Bulgaria: Farmers harvest the last hay in the Pre-Balkans

Farmers in the semi-mountainous regions and the Pre-Balkan region in Northwestern Bulgaria enjoy a wonderful harvest. “At the beginning of the summer there were heavy rains and the grass grew very luxuriantly. I was even worried that the rains would not stop in time and I would not be able to mow and collect the hay. At one point, my nerves could not stand it, because I decided to let the mower go, no matter what. Good thing the meadow was small, so I lost a little. Just 2 days later, it rained so much that it literally soaked the mown and it went away," says Dimitar Ivanov with a smile about his patilla, who collects the already dried grass. In the heat of mid-summer, the grass matured and he had good quantities of quality hay. Due to the good reserves of moisture in the soil, however, after mowing and harvesting, a nice harvest started. The drought at the beginning of autumn allowed it to ripen and be mowed on time. Now he also puts it in the haystack, because the basic food for ...