Down Time —It’s Spring Time in the Rockies

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The weatherman was right!

  A thirty-mile-an-hour wind blew in yesterday afternoon (you are looking at field trash flinging itself all over the road, on the fences and into the next field) bringing with it a very bitter cold front.

This onion farmer was rolling the last of the field trying to push the tiny seeds down far enough into the ground the wind would not blow the seed away.  Onion seeds are TINY.  And they are only planted 3/4 of an inch into the ground.  The roller packs and settles the soil on top of the seed protecting it.

The rain started around suppertime and stopped this morning.

  Farmers in the area kept going until it just got too muddy.

Then they were done. 

Some worked right up until they couldn’t drive their equipment off the field….every minute helps when you have way too much to do and way too little of a window to get it done in.

Terry and Misty didn’t work yesterday.  Having worked until dark the day before getting all the ground rolled.  Terry doesn’t like to ‘move soil’ when the wind is blowing.  (Our top soil then goes “who-knows-where”).   They will start leveling once everything dries out again.

On the bright side of this little storm we should start seeing green things popping up!

Now That is a wonderful thought!

Linda

19 thoughts on “Down Time —It’s Spring Time in the Rockies”

  1. I remember racing to get through one more round before the rains hit. Things can certainly get hectic, but the reward is all of that green starting to come up. I hope you see a lot of it.

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  4. Seeing green things pop up is wonderful, isn’t it???? Sounds like you all got most everything done that you wanted to get done before the wind and storms got there… Maybe they won’t last too long—and Misty and Terry can get back out there!!!!

    Have a wonderful weekend, Linda.
    Hugs,
    Betsy

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  7. Lookin’ forward to seeing a pic of those onions when they sprout Linda. Thanks for the post and all. We are maybe a month away from planting in this area. Snow is basically gone, but we could get another blast before all is said and done. Your posts title has me humming that tune… When its Springtime in the Rockies.

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  9. My Dad used to joke when we had dust storms in Oklahoma that, “Colorado was blowin’ in…”

    In case you really wondered where your topsoil went. 😉

    We took good care of it until the next storm, when it would get carried on to Arkansas.

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  10. I was surprised to see anyone doing anything with all that wind blowing. But as you say, where there is a small window, every moment counts.
    Hope you’re all having a lovely weekend. 🙂

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  11. The weatherman is NEVER wrong about wind!!!! Just getting caught up on your blog..great posts! Sorry about the coyote getting the calf. I have them almost every night lately..trying to get my chickens or goats. We have them as protected as possible. Doesn’t the ground smell good when it is being plowed up? 🙂 The busy-ness of Spring has begun!
    Blessings!
    CottonLady

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  15. Onion seeds sound like they’d travel real well in a wind. That would be awful to see your investment pick up and move to the neighbors and grow up in their corn field. Spuds need a much bigger wind, but I’ve seen the sets uncovered on a sandy hill by one of those big weather days. Hope you get some good windows to get the work done!

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