| He uses excavators to feed the grinders, drawing from material piled up or raked into windrows by the land-clearing contractor. |
| The compost is stacked in huge heaps or windrows, which are turned once a week. |
| All the hay had to be raked into windrows with hand rakes, and the women of the household had to take a hand. |
| If you rake windrows to dry out any stems on the bottom, leaves are apt to crumble and fall away, leaving just sticks for hay. |
| This is then stacked into windrows or movable racks under a roofed area, and the piles are periodically aerated. |
| Cut and crimp as bottom leaves begin to yellow, and don't turn windrows before harvest. |
