haying
Harvesting dried grass
Haying is the work of cutting, drying, and storing hay—grass or other plants harvested as animal feed.
The term covers the whole seasonal process: mowing fields, letting the cut grass dry, raking it into rows, and baling or stacking it for storage.
We spent all of August haying.
Haying season typically falls in late summer when weather permits proper drying.
Grass-cutting machine
- balerBundle-making farm machine
- tedderHay-spreading implement
- rakeTined yard implement
- swatherCrop-cutting field machine
windrower · pitchfork · scythe · sickle · tractor · twine · combine · thresher
Forage crop legume
- timothyHay-producing forage grass
- cloverThree-leafed legume plant
- fescueFine-bladed pasture grass
- orchardgrassPerennial pasture grass
bermudagrass · ryegrass · brome · forage · legumes · grasses · meadow
Tied agricultural packages
- haymowBarn's fodder storage area
- barnAgricultural storage structure
- silageFermented crop fodder
- haylageFermented high-moisture forage
round · rectangular · straw · fodder · feedstuff · preservation
Grassy field for grazing
- pastureGrazing ground for livestock
- countrysideRural area beyond towns
- farmhandAgricultural employee
- homesteadFamily farm and dwelling
rural · livestock · cattle · horses · dairy · husbandry · grazing · pastoral
mower
Grass-cutting machine
swather · windrower · pitchfork · scythe · sickle · tractor · twine · combine · thresher · wagon
alfalfa
Forage crop legume
orchardgrass · bermudagrass · ryegrass · brome · forage · legumes · grasses · meadow
bales
Tied agricultural packages
haylage · round · rectangular · straw · fodder · feedstuff · preservation
meadow
Grassy field for grazing
- pastureGrazing ground for livestock
- countrysideRural area beyond towns
- farmhandAgricultural employee
homestead · rural · livestock · cattle · horses · dairy · husbandry · grazing · pastoral · acreage
summer
Year's warmest season
- augustImpressively grand and noble
- sunshineDirect rays from above
- swelteringExtremely hot, uncomfortably so
midsummer · harvest · humid · dusty · sunburn · daylight · drought · thunderstorm · weather
cutting
Dividing via sharp edge
- dryingMoisture removal process
- curingRestoring health or preserving
- rakingDragging tines across ground
baling · tedding · windrowing · stacking · storing · bundling · compacting · binding · turning · loading
- farm lifefarm, farmer, farmers, farming, barn
- farm traditionsbarn raising, barn dances, harvest festival, county fairs, farmers markets
- group workbarn raising, work party, team building, workday, collective farming
- farmingfarm, farms, farmer, farmers, crop
- horsemanshipriding lesson, riding lessons, riding school, riding schools, riding instructor