Ditch grass mowed

Several days left before the cattle are let out onto grass.  Today I decided to mow the grass in some of the ditch outside the ranch.    Last year I mowed the ditch grass, then raked it and fed it to the cattle.  This year I remembered my lawn mower has a bag attachment to catch the grass.  I never used it before.  Some ways easier.  Some ways not.  I don't have to rake the mowed grass.  But as tall as the grass is I had to stop quite a number of times and empty the bag.  And the grass filled now-heavy bag make pushing the lawn mower harder.  About four bags to fill the wheelbarrow.  I filled the wheelbarrow nine or ten times - I lost count.

The cattle loved the grass. They were acting like the grass was a drug.  I figured that after several wheelbarrows of grass they would get satisfied.  Nope.   I had to act fast as they would knock the wheelbarrow over by going for the grass.  Several times a cow half-climbed into the wooden feeder to reach the grass as I wasn't putting it into the feeder fast enough and spreading it out.   And one time a cow was so anxious to eat the grass she stepped on my right foot her front left hoof.  I had to hit her repeatedly with my hands on her side to get her to move and step off my foot.  A big cow but surprisingly my foot is fine.

 

And I mowed the ditch across the road and near my mailbox.  I didn't quite get it done before dark, and therefore didn't get a photo of it.  It was a larger area to mow.