HAYING ISSUES! 🙄 // Trudy Helps Cultivate the Garden with Lady!

It has been so rainy this year which has caused us many haying issues with our draft horses!! We still haven't finished our first cut hay and the we have had some issues with our horse drawn mowing machine cutting the wet fields. Then, Trudy stops by to help cultivate the garden with Lady! Finally, our neighbor comes to round bale the hay that we cut!
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[@mfc4591]

I hope you take this as a constructive comment.... That music,(or sound track) ..... personally ,The sound of a drone and wind is better. Thanks for the video

[@michaelbissen1946]

" This is my 6th year in 3rd grade " too funny , lol

[@cadcad4974]

The excessive rain has briefly dampened your spirit, but you are resilient & will bounce back with the support of family and your love of horses! Jim, have you and Brenda noticed that Trudy is head & shoulders above the other third graders? Enjoy your channel! 😃

[@grammajean1327]

You don't often see the challenges and rewards of modern day farming in old timey ways. It's a lot of hard work as your videos show but documenting the processes is rewarding for the viewer. The teamwork of horse and man, and man and family, is so worth the time you put into the videos. The willingness of your girls to help where needed is awesome. Viewers can see what it took to keep America going and growing with horsepower and family working together. It does bring back memories of when my husband farmed with horses. When the garden comes in, do you guys can? And you haven't mention the pigs? Do they go in your freezer or someone else's? How much of your farming operation is dedicated to livestock? It's nice to have a juicy steak or roast without going to the store. Hellos to Brenda, Trudy, and Abby. Such industrious women. So enjoy watching A Drill and A Dream videos as well as Working Horses.

[@cathiwim]

Brenda, I’m so glad you are letting your hair grow out its new color! You will be a fabulous silver!

[@j.ericswede7084]

With all that clover, it must have been one of the most fragrant episodes you've filmed on the Farm.

[@rodneywroten2994]

Jim I have watched many video on your new horse and wow. What a great bread.

[@roxanneboudreau9806]

It amazes me how straight your win-rows are! Your horses are so well trained. It's lovely to see you working as a family! Thanks. Watching you cut was so 😌.

[@ernieflores288]

I like when Trudy helps, out there riding barefoot

[@jimcour291]

When we used to cut hay like that, my dad would tie a rock on the end of the mower guide. It just helped stop the mower from riding up. We now use a power cart and a small haybine

[@michaeljaworski6522]

A friend sent this video to me, the first of yours I've seen. In this day of advanced technology it's wonderful to see your horses used for a purpose they were bred. You earned my subscription.

[@joseobliandasr2270]

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[@joycehennequin8469]

Good evening Jim,Brenda and Trudy.How lovely to see you again Trudy,lve said this befor but you sit very well on a horse with Good gentle light hands.When your not at work do you ever go riding, l think you would be a great rider in maybe events or just for pleasure.l see your of to France soon,l think this is correct 😀 well have a wonderful time and treat yourself to a lovely french perfume or a beautiful dress,you might even meet a handsome Prince....well you never know do you,don't stay away to long as we'll miss you ❤Brenda you've become quite a horse woman yourself l would love to see you take up riding on your own horse of course,lt would really suit you.Your garden is coming on fine,ours doesn't know what to do,very strange weather we are having the.lve had crops that have already finished,like peas,cabbage all the potatoes have to be lifted as they are ready.On the other hand things like Borlotti beans,Gherkins even Aubergines are struggling to get going.But what l have noticed there is no pollinators about, not even any bees which is very strange and worrying.Jim l could see this was hard and frustrating for you getting the clover cut how you would like it.Maybe you could do a second cutting when it decides to dry out! But lm sure you'll get there in the end....but no more rain for awhile anyway,fi gers crossed 🤞our weather has gone from 28c/ 30c down to 12c its no wonder my veg/plants are not growing properly When it comes to getting Barron sorted out driving it might be good to put him with Bill as they are both very fast walker's.But that's just a thought,you know your horses very well so what ever you decide will be 👌 All the very best dear 🌱🌱🌱💕

[@michaelbissen1946]

Jim, everything about that mowing looked difficult and frustrating, you handled it very well.

[@donald1741]

Jim that's a great team they know where to walk ,if cutting hay or plowing. Love watching them work.

