When a 500-pound bale sits in one spot long enough, it actually kills everything underneath it. So moving the Bale Maze, along with the numerous other bales placed here and there at Papa's is serious business. Fortunately, we've landed on another win-win relationship that puts the bales to use and saves the yards at Papa's Pumpkin Patch.
At its core, a bale of straw is roughage, and animals need roughage to get through the winter. Within a two-mile radius of Papa's there are two rather large feedlots in need of roughage over which they can pour calorically intense mixtures of liquid feed that sustain the cattle during harsh weather.
It strikes me a lot like dressing on my salad. Lettuce by itself is pretty uneventful -- even if it's good for me. But add a squirt of ranch dressing, and now we're talking! It's the same for the cattle. Straw is not the menu of choice for most animals, but add a good doze of "dressing" and everyone's happy.
That's what we like at Papa's -- when everyone's happy, even the cattle.
Talk to you soon,
Papa
1 comments:
Yes, everyone is happy here when the cattle are happy as well!
Diane
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