Well, we got half of the dirt cleaned off of the settling pond! (all the edges must be cleaned off so the pond can be re-dug in the spring.)
The rest will wait until March or early April, just before the water is turned into the ditches on that field.
Boomer had a great time…but nothing compares to loading up and ‘escorting’ in and out hay customers! Well, maybe right up there with the Mail Lady—and SHE always has a dog cookie with Boomer’s name written on it!
A good couple of days work! Nothing broke down, everything went smooth as glass.
You can’t ask for more than that. 🙂
Your friend on a western Colorado farm.
Linda
Life on a Colorado Farm 
Happiness is….
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You got that right!!!
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That is great news. Thank you all for all your hard work. God bless! ♥
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Not much let to do now, but to keep the pipes and one another from freezing while enjoying the cold winter mornings with a cup of hot coffee Boomer.
I hate the drab ol’ desert landscape here, so I this year I ordered truck-loads of spring bulbs including my favorites daffodils, more<a http://www.brecks.com/product/Daffodils_for_Naturalizing_Mixture/classic-daffodils, and >a href=http://www.brecks.com/product/Reblooming_Tall_Bearded_Iris_Mixture/bearded-irises.
We bought this one for fun – might be and interesting conversation starter <a href-http://www.brecks.com/product/anvil-of-darkness-bearded-iris/fall_sale
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Excellent! You will be BUSY, BUSY, BUSY, but spring will be stunning at your place!
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You could go on vacation now…until corn! 🙂
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We are thinking of it…maybe to see Terry’s sister, her husband. Not a long trip but something different.
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It’s always a good day when nothing breaks down.
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Always!!!
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I’ll bet you and Terry are as happy about the jobs being done as Boomer is with a doggie cookie from the mail lady.
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YES!
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It is always good to tick off another job done before winter sets in. Our job today has been to cut back the briars in the hedges so that the sheep can go into the meadows without getting fast tangled in them.
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And briars grow SOOOOO fast, a beautiful fall day is perfect for getting them cut down.
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True. Can’t ask for more than that.. and a cookie!
Love and licks,
Cupcake
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You “re-dig” watering holes (ponds)??
Why would you have to do this?
No doubt there is a logical reason but I can’t fathom
one out.
Is that still hay being collected as I think I see on that
truck?
Perfect sunny and warm day here, rain has fallen, but nowhere
has it been enough – follow ups are needed. The Weather “Gods”
can be very contrary as well you know at times!
Cheers
Colin
PS: All is now organised for my trip – thank God for that.
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That is a settling pond, not a watering hole. The irrigation water is full of mud. A settling pond lets the mud settle into the bottom of the pond so the furrows don’t mud shut and the water can’t get through the whole field. The ponds are dug up once a year…that is the ‘sides’ (the dirt dug up from the bottom of the pond) we are removing. Works great for filling in low spots on the farm. 🙂
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Thanks Linda – now makes sense.
Much appreciated.
Colin
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yay!
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Nope, you can’t ask for more! So happy for you.
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Yay for another job done!
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And no-one died. John says to me – how was your day – No-one died i say! c
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And THAT is a VERY good thing!
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