Hay!
They were harvesting this morning. Seems early in the year. It is upon us!
Farmers around here have largely switched to dwarf varieties of wheat. This makes sense, as the wheat expends less effort making long stalks, but it’s a real problem for our painfully quaint thatched roof house industry. They can’t get the thatch.
Our roof is super steep, but it’s not thatched. I’m relieved, honestly. They look cool, but they’re mighty expensive to maintain and I think the idea of being wrapped in a yard of damp hay would creep me out.
Posted: July 30th, 2025 under personal.
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Comment from Uncle AL
Time: July 30, 2025, 10:27 pm
The very idea of making any part of your house out of hay is asking for disaster. Just ask Little Pig #1 of 3.
I like my concrete tile roof. The first one lasted over 30 years, and the ‘new’ one has withstood three hurricanes, two of them Category 3. I shudder to think over how many counties a thatched roof would have been blown by Milton with its 125 mph (201 kph) winds.
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