Comments on: Giant beings in the bottom paddock http://moonovermartinborough.com/2009/08/15/giant-beings-in-the-bottom-paddock/ Two American expat city boys on 20 acres with an olive grove in New Zealand Thu, 17 May 2012 02:47:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Janice http://moonovermartinborough.com/2009/08/15/giant-beings-in-the-bottom-paddock/#comment-406 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:05:16 +0000 http://moonovermartinborough.com/?p=926#comment-406 Thanks for your comment on my blog. Strange to open yours and see such similar pictures. They are lovely and even more so to us when the weather has been so changeable and we have to grab a few days of warm dry weather, it’s just such a relief to know that the hay is made.

]]> By: Jason http://moonovermartinborough.com/2009/08/15/giant-beings-in-the-bottom-paddock/#comment-404 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 09:14:57 +0000 http://moonovermartinborough.com/?p=926#comment-404 Wonderful post, puts many of my own ideas into words! Nice to know there are others out there that share my bizarre attraction to hay bales and hay making…

]]> By: Diane http://moonovermartinborough.com/2009/08/15/giant-beings-in-the-bottom-paddock/#comment-403 Sun, 16 Aug 2009 23:11:28 +0000 http://moonovermartinborough.com/?p=926#comment-403 I couldn’t help but laugh at the mental picture of two grown men becoming boys jumping on hay bales and chasing each other among them. What a great stress reliever! Thank you for another pleasant read.

]]> By: Moon Over Martinborough http://moonovermartinborough.com/2009/08/15/giant-beings-in-the-bottom-paddock/#comment-401 Sun, 16 Aug 2009 17:52:54 +0000 http://moonovermartinborough.com/?p=926#comment-401 Yes, those large round bales can be scary. Last year in the Wairarapa a young farmer was stacking them in his hay shed with a front loader. The stack toppled and crushed him. His family found him. He was in his late 20s. Horrible.

]]> By: Moon Over Martinborough http://moonovermartinborough.com/2009/08/15/giant-beings-in-the-bottom-paddock/#comment-400 Sun, 16 Aug 2009 17:45:23 +0000 http://moonovermartinborough.com/?p=926#comment-400 Next time you’re in the Michigan countryside, you’ll have to stop and ask a farmer if you can commune with their hay bales…

Did I really say ‘jail?!’

]]> By: Aarene http://moonovermartinborough.com/2009/08/15/giant-beings-in-the-bottom-paddock/#comment-399 Sun, 16 Aug 2009 15:12:47 +0000 http://moonovermartinborough.com/?p=926#comment-399 Hi! Thanks for stopping by my blog.

I enjoyed your lovely “hay narrative”, and now I want to spend some time reading the rest of your entries!

Our pasture was used for hay before we bought the place, but I never got to see it in hay. When we moved in, we fenced it and put horses on it…ah well. No more hay, and no more marshmallow sculptures.

But then, I do have two four-legged sculptures out there now, and that makes it worthwhile!

]]> By: Victoria http://moonovermartinborough.com/2009/08/15/giant-beings-in-the-bottom-paddock/#comment-398 Sun, 16 Aug 2009 04:50:41 +0000 http://moonovermartinborough.com/?p=926#comment-398 Last summer there was a lot of movement of hay here in Victoria (the Aussie one, not the Canadian one). First the drought and then the bushfires. We see the process of hay making, and the result, but I’ve never thought to blog about it. Zen and the art of hay bales… ever thought of writing the book?

]]> By: colouritgreen http://moonovermartinborough.com/2009/08/15/giant-beings-in-the-bottom-paddock/#comment-395 Sat, 15 Aug 2009 15:06:29 +0000 http://moonovermartinborough.com/?p=926#comment-395 I remember a neighbouring farmer managed to drop/knock one of the round bales.. it’s hilly here in Devon, and they pick up speed! – and dangerous. Luckily it only took out the wooden rail fence.

You’re going to have to get livestock, then you can keep your hay bales next time :)

]]> By: Charlie http://moonovermartinborough.com/2009/08/15/giant-beings-in-the-bottom-paddock/#comment-394 Sat, 15 Aug 2009 14:28:04 +0000 http://moonovermartinborough.com/?p=926#comment-394 Kindred souls, universal, collective unconscious stuff these haybales–one reason I love driving across Nebraska in late summer; appreciate your putting my thoughts into words..especially “rotary rake, big red blender” captures it precisely.

]]> By: Beth http://moonovermartinborough.com/2009/08/15/giant-beings-in-the-bottom-paddock/#comment-393 Sat, 15 Aug 2009 12:46:57 +0000 http://moonovermartinborough.com/?p=926#comment-393 When we lived in Germany there was a field behind the apartment which was visible from from every room out of our huge windows. Watching the hay bales being made was my favorite thing about living in that horrible apartment. (which if I remember correctly you compared to a jail!) I loved it when it was all done and there were huge, perfect hay bales scattered around the field. We had a perfect view from our balcony. There was something very peaceful about seeing those bales. I hadn’t thought about this in many, many years! Now I’m bummed I never went down there and checked them out close up….Thanks!

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