{"id":495,"date":"2015-11-24T15:20:51","date_gmt":"2015-11-24T15:20:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zuschlag.us\/?page_id=495"},"modified":"2015-11-24T15:20:51","modified_gmt":"2015-11-24T15:20:51","slug":"hayfield","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/zuschlag.us\/?page_id=495","title":{"rendered":"Hayfield"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/new.zuschlag.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Hayfield-1a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-496 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/new.zuschlag.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Hayfield-1a.jpg\" alt=\"Hayfield 1a\" width=\"545\" height=\"328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zuschlag.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Hayfield-1a.jpg 545w, https:\/\/zuschlag.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Hayfield-1a-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/zuschlag.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Hayfield-1a-192x116.jpg 192w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px\" \/><\/a>Part of last year&#8217;s road and clearing work was the restoration of a 12 acre hayfield that had been abused as a motorcycle track by the previous owner. While the field was cleared and leveled last summer for eventual planting in the Spring of 2002, a late start at planting time meant that the field had to be left to grow weeds this summer. As it turned out, this was a very fortuitous delay given the <a href=\"https:\/\/new.zuschlag.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Hayfield-2a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-497\" src=\"https:\/\/new.zuschlag.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Hayfield-2a.jpg\" alt=\"Hayfield 2a\" width=\"576\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zuschlag.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Hayfield-2a.jpg 576w, https:\/\/zuschlag.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Hayfield-2a-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/zuschlag.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Hayfield-2a-192x128.jpg 192w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a>severe drought we experienced this year.<br \/>\nDespite the lack of rain, I decided to go ahead with fall planting. In August we killed all the weeds, bush-hogged the field and then plowed it all up. The field was fertilized and then planted in mid-September.<a href=\"https:\/\/new.zuschlag.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Hayfield-3a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-498\" src=\"https:\/\/new.zuschlag.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Hayfield-3a.jpg\" alt=\"Hayfield 3a\" width=\"576\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zuschlag.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Hayfield-3a.jpg 576w, https:\/\/zuschlag.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Hayfield-3a-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/zuschlag.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Hayfield-3a-192x128.jpg 192w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For once the weather gods were on my side, as the cooler Fall weather brought plentiful rain and the hayfield sprang into life. It looked absolutely beautiful by October. I hope to take the fi<a href=\"https:\/\/new.zuschlag.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Hayfield-4a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-499\" src=\"https:\/\/new.zuschlag.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Hayfield-4a.jpg\" alt=\"Hayfield 4a\" width=\"583\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zuschlag.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Hayfield-4a.jpg 583w, https:\/\/zuschlag.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Hayfield-4a-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/zuschlag.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Hayfield-4a-192x128.jpg 192w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 583px) 100vw, 583px\" \/><\/a>rst hay crop off this field in late Spring of 2003. It will be nice to have our own supply of good quality hay for the sheep.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Part of last year&#8217;s road and clearing work was the restoration of a 12 acre hayfield that had been abused as a motorcycle track by the previous owner. 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