Our Scenes from the Ranch from July features a clip of our new 25 foot mower in action. It is propelled by four horses, and has a small gasoline engine that powers the sickle bar mower. The engine takes a tiny fraction of fuel compared to a traditional diesel-powered swather. The 25 foot mower length allowed us to finish the wheel line field in just one day (the previous 6 foot mower took about 3 days).
Working with the horses is such a joy! It was quiet enough that I could hear a variety of songbirds as we passed underneath the cottonwoods. Orchard orioles, yellow warblers, house wrens and western wood pewees all sang to us as we made our rounds of the field, while the smell of freshly cut alfalfa sweetened the air around us. A truly pleasurable day of work!
Coulee Creek Ranch 