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grass that died on purpose so a horse could eat in January
means Grass and other plants cut and dried so they can be stored and fed to livestock, especially through winter.
from From Old English 'hieg' or 'hig,' going back to a Germanic root tied to the idea of cutting or mowing — a cousin of 'hew.' So hay is, at its root, literally 'the stuff that gets cut.' The cheerful phrase 'make hay while the sun shines' is genuinely old farming wisdom: dried grass only keeps if it's cut and dried in dry weather, so you seize the sunny days.
- wet danger
- damp bales self-ignite and burn barns down
- old saying
- make hay while the sun shines is literal
- needle problem
- the haystack always wins that search
- nutrition window
- cut too late and it's just expensive straw
timothy hay — dried grass fed to horses and rabbits, typically harvested in june in western us states
hay fever — allergic reaction affecting 26 million americans annually, triggered by pollen
hay wain — famous 1821 painting by john constable depicting a cart in suffolk, england