Make HAY

THERE’S NOTHING QUITE like the smell of sweet, freshly-cut hay. Hay is simply grass, legumes, or other plants that have been cut, dried and baled to use as feed throughout the winter months when grass is scarce, and for stabled horses. There’s a variety of different types of hay, depending on the grasses it is made from…

■ Seed hay

Seed hay is taken from pasture grown especially for hay making, from grass seed. It has a higher nutritional value than meadow hay, and it is lighter in colour.

■ Meadow hay

Meadow hay is taken from permanent pasture and may contain a wider variety of grasses than seed hay as well as clover, herbs and wild flowers. Meadow hay