[@kimcwhite6509]

I absolutely love your family, you are all so close. What a beautiful crop of clover, even though the weather didn't cooperate with you. Brenda's garden looks awesome.

[@specterman2000]

It's nice to see that Trudy also has good relationship Lady as well!

[@aporter701]

Wrap the nose piece with fleece . That might help with not marking his nose.

[@normanreed572]

Take solice in the fact that you can buy about 50 of your mowers for what one discbine with crimpers would cost. And you’ll get the rest of the hay on 2nd cutting.

[@ralphdady3728]

We know you treat your horses well. Don’t worry about the people who might get on you for maybe getting a mark on Bill’s? nose. Enjoy watching your videos.

[@henkw69]

Hello: I regularly mow with a two-horse mower. And it's a similar one to yours. A McCormick D-8 and a D-10. I see you are working with a coarse cutter bar. And here in Friesland we know three types of cutter bars. the gross. Middle and Fine cutter bar. For mowing clover, for example, I would choose a fine bar. In my opinion this works better.

[@robertlivingstone3947]

Good to see trudy and lady have a happy 4th great video

[@marvinrathke3640]

Don't feel bad about the job your mower is doing. A few weeks ago Andy of Farming, Fixing and Fabricating showed drone footage of two triple mowers cutting a large alfalfa field from one direction because the alfalfa was lodged.

[@davidmunro1469]

GOD has truly blessed you and your family Jim. Happy Canada day. My much loved American neighbors are a blessing. Mark Munro.

[@c0lvin4o]

So nice to see Trudy. Hope she can somehow share some of her month in France--either here or on Abby's UTube.

[@kimhollenbeck6954]

Jim,I love horses,ponies,mini horses and working draft horses but this is the first time that I have watched draft horses mowing and hating fields and I love and enjoy watching your video on you tube,amazing video

[@davidmunro1469]

I am praying that you will have sunshine.

[@daleevans4261]

I enjoy every video. Very informative. I know next to nothing about horses and farming so your videos are always fascinating to me. Thank you for sharing your world with us. Trudy, I hope you have a wonderful summer.

[@davidmunro1469]

Thank you Jim and Brenda. Does your motorized cart have enough power to run a small haybine on a difficult wet year? Bill will always think he is a race horse. HA HA HA.

[@robertling9872]

Thank you Jim and family for all your beautiful videos. Impressive to see every step of cultivating with horses. It makes my respect for natural farmers even greater than it already is.

[@brendahogue5487]

Enjoy your videos especially when you are working with the horses. May the Lord bless you and your family.

[@deana8202]

Be glad you have rain and something to cut. West Central Texas has only got 3inches of rain so far this year. Our normal is 26 in a year. No hay. No grass. Even the trees are dying.

[@kdb991]

I use a McCormick Deering #9 horse horse drawn mower for some hay and I also use a vicon cm240 disk mower and they both will miss hay that is laying flat to the ground I enjoy your videos even though I am a horse farmer too. By the way I have never seen a top on a silo like yours nice

[@jeffpearson5581]

I agree with your comment about the top of the silo's being so unique. As a 67 year old carpenter I know that it would have been built with a hand saw, hammer and nails 30 plus feet above the ground. Very very time consuming having all the lumber hauled up by rope but the end result is wonderful.

[@fion1flatout]

our UK government is paying farmers to hold off mowing until July... because it's so good for wildlife to leave a bit behind like you did. .....personally I'd rather the govt didn't interfere, but I think you deserve some sort of thankyou from Mother Nature 😊

[@duanebolen543]

You should have your neighbor come over with his haybine and that Haywood dry a lot faster and you would get your hay in before it rains again

[@richardhessert7862]

Into music threw me off. Great video.

[@jemreandeau3583]

Love the long videos, I get to learn so much about working with horses. It’s a pleasure to see how you work your farm. ❤

[@jorgopitz4437]

Schade das Zuviel nicht abgeschnitten wurde,aber das ist das Leid bei Lagerung durch Böen,trotzdem viel Spaß und Freude bei der Arbeit

[@deana8202]

I bet Jim's heart dropped when his wife said horses nose was bleeding.

[@deepsleep7822]

I’m not a horse person, but I’d be a little worried about that with the horse being pregnant. I hope she didn’t/doesn’t lose the fowl (is that the correct term?)

