JessBun
Mama Doe
This is probably a really silly question, but does anyone know if in utter desperation you can use an oven to help the drying out process of grass to make hay? :lol: I did try searching the forums, and only found that you can dry weeds etc in the oven so I thought, if you can do it for weeds, why not grass to make hay? :lol:
I've read the how to's on here, that suggested you needed a minimum of 5 days dry weather to make grass into hay outside. Two problems with that. A) I'm in Scotland and it does nothing but rain :lol: B) I was quite happy to wait till the end of July when we've been forecast some gorgeous weather, but due to problems with our neighbour making complaints about our long grass (see thread: http://forums.rabbitrehome.org.uk/showthread.php?457136-Neighbours-long-lawn-buns ) I've had no choice whatsoever but to cut it now and try my best to see what I can do. :evil:
The grass is lovely, and I've been letting it grow for ages to make hay until this very recent problem with the neighbour. Around the edges of the garden the grass was over 2ft in length with lovely seed heads - brilliant for the repeated chewing motion to wear down teeth. His main diet is this grass (with hay etc) so he has no problem with no being used to this type of grass. I'm just wondering if the drying process in an oven does anything bad to the grass?
I've tried a wee batch - it's dried lovely and rattles, and has kept its green colour (can't comment on smell just yet, will give it a go 2mo). My idea was to do 2 hours drying time in the oven at 60-80 celcuis till the grass is fully dry, then sit on racks inside to air some more, and pop it out in sunny weather where ever possible. I really want to try my best to be able to do something with this, I cut loads (about half a bales worth :lol: ) and will be absolutely gutted if the neighbours whinging means it's all gone to pot Likewise I obviously don't want to harm bun. Thank you xxx
I've read the how to's on here, that suggested you needed a minimum of 5 days dry weather to make grass into hay outside. Two problems with that. A) I'm in Scotland and it does nothing but rain :lol: B) I was quite happy to wait till the end of July when we've been forecast some gorgeous weather, but due to problems with our neighbour making complaints about our long grass (see thread: http://forums.rabbitrehome.org.uk/showthread.php?457136-Neighbours-long-lawn-buns ) I've had no choice whatsoever but to cut it now and try my best to see what I can do. :evil:
The grass is lovely, and I've been letting it grow for ages to make hay until this very recent problem with the neighbour. Around the edges of the garden the grass was over 2ft in length with lovely seed heads - brilliant for the repeated chewing motion to wear down teeth. His main diet is this grass (with hay etc) so he has no problem with no being used to this type of grass. I'm just wondering if the drying process in an oven does anything bad to the grass?
I've tried a wee batch - it's dried lovely and rattles, and has kept its green colour (can't comment on smell just yet, will give it a go 2mo). My idea was to do 2 hours drying time in the oven at 60-80 celcuis till the grass is fully dry, then sit on racks inside to air some more, and pop it out in sunny weather where ever possible. I really want to try my best to be able to do something with this, I cut loads (about half a bales worth :lol: ) and will be absolutely gutted if the neighbours whinging means it's all gone to pot Likewise I obviously don't want to harm bun. Thank you xxx