twilightpony | Lofting Hay

Applejack and Big MacIntosh delivered my thirty bales of first cut timothy hay today. Since I think Spike would have had an aneurysm if I'd hauled all that hay through the corridors, I had them stop outside at the front steps. I selected a guest room near the kitchen, stacked all the furniture in a corner, opened the balcony door and neatly lifted bales in through the balcony. There should be good ventilation in there.

I stacked them in order of size, big bales on the bottom, smaller bales on top; by weight, heavier, not as well dried bales in front; and by color, yellower sun bleached hay closer to the door, greener, leafier hay in the back. They're resting well off the floor on wood planks and away from the wall. Maybe I should store the second cut hay, after that harvest, in a different room.

With ninety bales of hay I should be all set for an entire year, but if I have guests, I may need more. I'm not sure my storage space is a good as the Ponyville hay barns. Maybe I'll just stop at sixty bales.