[@johnkomosa4089]

Sorry you had that wet long alfalfa and clover to deal with, you did what you could harvested what you could, that mower did pretty well with that thick knarly stuff.

[@johnmarlow2887]

Well ridden, Trudy. I hope that you have a wonderful holiday here in France. We have had a beautiful dry, hot and sunny spring and early summer. I hope that it continues for you. Enjoy yourself. J-A M

[@sarahburkdorf8338]

Jim, I remember years ago my father used to cut hay with a sickle bar mower and it would lodge like that. He always used to get the next door neighbor that had a haybine to mow it for him. Just like yours it was usually new seeding with lots of clover or alfalfa. My Amish neighbor, uses a New Holland 477 haybine with the power unit, with his horses. I really enjoyed the garden cultivating segment. Always enjoy your videos they're very informative.

[@kopenhagenkid]

Great job Trudy

[@kimfleury]

I remember those long New York school years. When I got my teaching degree my mom gave me a fridge magnet that says, "Three reasons to be a teacher: June, July, and August." Then I took a job in New York, and Mom couldn't understand why I wouldn't be able to come home to Michigan for a visit until July, and had to go back to work in the middle of August. She expected me to be back home by the middle of June. I had to tell her that I had to work until June 25th. For as long as I taught in New York she couldn't understand that. She thought it was days added to make up for Snow Days, and that the following year I could come home sooner and stay longer. Schools in Michigan used to let out around the 2nd week in June, now it's the 3rd week, but I like being done by June 17th much better than the 25th! And teachers don't have to report back until the Wednesday and Thursday before Labor Day, with the Friday off. I like it much better than the New York school calendar, where there is only 1 reason to be a teacher: July 🤣 I enjoy teaching, and being with the students, but not the paperwork and meetings in August! I enjoyed this video as always 💕🐎

[@johngriffin2420]

Jim I love t watch the video's you handly te horses very well, you seem to talk to them, and they seem to under stand, keep up the GOOD WORK. John Griffin Ste. Lazare, Quebec.

[@the_eternal_student]

May we not forget the mowing scythe. I wonder how its results would compare to Jim's. We may wonder at how people survived with hand tools or mechanical equipment, but I believe the answer is: good relations with good relatives and a family of gods.

[@thirzapeevey2395]

I had a McCormick Deering and a John Deere, but I never got to use them, as my stepfather was terrified of them and forbade me to use them. I did get to mow with an 1880's ish open gear mower and it mowed tolerably well. Its a big step up from doing it all with a scythe, as folks would have been doing back then. You could always put a disc mower on your cart with the motor, I suppose. You'd have to figure out something for the three point hitch, but it could be done. It isn't a bad thing to have options. We had an early Duetz/Fahr drum mower, and it was absolutely fantastic in wet conditions. Wet summers, all our neighbors wanted to borrow it. That said, we couldn't mow vertically with it, so another neighbor would run his sickle bar up our driveway periodically to keep the brush mowed back. It looks like those old Duetz/Fahr mowers are still around. Since they actually ride on the ground and only use the three point hitch for transport or tight turns, they might be fairly easy to adapt to horses. You might need to monkey around with pulleys a bit, to get the right speeds. Working alone might do Bill a lot of good. There is no one to compete with, and thus no need to walk quite so fast. He'll get a lot more tired too.

[@jamescox8233]

hi jim, brenda, and trudy. jim, always nice to see you making hay. trudy ,always a pleasure to see you, and I hope you have a great summer off. trudy, if I was a kid in school again, I would want you for my teacher. hi to abby, jim dartmouth, nova scotia canada. P.S. god bless you all.

[@dianehall5345]

Jim- my guys are out haying today. HOT! 🌞🌞 I looked at our fields and the clover ratio is lower. When we have to clean out clogs, its the equipment, not the clover! Some of our haying equipment was my father-in-laws. Hard to find replacement parts. That said it is also hard to forecast the weather. Two years ago we were in the worst drought New Hampshire has seen in a long time! We only produce square bales.Our customers do better with them for their needs. I have a question. The nylon halter looks like it can move around a lot. Would a soft leather halter be a better application for Bill, tension wise? Maybe fleece on the nose band. Not understanding how much pressure is actually required, in order to take over from the bit. Love watching the girls help you and Brenda! I told Abby that she and her sisters are so blessed to have you both as parents. ~ Diane

[@maureenclear422]

Gorgeous sky, gorgeous horses! Thanks for sharing.

