It's Silage Time!

Silage-making on the croft lands is highly mechanised these days and, unlike in the old hay-making times, when the work could stretch over weeks depending on the weather, the process is very quick.

With the weather fine, this field along Ormsaigbeg was cut and turned on Thursday....

....and by Friday afternoon, with the weather holding, the grass was ready to be prepared for storage. Machines are great in that they make quick work of a job but, on the down side, if there's a problem, supervising the wife while she fixes it can take time.

There shouldn't be any problems with this machine which is new, and makes a great job of packaging the bale. The Diary confesses to having spent some time just watching the bale go round and round as it was wrapped in layer upon layer of polythene.

Despite the weather during May and June, it doesn't look like being a bad silage harvest this year.