[1_Rain_Drop]

"I’ll be shocking hay by hand in the field "

Make sure you have a good pair of gloves. Hay hurts!

[familyop]

"Make sure you have a good pair of gloves. Hay hurts!"

Thanks. I finished high school in an agricultural area and did vocational agriculture and residential building there. ...even put up hay for a living for a custom bailer/hauler one slow summer (about 10 hours per day, six days per week).

Conditions are tougher here, at this altitude, but we've studied more ag, greenhouse tech. and thermal energy stuff for several years. We won't save money for years, but readiness might be worth something in the future. ...and maybe a business while we're at it: selling produce where the prices are higher. Temp is going well below zero tonight.

There's no real summer here, so we keep all kinds of gloves and goggles around.