[@ellencarver5575]

Another great video really enjoyed it, it’s lovely seeing you Barbra and Trudy working together.

[@tractordan933]

Wow Jim and Brenda, you have a lot of stones in your garden, I thought we had all the stones here in Ohio. Thankfully some spots on our property are not as bad for stones, hope yours is the same.

[@edwardroberts2997]

Mr. Jim, Is Lady going to have a little one?? Say hi to the family for me.

[@1striperon]

We stopped adding clover seed on our new seedings. We tired of all the disadvantages you listed, plus clover is so difficult to dry. Alfalfa with a nurse crop of oats was our go-to combination.

[@bryanlake3539]

in that type of thick hay jim put or make higher cutter bar risers just a thought 😊

[@scottkrieger4701]

Thank you and have a great 4th.

[@thomasbyerly4305]

What a job Jim dont envy this one.

[@robertdonaldson6584]

My cousin is retired 2nd grade teacher living in Brampton Ontario Canada.

[@ponygirl5716]

So strange that you’ve been getting so much winter up in the north country. Here in the southern tier we’ve been very dry. About the pressure on Bill’s nose. You can add a fleece wraparound pad on the nose band. That should keep it from rubbing raw. You are so right that it’s going to rub raw if you don’t do anything with it

[@r.f.richardsonjr5691]

The weather has certainly been out of the ordinary this year for some reason. A lot of the local farms around us have corn 5 1/2' tall and tasseled, other's it's barely 3'. A large farm in Ogden I noticed was just seeding his fields the other day because the ground had been so wet for most of June, and it finally dried out enough to seed.

[@flunkywill2000]

Upstate New York? Wet Spring? Hello from Massachusetts! dry as a bone!

[@johnkomosa4089]

Yes, I have seen some of those late seed crops do real well if the second half of summer is good. Crazy year, in Alaska we will take some of that rain now and give Jim some relief.

[@ronhaworth5471]

As usual, team and family were "outstanding" in the field!

[@tinachambers4887]

HI friends enjoyed the video have a day love ❤ from TEXAS

[@robertneven7563]

verry nice video sir Jim

[@kateellis9325]

I prefer the noise of the work being done than the weird music. Love your channel

[@sueheaman7186]

Awesome job folks🙌🏼I think we have been getting the same kind of weather here in central Alberta as you folks have been getting! Trudy…you deserve the 2months off! I use to teach a number of years ago. Jim, I used a a fuzzy seat belt cover to put over the nose band of one of my halters. It worked great as it had Velcro to open/closed it. Enjoying your videos.🙌🏼🇨🇦🤠🐴

[@MrGr8golf]

Great job, Trudy! You are so pretty and you did a great job with Lady.

[@kopenhagenkid]

Nice looking bales Jim

[@terryrogers1025]

You were trying to express you thoughts as to old equipment to new equipment performance and how some were saying older equipment was better, I have heard it referred to as having a “ manure occurrence” in the thought process. I appreciate your honesty on your thoughts on the equipment and in your opening in the video I was amazed you were able to get through the hay as well as you were. Thanks for the ride along.

[@johnkomosa4089]

I wonder if you could double wind row it then mow it again so second crop will come in even but.., too much work I suppose, if you can cut 2nd cut should be a bit more normal. I can't believe the rain your getting but your making the best of it. Appreciate your efforts and frustration, round bales look nice and double stack well on that wide wagon.

[@michaelmangold1358]

Great job good content Trudy good helper.

[@klauskarbaumer6302]

A lot of rain is always better than none: 54 % of the continental US are in severe to excessive drought. Too much rain may cause problems, but I'd rather have these than no growth at all. I understand where you are coming from, Jim, but don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good when it comes to mowing. I just got the first cut of hay in, and the heat-loving vegetables are thriving with all the heat and rain we are getting here, the greens were not doing so well.

[@joseobliandasr2270]

ITS A VERY BIG & WIDE LAND, I THINK ENJOY IT WELL IN FARMING

[@kymberlysteiger8125]

You could try putting a sheepskin band on his halter to protect his nose. I always used those for my big warmbloods that would pull on the crossties. Just a suggestion. Love your channel! It makes me miss my horses a little less. I can’t ride anymore.

