Our irrigation water is turned off and on yearly. We start getting water as soon as someone calls for it, or for sure by March 30th
Then the last week of October it is turned off
Winter is sad and lonely without the sparkling sound of water flowing down the canal toward Grand Junction
Life on a Colorado Farm 
yeah… I love the water in the canals (well, they’re just ditches here). But somehow, having everything go dry makes it that much more exciting and appreciated when they start flowing again. We make an annual tradition of heading out to play in the water once it starts running again, just cause it’s so exciting.
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This looks so similar to our winter! I never knew you didn´t have enough water in your area, year round.
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I so understand. I love to walk down an ally close to my house that has the Rough and Ready arrigation ditch running beside it. It makes me feel like I am in the country. It looks just like tours now…dry and dead…so sad. It will be back in the spring. (o:
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This is all very interesting to a southern girl. So, do you use this water or does it just run through your farm/ranch? How big is your place?
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Great series of pics, I myself get so see so many rivers at different times and the changes during the seasons. We have Bald river falls just down from the house in Tennessee and I have photographed it roaring with water and then with hardly a trickle.
I saw your blog on Linda’s page and it is very interesting.
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It does look fairly sad. Good to see you are as brown looking as we are..misery loves company! 🙂
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Hi, thought I better stop by and say Hi! We don’t have to irrigate where we are, since we get about 100″ of rain a year!
I can see why it would seem lonely without that canal full of water.
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Hopefully Kath and I are going to meet up tonight. I’m very excited and a little nervous.
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Hi Linda, I imagine you are probably getting lots of snow right now as we are. It is pretty overcast as well but I think the sun might be trying to sneak through. Thank you for your prayers for my granddaughter….we all cherish them!
Blessings, Noreen
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People out in PA don’t irrigate either, and can’t imagine having to use sprinklers, etc. Thanks to your blog entry, I was reminded of a story to write about on my blog…so thanks! And again, I enjoy seeing the pictures of the Western slope! 🙂
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I’ve heard about Colorado’s irrigation water but I had never seen pictures of the water turned off. I love Colorado but there’s something wonderful about our frozen water that I think I’d miss. Do you have a scarcity of water? We’re lucky we don’t.
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