DH left at 6:00 a.m. on Saturday.
After a day of visiting, and making sure everything is packed (rider truck, pulling a large camp trailer- Dodge Truck pulling a trailer) they left early Sunday morning.
At the time of this posting they are now drawing close to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
IN THE MEAN TIME
The last photos I wanted to show you of irrigation are the photos of the head gate. The magical (scary), roaring, thundering, (frightening) place where the canal water enters into our farm
This is the head gate! And that little slit is the amount of water we water with all year.
Although, you’ve seen the siphon tube set up, you are now looking at MY siphon tube set up in the 25 acre hay field. I wanted to show you this because hay is watered with every furrow, while corn is every other row.
This field’s rows are so long it takes three tubes per row to propel the water to the very end.
And so you know what an imprinted row looks like, you will see that it is sealed over making it easier to get the water down the next time.
Once the field is cultivated we have to start over getting the rows to seal, yet let water through. This is a circle= water, cultivate, water until the plants are too tall, then we just hope the seal holds and the water makes it to the end of the furrow. It usually does, but if we have a horrible drought and the water is cut back sometimes ….
Fuzzy and I are doing okay. We had a pipe split, but DH can fix it when he returns. Until then we will just move the water to another field and water something else.
Life on a Colorado Farm 
Pretty cool, I’m in Atlanta this evening, if I see a Ryder truck I’ll wave..:-)
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Good luck to you and Fuzzy, I hope things go smoothly for you while DH is away. Great look into your farming system!
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I love Fuzzy on the four-wheeler. Take care while Terry is gone.
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Thats a lot of work isnt it my dear? We dont irigate, but we have pretty heavy soil on most of our property… Prayers for you while you are there alone!!
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It’s wonderful to see a Couple that works together and can always be counted on to carry on “ALL” the chores when one or the other has to be away from the farm!
Tally Ho Connie~ I know you are totally capable of doing all that needs to be done on your acreage.
…Actually it’s fun once in a while to be “CHIEF”, as long as everything goes smoothly! 🙂
Liz in PA
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Now that is a powerful water source. Have you ever thought about generating electricty with your water source too, maybe a small hydro system?? They are pretty cheap or you can make one on your own. http://www.otherpower.com has a lot of plans and ideas if this is something you want to consider. Beautiful place you have, I love it.
Chris
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So, does the water run constantly or how often do you water each field?
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Hope you have a little help with all that work you have to do. I bet the guys are hunting or some such thing. That has been fun to learn all about the farm irrigation.
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I am amazed by all that you do! Hope it all goes well while your husband is away.
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I recognize that place! We loved going there as kids because it had the only escalator in GJ! Looks like you are doing a great job holding down the fort! And Fuzzy too 🙂
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I’m still keeping up with your photos. I love them. Reminds me of another time in my life and they look so familiar. So does that security line in the airport. The familiarity of that, though, is just a frustrating feeling. 🙂
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Linda, I hope your husband and son return fast and Fluffy is very cute. That is alot of work ya’ll do. Its truly amazing to see how much you do. Thanks for the pics.
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Let’s see if THIS works.
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A woman on a farm usually works as hard as the man. Good for you handling the challenging job of irrigation. Glad you have Fuzzy along to supervise.
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Oh wow, you have been quite busy. I had to catch up on the posts I missed.
Love, Love, Love the first photo of Fuzzy!!
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Wow you are one incrediible woman!!!
Hope your men make it back to CO without any setbacks!!
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You are such a busy woman! It’s amazing to see all the work that goes into a large-scale farming operation!
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You’re an amazing woman, I hope you don’t have to unpack all the stuff they bring:)
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Hey youngin I have some water I’d like to send to you ! It has rained here all month !!! We can’t even get our garden in because it is so wet.I just know our potatoes have rotted . This farming is so stressful LOL .
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Hey! I hope things went well on your alone weekend, Fuzzy looks like he was happy to help you be in charge. Hope you hubby and son had safe travels:)
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Be safe while your husband is gone and have a good time! Your dog is so cute! blessings,Kathleen
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wow. you go Linda! girl power! *grin*
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Great post as always, just love the dog.
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I hope Terry made it back safely, and found the farm was in good hands while he was away.
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Great photos. I’m glad I know how this story turned out and you are all back together again. You were very brave taking care of the farm.
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