[@jameskelley8839]

Jim, got a question on your silo tops...I grew up on a Wis dairy farm but have never seen that type of top...is it era-related or is it in some way ethnic related?

[@malcolmthomas9953]

Hay looked good brings back memories when l was on the farm doing hay loved it , yea hay paddock be ok Jim your like me you like too do a good job alwell the weather was a challenge , good to see Trudy have fun on your holiday Trudy , looks wet there Jim shore is wet year there , gardens looking ok Brenda it's taking a while to get going ,

[@kopenhagenkid]

Great video Jim and Brenda

[@bobogilvie4472]

I love your show it shows a bit of life in regards to their life settling NORTH AMERICA

[@catladynj]

Awsome blue sky.

[@ChrisLascari]

That rocky soil would drive me nuts

[@davidmunro1469]

I wish I could take grade three over again.HA HA HA.

[@duanebolen543]

I thought you was going to wrap them in plastic or are you going to do that next

[@emeryviau5069]

I can remember writing on the Ford tractor when my dad was cutting hay and he showed me how to make a turn a 90° turn when they come to the end of the field and then have to go right it was kind of neat usually usually use the brake on the tractor so that it would just spin real hard to the right and that way you didn't have any left over a standing up so cool

[@charlesmoore5840]

Hey Jim your horses sure do love some lively music they do

[@billschengbier7940]

I use a #9 mower, but when I have down hay like that I cheat lol. I got a discbine and tractor for backup. like you said the newer machines do much better job in down hay.

[@ronhaworth5471]

Truly a family task!

[@bombardier3qtrlbpsi]

You should cut all my hay with the John Deere Dean and no. five sickle mower. You just put in a bunch of hay with the outside Clover Timothy and some broom. That little John Deere mower sure didn't like that was so thick the grass board wouldn't even bring the hay over for the next round. So income a 488 new holland 9' haybine. Still have the haybine today. It's been a great machine.

[@mikekf0eap16]

I don't like being negative so I just killed the volume on music

[@robertmarino2158]

The weight of the round bales , doing a good job , stay safe , enjoy !

[@edwardbonner9365]

My garden is like the Sahara desert in the south east of England we could do with a week of rain.,enjoy your channel.

[@ninafodale]

Hard work but a good life. 👍

[@br927]

So, could you go over the field, the opposite way of the way the grass is laying and get it cleaned up after the hay is off ? Put the haybine on it!Jethro Bodine did better than that, he got to the 6th grade! I knew a retired schoolteacher, she would always say -went to school for 32 years and never got out of the second grade! We had one of those cultivators with the wheel in the front, pulled it with our JD60! We had an Allis Chalmers Roto baler, you had to have the windrows as wide as the table, double windrow, but not close together, or you would get a lopsided bale. Hay looks good!

[@tysonhepworth6971]

We use a #9 high gear. We have two but the second still needs to be put together.

[@kennethphelps9185]

i would say file sharpen the plades and try to tighten the clip tolerance up

[@eviekestner4706]

Hi Jim! Hi Brenda! Again, another great video. I enjoy watching your drafts in harness and how well trained they are. What a pleasure they must be! Looking forward to the next video.

[@shirleymurphy1958]

Glad your getting your hay cut and in. Love horses working. My Dad used them for logging and big gardens in the 40s and 50s.

[@hughvane]

A strip of soft cloth beneath Bill's bridle nose strap will prevent chafing.

[@valdemarpedrosa1982]

Jim, 1st thought: you are an expert leading horses at field...but you persist in old tech tolls (cycle without comb to pull up hay in order to cut it wright way). You have a baler motorized! Dont blame you to show us old style farming, but farmer is - by definition an improviser! and a guy who "desenrasca" (no translation available) You already showed you got that spirit of "desenrascanço" and proved to be proficient with that. reinvent the wheel! PS: you have a good spreader, and a good rake for horses.

[@donald4416]

Ohhh my lady on horse bare foot wow I haven't seen that in very,very long time , trudy with great kisses to work horse ohh my how lovely great job plowing garden five stars.

[@msamelienp]

I love the sound of the baling rake.

[@glennsnider8840]

I never miss any of the wonderful videos. My question loading round bails with out some kind of stop scares me. What stops them from rolling forward?

[@willbass2869]

Gravity on 1500(?) lbs. Why would they roll?

[@steveluepke9654]

Will you try to mow that again?