One of the challenges of keeping domestic animals is providing them with forage during the winter months‚ or year-round if you live on a small lot. We started keeping sheep in a cold climate on a small lot as a way to feed our family when we were paying off student loans and a mortgage at a high interest rate. Haying by hand was a way to make use of previously unproductive spots on our land (and other people’s land)‚ because a person with a scythe can work in places that would be lethal by tractor. Believe it or not‚ … The post Haying By Hand‚ by H.F.K. appeared first on SurvivalBlog.com.