I am worried about HAY... I am dreaming about it... talking about it... looking for it... absolutely stressing about it... I am not a worry kind of person... I don't worry about it until it happens... then I come up with a plan.. but I am here and now admitting that I am worried about hay...

We haven't had enough rain... my pond is completely dried up... and it's a big one!... consequently, the hay production here is HALF of what it was last year... the farmers that usually sell their hay only have enough this year for their own livestock... where I got a round bale LAST year for $15 each, they are now running between $35 and $60... EACH!!!

I have no grass left on any of the pastures... I am telling people if they have to still cut their lawns to please bag it up and bring it to me... this is how desperate I am...

Most frustrating of it all is that I have 164 acres in Texas... FULL of hay... not  even the first cutting this year... and it's just sitting there and I have no way to make it work for me.... I have thought of putting an add out in the paper out there that for a price, if they cut and bale it, they can have it... then use the money to buy hay for my horses, HERE... but that only solves HALF the problem... the other half is FINDING some for sale...

This winter will be a tough one for my horses...  they wiill be stressed and skinny... I think I am going to feed them broccoli... it's cheaper...