Woo wee! I'm running out of hay, as I knew I would because we can only store so much. I just bought ten bales of Timothy and mixed grass for $11.99 per bale. Did I mention Buddy and Lucy eat a bale a day?
I also got a bag of alfalfa cubes. I'm not sure what I'm doing, but maybe they'll need less hay if they're getting soaked alfalfa cubes (I don't know what I'm doing but this is how I got through last spring when I ran out of hay so I know what I'm doing except how to buy enough hay for the winter).
I think I've found enough reasonably priced, quality Coastal Bermuda hay to get us through until first cutting. I'll know next week when it will also be delivered. And I'm not telling a soul where it's coming from!
In the meantime, here's what the humans at my house are having for supper because of the price of hay. Have you seen the TV ads for this? It looks so tempting that Lily and I were all set to buy it -- until the last scene.
You are bad! lol
Posted by: risingrainbow | March 07, 2008 at 08:34 PM
Anne- if you wind up in a bind for hay, PLEASE let me know... In our day job (since we are NOT under as many horses as we used to be these days- Thank God,) we are reps for a great company in SD. ;)
Let me know how things go there, and if we can help you out at all!
Posted by: Mrs Mom | March 07, 2008 at 08:54 PM
Hay here now up to $16/bale - you can find it for less, but not a lot less, unless you buy in mammoth quantities. Between that and owning an SUV (it's paid for and I don't want another payment!)and the price of gas here being $3.50/gal - well, I feel your pain.
Posted by: jdp | March 07, 2008 at 10:45 PM
Good golly JDP--- $16 for a bale? What is it- first cut timothy or orchard grass mix? That price is way worse than even here in GA and NC-- where in parts of those 2 states there is NO hay. If you want, shoot me a mail and lets chat some here. Maybe I can help get you some good hay at a more reasonable price.
swequine@yahoo.com
Posted by: m | March 08, 2008 at 08:01 AM
Holy Smokes!!! $11.99/bale? I could not afford to keep my horses if that was the case where I live!
Posted by: Superchick | March 09, 2008 at 08:39 AM
I don't know what the price of hay is here in Oregon but I am shellshocked by the prices I am reading about here. I have nightmares about the horse populations dwindling in the US because only the elite will be able to afford them when farmers switch to soybeans instead of hay.
Posted by: photogchic | March 11, 2008 at 11:56 PM