We finished up!
Nice green leafy, baled in the dew hay.
A nice feeling.
One field down, one more to go.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Life on a Colorado Farm
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We finished up!
Nice green leafy, baled in the dew hay.
A nice feeling.
One field down, one more to go.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Life on a Colorado Farm 
Rich and tasty looking!
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It did turn out nice.
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Just LOOK at the green of that alfalfa. All the goodness locked away to feed some happy stock later in the year.
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It is a nice feeling. One more field to go and one more field to plant into alfalfa.
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Your hay looks good!
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It did turn out nice. Ever a worry until done.
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Impressive!
That’s a lot of alfalfa ~
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🙂 More to come through out the year. We hope to get this sold before second cutting
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That is fabulous hay! You literally cannot make alfalfa hay that green here. It is never dry enough. Just beautiful!
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Thank you, Marianne! We just got it up and then the rains came. Sure glad it was up and in the stack yard.
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That is a LOT of alfalfa. What is the time frame from planting to harvest?
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Three cuttings a year here. Plant one year before you can harvest. The crop lasts for 3-5 years then must be plowed up and planted to something else.
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So it is a semi-perennial or, rather, a perennial that you have to turn over for the land to replenish nutrients?
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Here you go. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfalfa Some people call it lucerne. It’s a perennial. The root is HUGE. But after three to 5 years the plant is spent so must be plowed under and something else planted in it’s place.
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Cool! Thank you!
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Beautiful alfalfa! Hope you get it all sold soon! 🙂
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Thank you…the ad went out today.
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A really nice feeling … one down, one to go! How exciting 👏
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Yep 🙂
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