Buds on the Cottonwood Tree!
Spring is coming!!! Oh! Yes! It! Is!
Your friend on western Colorado farm,
Linda
Spring in In the Air—Wednesday, March 18, 2026
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When We Started the Really Big Project, Tuesday, March 17, 2026
The wild apricot tree, the equines love, looked like this
Just barely sitting buds
Then in three days —-
It started to burst forth—-just in time for the 60 mph cold, bitter winds and freezing temperatures at night.
Sigh!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
We’ve Been Out Working —- Monday, March 16, 2026
We’ve got a HUGE project we are working on right now.
One: I will tell you about it later, when we are done.
It’s been a tad hard and tad exhausting and tad Big and a tad….BUT look what the Earth gave to us (me) a HEART! A sweet blessing from the earth!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
One Field Down—–Sunday, March 15, 2026
He finished rolling down the first plowed field—
Three more to go.
We also have a huge, GIANT! I mean, GREAT BIG project we are working on in between, all the other necessary stuff.
Stay tuned, and I will fill you in when we get done! 🙂
Your friend on a western Colorado Farm,
Linda
The Adventures of Boo Berry Betty, TLC Cai-Cai, and Mr. Hobbs on Friday—-Spring Work Has Begun for Me also, Friday, March 13, 2026
“Let’s go, Boo Berry!” Mom said.
Okay, doaky I ran to her.
She picked me up, sat me in my work seat, put on my glasses and my coat, and we were off!
SPRING WORK is FUNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!
Boo Berry
TLC and
Hump —- you couldn’t get us on that thing for nothing.
Hobbie Hobbs
Spring Birds are Arriving —- Thursday, March 12, 2026
A charm of Red-Headed Finches arrived yesterday!
I saw three Rocky Mountain Bluebirds, and I heard a Meadow Lark!
OH! THE JOYS! OF SPRING!!!!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Plowing Has Begun, Wednesday, March 11, 2026
Getting the ground ready! First, he plows! (We don’t burn; we are firm believers in putting everything back into the soil for rich, lush soil. ) 🙂
Then it sits for a spell to dry out. After that, there are a few more steps until we plant.
Two more fields to plow….the alfalfa fields will stay, we will continue to have hay for a few more years. 🙂
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Little Red-Winged Blackbirds — Tuesday, March 10, 2026
I am still feeding the birds. The Red-winged blackbirds won’t leave until the Upper End and the Back Forty Green Up.
I do love these very talkybox birds!
And Their Very lovely trilling song!
The big birds are starting to leave us. By the end of March, they will be gone.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Cleaning Up the Farm Yard —- Monday, March 9, 2026
The leaves have been a tad HUGE this year.
I can finally say I got all the farm buildings raked around the equipment area,
and can start on the yard next.
But I think I will wait until the third week in March —- hopefully we will have water then. If not, it will be whatever it is.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
We’ve Reached the Scary Burn the Fields Season —- Sunday, March 8, 2026
Sometimes I look up, and my breath catches—WHEW!
The burning off of the fields, ditches, and whatever else is more than frightening.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Life on a Colorado Farm 