, husband or significant other like Pete? I know my world would be a better place -- for now, I appreciate living vicariously through his videos. Thanks Pete!

[@conniebooe57]

Thank you for your videos you and your wife do a great job. Thank you for no background music. I like watching and hearing in true time. Those are the best sounds of the farm.

[@KurtvanGelderen]

Love it and only one thing missing thé smel

[@David7pm]

One of my two favorite times of the year. The other, watching the cows go out on to pasture for the first time of the new season. I would cut hay for free, so enjoyable! I love your channel, Pete. Thank you.

[@redneckavenue3875]

I am also a farmer and in my experience it puts you so close to realness.you see life and death good days and bad days it gives you a reason to pray and it makes you very thankful I love your videos Pete keep cranking them out❤

[@Stegs]

Ive been dealing with alot of stress/anxiety lately. I found your channel and subscribed instantly. Watching this and all your videos brings a overwhelming relaxation. I can feel the stress fade away especially in a video like this where its just the tractor working. Beautiful sound. Thank you for this.

[@oldstuffbethtx8052]

The aerial shots of the farm are beautiful. It's so true that we should make hay while the sun shines.

[@donjames6560]

One minute into the video and you already get a big ol' thumbs up from me. I loved seeing Coco successfully have her calf!

[@zeekfromcentralfl3299]

Perfect video to watch before bed!! Nothing like nice mowing . . .

[@bradleyschneider3871]

This doesn't get old at all soothing. Just remember when I was 16 and 17 I worked for a farmer/ neighbor doing field work with his 756 and his 856 back in 73 ish.ive always wanted to be a farmer but in that time farmers were having their land taken away! It was a bad time to farm.the farmer also milked 35 to 40 cows..he had no kids and his wife was a school teacher...great people. Always enjoyed your videos

[@LoisELewis]

You two are a cute coupke. God bless you and your damily.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@louiserawle8999]

Yay for Coco's sweet calf ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@GWBoen]

Yay new calf and first hay cutting.

[@ChrisWinstead-tu9tw]

Watching your videos, says American. What our country was built from. Thanks for taking the time. Always do what makes you happy.

[@trevorbrixton5195]

I am about to purchase a small 50 acre farm just east of my city. The city just doesn't do it for me. At 38, I feel like I found my calling. Hopefully I have lots of sunrises and sunsets to look into. You gave me the power and confidence to do this Pete, and I will never be able to explain how much that means to me. Thank you Pete.

[@craigmummert5125]

Nothing like watching Pete cut hay while listening to Dan Tyminski sing " Making Hay".

[@HawkStorm87]

As always, thank you both for sharing your lives with us. Even when Pete mouth is closed you still learn something. My youngest son really enjoyed this one, and so did I.

[@catherinehubbard1167]

“Making hay while the sun shines.” I hadn’t thought about the history of that, but it’s so clear from watching your haying videos. Like all farmers over the centuries, you try to forecast the weather so that the freshly cut hay will remain dry until enough days lying in the field have passed for it to be collected into bales and stored without mold setting in. An anxious time, hoping for that sunshine until the hay is safely stored. That tractor’s engine is a fine, smooth machine all right. It must feel even more satisfying using it since you have extended its working life and know every part of it, maintaining and replacing.

[@joerodrigues3816]

Happy to see you back and you are all doing well mate

[@JeffRimersmiddlehalf]

Pete, You have no idea how much enjoyment that this channel brings me.😊

[@ianbernardthompson5025]

Thank you for not putting any music on for talking over. Natural sounds so much better I appreciate it

[@inqwit1]

What a great way to start a day. Just woke up and we're cutting hay. You're dead on about the tractor engine, and the editing choices are excellent. Thenk you for taking the time to have this out to us this quickly.

[@djjamison6548]

I love watching hay being made. I don’t know why but it’s satisfying to me. 😊

[@LeslieOtwell]

Ready to see the MD rake some hay! Such a awesome tractor that one

[@dennisbelles9236]

Always a great video when you start with a new calf and then go into hay mowing. Good looking hay I might add

[@armstrongjd1]

So jealous Pete! We've been waiting for dry weather here in Ohio, so I can get my hay down!

[@brycewiborg8095]

Always enjoyed alfalfa falling over the sickle bar. Thank you Pete.

[@rosestansfield5516]

Oh, Pete! I really LOVE when you take us for a ride on the tractor. Thank you. Thank you so much. Congratulations on the new calf. He's a beauty!

[@hauntinglive]

Sing a birth of an animal is so cute I don't know why people judge, if people judge they have something with their own life so that they have to work on.

[@hoagland1943]

For a city dweller, it's great to take a retreat to the country to watch and listen to an aspect of farming. Thanks!

[@pklubeck2883]

No words are necessary Pete when you have mad mowing skills to show off. Thanks for sharing the new addition birth also.

