Terry worked on the fire road most of the afternoon…. there is one spot that is a huge problem…down a gravel hill that seeps. He got everything fixed up to that road; then ‘we’ will work on the seep road together.
I dread this road, it’s not bad when all the seep has stopped but until then we have the potential of getting stuck, sliding off, the earth shifting….sigh.
He will be on one tractor and I on another tractor…gradually we will make the downhill slant, then around the curve. It is the down hill slant where all the problems lie. But we must work together to keep from an accident or worse.
But not today…or this weekend. But soon. Before the fire season starts in earnest! Sigh!
And no, we can not make a different road in a different spot it must be here, because HERE is where the path of the fires usually take.
We are leaving in 30 minutes to finish loading up the consignment equipment then heading to the sale in Grand Junction. Gradually, we are getting everything done before the spring work begins.
Hopefully next week we will be able to start laying the last of the transmission irrigation pipe. It MUST be done before water starts April 1st and it MUST be in the ground before the tractor work starts close to March 10th. Everything has a hurry, hurry, time is passing feel about it now.
Today it is dark and gloomy with rain or snow or sleet threatening any moment.
Still we must carry on!
Your farm friend,
Linda
Life on a Colorado Farm 
My goodness .I cannot keep up with all the timetables that you have to keep too.how you both manage to keep track is beyond me. Reading your blog and Cecil makes me feel relief that I was never meant to do farming
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Be safe going to Grand Junction!
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amazing how suddenly you’re in a crunch for time again before spring!
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Work on the farm never stops!
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Like most city people I had no idea that so much is involved in running a farm. While it is a lot of work, it sounds like it is very satisfying.
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fire season.. what a terrifying thought.. c
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There’s always something to do. I like that. I don’t like to be rushed though! You are a brave woman to drive the tractor. That’s the only thing on the ranch I wont do. Drive the tractor. I’ll drive the big wheel loader though.lol. Yeah, I am an odd duck. Cameron tries to get me to drive the tractor and load the feed truck. When I start to do this, he gets nervous and makes me get out! So then he freaks me out and I don’t want to do it! 🙂
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Isn’t it odd, how suddenly everything has to be done NOW? When so recently it felt like we had all the time in the world…
Safe trip to Grand Junction, hope it all sells at a good price!
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Sounds like you are making good progress! Come on, Spring!
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The passing of time, lived through the weather changes, has become so rare in most parts of the world, that your post makes me reflect on the importance on respecting the cycle of seasons.
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