The weather is finally cooler!  Time to think about winterizing and getting hay for the winter.  We got 100 bales from our neighbor, plus we are cutting my brother’s fields for the first time, and should get one more cutting from our field on the farm.  We are hopeful that we’ll have plenty of hay for the winter.  Besides that, we are planning on selling 4-5 pregnant cows this fall to get the herd size down.  The bull is here through the end of September and then we can put the cows out in the hay fields for some green grass again.  We have been supplementing with hay most of the summer.  I got a short break from the farm, though!  Our son Dusty was home for a couple weeks to pick up some stuff, and I rode back to LA with him and flew home.  We drove 2000 miles in 2 days!  But, we made it safely and I got to spend some time at the beach before flying home.  It was a nice break for me, but Craig had to stay home with the cows.  Dusty is doing well in LA- he’s been doing some freelance editing while trying to get a full time gig.  He really likes it there!  The weather, the ocean, and the mountain hiking trails are great, but I don’t like the crazy, fast traffic… I guess you need to be young to drive in LA!

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