[@jameslcoble248]

I loved hearing the equipment run. Makes me wish I could do the same. Run an old tractor and work hayfield or a garden.

[@DarrinsDaffs]

Pete, I so appreciate your willingness to give us videos that show so many perspectives. The drone footage. The close and personal footage. The dandelion footage. It's all fab!

[@brianhayes7618]

Something very satisfying about mowing grass for hay. Being on a tractor in the outdoors doing field work for the first time of the season and the smells of the fresh cut grass drying in the sun into hay. Heaven on Earth

[@ericfunnell1901]

Loved the noise of that diesel. And the drone shots. But no dad jokes. Awwww. lol.

[@gravfielddrive]

Thank you for what you do, and how you do it!

[@rge2410]

I can smell the fresh cut hay in my mind. Nothing better than that pure fragrance.

[@toddbagley1775]

I really, really like seeing the vintage Farmall tractors working. You know what they say make hay!

[@ellisc.foleyjr9778]

I could sit and watch you mow hay all day. it brings back memories of when I did the same thing about 50 years ago. and the funny thing is it was with an old (but not old at the time) Farmall MD. and a baler of similiar vintage fact probably a lot older than yours is now!. I could almost smell the cut grass watching this. every time I mow my lawn now it brings me back to that time. at 81 I do'n't make hay anymore just memories! thanks for sharing and letting me live Vicariously thru you Pete. God Speed. ECF

[@joseph.2790]

Music for the ears. And I can smell that grass even online and across Atlantic ocean. Fairytale for farmers! 🇭🇷🍻🤠🇺🇸

[@caroledwards3465]

Strange you should say you could smell the grass ...me too. Best wishes from England UK 🇬🇧

[@auntiesam8489]

Hello Pete and Hilarie. I must be simple-minded because I enjoyed this hay mowing. When you would run the tractor over the camera I would instinctually dunk my head down like a kid would do for fun. lol All the best to you and your family. God bless your family. Thank you for sharing pieces from your world. Looking forward to hearing a garden update. And an the next updates on Cocoa's new bull calf & I enjoy seeing all of your critters. Bye for now . P.S. I'm sorry your drone tried to kill you. 😥

[@janhorton5197]

I can smell the newly cut grass here in Australia. Mmmmmm wonderful.

[@bethlove2862]

As u r plowing I remember the sweet smell of freshly cut hay. We would have alot less mental issues if we all spent time in the country.

[@SusanA1056]

Lol...I pour myself a mug of tea and fold 3 loads of laundry while Pete mows. It's relaxing & productive.

[@larrypestes2205]

Hey Pete, you’re ahead of us here in western Oregon. Grass ready, Hesston MoCo has all the damaged sections replaced and greased and ready Temps hovering in the 60s

[@bruceblaylock1397]

I love how you show people how to farm using old (classic) equipment and tractors. That german diesel is pure music to this country boys ears. Thanks for bringing us along!

[@johnhuardsr.7584]

I love watching you haying with or without commentary. Thank you

[@deannamoreton8253]

loved watching the cutting, Hillary is so nice xx

[@bonniedunkin-brady9358]

Married 8 beautiful yrs today... i love watching your videos first thing in the morning with my cup of jo

[@autodidactin]

Love watching you cut hay Pete, especially the aerial shots. Seeing you get that last little patch is so satisfying. Sorry about your injury. Your concern about showing it to us was hilarious. 😂

[@markloy9651]

I love the “purr” of that Deutschland Diesel.

[@louiserawle8999]

Such a great shot,under the tractor to the gorgeous sky.I love clouds and you have some doozies there today.❤❤

[@TheresaKistel-hk4ld]

My family has been watching you cut hay for years and it never gets old. It’s personally something I look forward to seeing each year. Keep doing what you do Pete😊 Thank you for sharing.

[@prariewindsfarm]

There was always a sense of pride making those corners nice and square and not leaving any hay unmowed. I remember getting off the tractor to pull some i had missed by hand before anyone saw it.

[@williamlaird2136]

The sound of that engine gives me goose bumps. That engine is just begging to be put under a load! When it is under load, it is the sweetest sound around. Good day in the field!

[@derekadams729]

Love how the cutting of grass cleans up the tractor tyres making them look like new. Hope the finger is ok.

[@glentaybow]

Dang Pete! You're a real artist on that tractor and haybine. And I don't think there is another possible view you could have gotten with your camera. Totally entertaining. The calf birth was an extra bonus. Thanks loads.

