What I learned from my first harvest in Scotland

[@TheHare-rv3hj]

I bought round bales for years. I used to get 34, 1500 lb. round bales per truck load. I used to ask my hay guy to double wrap the bales when he baled. I stored them outdoors and would store them on wooden pallets, 1 bale per pallet. I set the bales on the pallets on their round part, not set up on their flat can. When it rained, the rain would roll right off the bale wrap. I was feeding a much bigger herd. The 34 bales lasted about 3.5 months. I also tried tying sections of pond liner to the top of rounded side of each bale. Pond liner is a lot thicker and durable than a tarp. I found that effort became a mute point because the double wrap worked fine. I live in the high desert of Colorado, so we might not get as much moisture as you do.

[@adam.millerchip]

"which may or may not be interesting". It's interesting! Thanks for sharing :)

[@liveandbreathehorses]

Aww thank you so much for saying so. My daughter ( she helps me with the channel as that is her field of expertise ) encourages me to do more personal chatty videos as well as the more instructional ones Susan

[@pauline5260]

Please be very aware of ' farmer's lung' aka hypersensitivity pneumonitis. Caused by inhalation of mould spores from hay/ haylage.

[@liveandbreathehorses]

Thats a good point Pauline, thank you for saying so. Its funny how we are so concerned about the horses and careful with the hay quality but dont so much think of ourselves and the handling of it Susan x