tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4180006151421348693.post7253557087284642290..comments2023-12-19T18:47:52.112-08:00Comments on Slow and Steady Wins the Race.: Frugality at it's FinestAmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13472219069662152722noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4180006151421348693.post-29671611423295140262013-12-04T21:10:17.674-08:002013-12-04T21:10:17.674-08:00Wow I didn't even recognize Steady at first! ...Wow I didn't even recognize Steady at first! He's so dark!! I always forget how much his color changes. He is so gorgeous!<br /><br />I like your solution to saving hay, but how the heck do you get away with it??? Chrome and Zep would shred that tarp in one day! I guess I'm lucky because I just put a cow hay ring around my round bales. The horses are tall enough they can reach over it (unlike my pony growing up who reached under like cows do and rubbed all of her mane out), so they can't waste it. They eat every scrap too. Down to bare dirt. :) So I guess they are destructive (destroying tarps), but efficient (eating every scrap of hay). I can't complain!<br /><br />Oh I almost forgot to say, they eat it when it gets rained on too with no problem. :)Achieve1dreamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15401246064499148344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4180006151421348693.post-11319262102014241172013-12-04T10:24:55.024-08:002013-12-04T10:24:55.024-08:00I would be pretty pissed if my horsies did that an...I would be pretty pissed if my horsies did that and would also look for a frugal solution like you. I'll go enter your contest if I haven't already. L.Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05052638724440787772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4180006151421348693.post-45057104860564335442013-12-04T09:26:29.372-08:002013-12-04T09:26:29.372-08:00I've seen a couple other solutions, but they a...I've seen a couple other solutions, but they all looked expensive and time consuming. Love this!! SprinklerBandithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02948487857418394022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4180006151421348693.post-86344912453627153982013-12-03T19:28:54.701-08:002013-12-03T19:28:54.701-08:00Oh man, I have SO been there! In fact, the wastage...Oh man, I have SO been there! In fact, the wastage is why I no longer feed round bales. Instead, we feed squares in small-mesh nets. 0 wastage, and it lasts way longer for our fatties.<br /><br />Love your ghetto solution, though! Whatever works!jenjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01737679332792618499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4180006151421348693.post-78850340966692474342013-12-03T18:12:39.919-08:002013-12-03T18:12:39.919-08:00I do something similar...I don't use the tarps...I do something similar...I don't use the tarps though, just wrap the thing in ratchet straps to keep them from destroying it. Mine eat it fast enough (and it stays cold enough) that I don't have to worry about the hay getting wet. Amazing how much hay you save when they can't shred it and pee all over it!Jennhttp://greenslobber.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4180006151421348693.post-75431440711776230692013-12-03T15:12:32.292-08:002013-12-03T15:12:32.292-08:00Hilarious! And so true . . .when I cleaned stalls,...Hilarious! And so true . . .when I cleaned stalls, Shy loved the wheel barrrow poop hay. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02168070368360018750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4180006151421348693.post-51026960341804520462013-12-03T15:11:29.508-08:002013-12-03T15:11:29.508-08:00Good idea with the round bale! The drafts at my ba...Good idea with the round bale! The drafts at my barn rip those bales apart in under a week and also use it to pee, poop, and sleep on. Poor Shy is restricted from the round bale because she never got her head of out it and gained a bunch of weight. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02168070368360018750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4180006151421348693.post-89723478700830828132013-12-03T14:11:15.736-08:002013-12-03T14:11:15.736-08:00Good thinking! I might just steal that idea...Good thinking! I might just steal that idea...Paolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17010335773772355225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4180006151421348693.post-25899053896092306332013-12-03T13:10:23.756-08:002013-12-03T13:10:23.756-08:00So awesome. You are speaking my (also ghetto) lang...So awesome. You are speaking my (also ghetto) language.<br /><br />"Extra" hay drug out of hay bags and callously strewn about, gets refilled into hay bags at least once. <br /><br />Because if it's good enough to eat out from under manure in the manure cart, it is good enough to eat... <br /><br />...so there. ;DCalm, Forward, Straighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08360276614916635500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4180006151421348693.post-23398600216233934372013-12-03T12:25:48.658-08:002013-12-03T12:25:48.658-08:00Not ghetto at all and pretty damn smart!!! Great u...Not ghetto at all and pretty damn smart!!! Great use of $30 worth of tarps and rachets to save $400 worth or more of hay. I'm impressed. (I also have rachet straps holding my bed together, so my standards may not be so high.)Crickethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00834640625999522559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4180006151421348693.post-87140820300585211182013-12-03T12:11:50.702-08:002013-12-03T12:11:50.702-08:00That is pretty clever if I say so myself!! :)That is pretty clever if I say so myself!! :)Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11609268980526224486noreply@blogger.com