[@Stonedcapone43]

I love watching your vids. I would of loved having a small farm as I was brought up on one but we lost it when I was 15. Bought by a housing developer that wouldn't take no for an answer. He bought all the land surrounding our family farm, made it so the farms vehicles couldn't fit around our gateway & blocked off the farms entrances to some of our fields which forced my father to sell our farm & my future for very little. There's now 1000 homes where our farm that was in my family for 8 generations used to be 😥 I live in the city now & struggle to find work regretting my father's tough decisions that were forced on us by an unscrupulous housing developer🤬 keep up the good work. Always look forward to your next video m8.❤

[@rancancookcanoy9768]

Pete enjoy watching your videos as we have our coffee. Love the sound of the tractor and cutting hay. Nice to see that Cocoa had her calf. This reminds me of when I was a kid. thank you. Have a great rest of your week and a wonderful Memorial Day.

[@SamJohnson-p8q]

That is some beautiful grass just right for putting it up.

[@52wisewoman]

That engine just hums along! Soothing with no misses.

[@SherrylSmart]

I really enjoyed this. It brought back lots of memories of my Great Uncle’s and Uncle’s farms/ranches in Southern Idaho. Lots of wonderful memories. Thank you

[@daretoreef]

I would love to see a restoration of the mower! great video!

[@ronniemusic898]

Been there done that miss it and my horsesbeen retired since 98 rather farm than work in factoty 81 today my horses are gone and my days of fasrming are over not much time left on this beautiful earth, You bring back some good old days thank you and your farm and the new cafe.

[@sheilasantiago3715]

When I used to travel to VT I would stop on the side of the road and watch them hay the fields. There's just something about it that's very relaxing

[@GregCollard-cq5yg]

After watching the video I read the comments. I appreciate that you actually take the time to read them and reply. Great videos. Keep up the good work y'all.👍

[@markfin7225]

Your grass is so much taller than mine. We’ve had really cool weather and more rain at times than normal. It will be a few weeks before I can cut our first and likely only hay for the year. Nonetheless, like you I love doing it old fashioned. Farmall 560D with a New Holland 456 7’ bar followed by a New Holland 56 5 bar roll cage and into a Vermeer 605 SuperJ round baler. The old stuff still purrs like it did as new and the satisfaction, well, it’s more rewarding and cheaper. Tomorrow we head out for our daughter’s wedding. Most excellent time! Pete and Hillary, thanks as always for sharing your lives, routines and humor with us. I will say, no dad joke this time😢.

[@glendiejohnson9203]

Another great video. Thanks for providing therapeutic peace for us that really need it!

[@steve-gp1nc]

That is one sweet running tractor.Thanks Pete and company.

[@reedchandler2372]

I wish we could smell the fresh cut hay. It’s one of the things I miss from my youth on the farm.

[@jdfras9041]

I love the different views from the camera and drone. Thanks great video!!

[@allencupsie6560]

Good job Pete Now That's What I Call keeping the green side up enjoy the rest of your day

[@phillipstephens3079]

Particularly enjoy the interspersing of the different drone shot angles with the “on-the-tractor” segments. I could almost smell the fresh cut hay…👍🏻👍🏻

[@sueswift8344]

Pete, I love watching you mow your hay field ; it's so pretty, green & healthy!

[@ChrisTingler]

Thank you for the video. I could watch for hours. It seems simple to you,but we love it. Thank you.

[@tomgibson5769]

Always enjoy your videos

[@seansysig]

The metronomic sound of that German diesel whirring just made me nod off. Of course being 64 and after midnight certainly aided in the nodding off. That diesel is an engineering achievement.

[@rogerstemen2129]

Sure brings back great memories from when I was a kid!! Thanks Pete

[@farmerkh35]

Farmall 756 is old but works well 🥰🥰🥰

[@brentbosworth8845]

Thank you Pete, This brings back memories of when I would go up to Maine in June and help my uncle with haying on his 100 head dairy farm. Something I will never forget. I sure do miss those days.

[@theburnhams2925]

Amazing how the haybine obliterates the wheel tracks in the field! Very good video, Pete!

[@mikekratz39]

Always enjoy the "What's for Dinner" segment. It's inspired me to do more grilling and the roasts are tasting great. Thanks Pete!

[@leighvrooman2824]

Brings back memories of cutting hay. Notice the one side of field had a section that may be growing to bush. Always a fight to keep a field clean. Enjoyed just watching the first cut if the year. Way agead of time. Years ago no one did anything before Memorial Day.

[@oledavec]

Thanks, Pete. A calf being born and hay being mowed. Doesn't get any farmier than that. Love the drone shots.

[@garystandiford9340]

Always cool to see a newborn animal. Thanks for showing that Pete.

[@locustvalleyfarms7241]

Everyone in my area (including me) had the same idea. Lots of hay being made. Great video as always peat!

[@williamgawel8467]

Good morning Pete, I could stay on the tractor all day cutting hay and listen to the home of that diesel. You have got that thing running great people that have never done this don’t know what they’re missing. The aroma of fresh cut grass is something that’s not been reproduced by any other means it still does have the best smell have a good day