Gas Prices - HA!

I thought the price of gas was bad - HA! Sure it fluctuates $.20 and sometimes $.40 a gallon. I know we are all feeling the "pinch." I am, too.

Yesterday I bought 10 bales of hay - no big deal - I do that every month. You shrug your shoulders and laugh. BUT, last month I paid $4.50 a bale - this month I paid $6.50 a bale. That is a $2.00 a bale increase. So how does your $.20 a gallon increase in gas price feel now?? And it (the price of hay) will probably go higher because the feed store I am getting the hay from is buying from West Virginia (I live in Ohio). I guess there is no local hay available. Two years ago, when we had the bad drought, hay prices got up to $10 to $12 a bale. I am hoping it won't get that bad this year.

The unfortunate thing is that the goats need the roughage that the hay provides. And during the winter months, there is not a lot of grazing fields available. There is always the option of buying alfalfa cubes but that is also expensive but a little bit cheaper than the bales of hay (not much). That is when you see a lot of livestock for sale on Craigslist - really, really cheap!! I guess a lot of people start re-thinking their career choices. I am hoping it won't get that bad this year.