Summer is fast coming to a close. It doesn’t seem possible that this is the last full week of August. School started here for everyone. The big busses passed our house early this morning (there are two). This afternoon my little grandchildren will get off the bus and walk down our lane until volleyball season ends. Misty is one of the volleyball coaches at the middle school so the two oldest grandchildren will ride the bus to our house. The littlest kid will already be here. 🙂
The pinto beans are starting to turn yellow and the bean pods have striped up, Terry should be pulling them in about two weeks if the weather stays warm.
The hay is getting close to the third cutting which should also hit in about two weeks (crops have thier own schedule…they don’t take yours into consideration 😉 )
And the corn has moved from the blister stage (where it is soft…if you stick your finger nail in one of the kernals it will pop) into hardening up. We raise hard-dent corn…. this is the corn you cook with to make corn bread or it is ground up and put into animal feed. Only about two maybe three more irrigations for the corn.
We will still have to irrigate the hay to make sure it has a good healthy start into the winter, but our work is rapidly winding down.
The last week has brought moisture into our area…I only saw one rainbow, but it was wonderful….hitting the pinto bean field just about the time I was out picking corn! It was raining closer to the south side of Delta … we didn’t get wet. They got the rain, but I got to see the rainbow!
Linda
Life on a Colorado Farm 
My Elizabeth started her first day today. She’s a big ole 5th grader. WOW! I didn’t think time would fly as quick as it has.
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The school bus passes our house – but we don’t have yellow ones like you have over there. It can be a bit scary meeting the bus in the car, as it is a narrow road …… for some reason I always breathe in if I have to pass another vehicle, as if that would make the car smaller!!
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Your slideshows are breathtaking as are your rainbows.
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Send rain here please! You have some fabulous photos in that slideshow and how fun that you get to spend some extra Gramma time with the kiddos!
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Our farmer neighbor told me yesterday that the weatherman says we wouldn’t have any more days over 100. We only had about 3 of those this summer, so California has been very cool. Most of the crops are OK, but it’s been a hard year for hay, tomatoes, and okra. The river is still running, though. It’s been at least 20 years since it’s had water in August. So maybe the salmon run will be decent. Our normal run is about 60 fish and they have had to wait for the fall rains before they could go upriver to their spawning grounds.
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School started here today. Takes me longer to get to work cuz I have to slow down in the school crossing zones. THat was a beautiful rainbow… and your slideshow was great! I had pintos for the first time this year, and they did great. I’m going to have more next year. They were so much better than the ones from the grocery store!
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Linda, I swear you reside in the “rainbow capital” of the world! Glad to know crops are right on schedule, tis a bit chilly here in southern Maine this evening, however, no complaints as I’m ready for Fall. Hope you are well ,Blessings, Julie of Dog trot Farm.
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I really like your slide shows. It looks like you are in for a few very busy few weeks — the life of the farmer. Schools have been in session here for two weeks. I’m glad you got the rainbow even if you didn’t get the rain.
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Nice slide show of your crops. It looks like your beans, corn and hay are doing well. Best wishes for good harvests. Plus the rainbow is indeed a beauty.
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Your way ahead of us but we’ll be there before I’m ready at any rate. The sweet corn south of here is ready……mine is NOT!
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School doesn’t start here in Minnesota until the day after Labor Day..tourism ya know. I guess the teachers all have summer jobs. I can feel Fall coming on fast:)
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Sounds like summer really is ending soon, Linda… It’s hard to believe that it has passed so quickly this year… The older I get, the faster time flies!!!! ha
I always love your rainbow pictures. We are desperate for rain now. Everything is brown and shriveled and drooping… I got out today and watered some of our things which look so pitiful. We have had almost no rain since the end of June…
Good luck with the crops. Sounds like things are happening when they are supposed to.
Hugs,
Betsy
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The students are on campus now. Which just means that I won’t be able to go out to eat and if I don’t get here by 7:30am I won’t get a parking spot. I wish summer would wind down here. It has been beastly hot. Fall won’t be here until November.
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Back to school..I always hated that. This will be the first year in over twenty that nobody has gone off to nursery school or high school or college. Kind of nice. Love your photos.
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Linda, I saw your reply to Vickie at Sand Flat Farm and wanted to pay you a visit. If I could live anywhere besides Texas or Oklahoma, it would be Colorado. I’ve vacationed there a few times (central and western), and I love the mountains. Enjoyed your accounts of the dogs’ visits. You’ve related their great personalities. Love the pictures. Will follow. Come visit sometime.
Debbie
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I like the slideshows you’ve been putting up!
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Great slideshow! You have had some wonderful crops! We have moved to AZ to be close to our daughter and her family….can raise things in raised beds here 300 days out of the year. It’s going to be interesting! I plan to put up a lot of canned goods, etc. I am excited about that! I haven’t been online much in the last couple of years, really. We were having a rough spell. Now I am back online and so happy to get back to my blogging on a regular basis! It’s good to be back!
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