Our ditch rider and other ditch riders opened our canal, bringing with it water for the new season
They must use a back hoe to lift all the trash which comes roaring down the canals, threatening to plug up and split water everywhere.
(You can see the trash in the first photo, being pushed and gathered in front of the water.)
Our water, for irrigation, comes about because of the Uncompahgre Valley Water Project. The project has one storage dam, several diversion dams, 128 miles of canals, 438 miles of laterals and 216 miles of drains.
The project canal runs right by our road and is the source of all water for our crops and my yard and garden.
I love the canal, I love hearing the music of the water as is trips along on its way to the states of Arizona and Nevada and California. I think of it as a friend, one who goes away for the winter and then comes back bringing life to our farms. A watery snowbird! 🙂
Your friend on a western Colorado Farm,
Linda
So exciting to see the first run, I bet.
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It full of weeds, but I love how the earth smells!
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We don’t realize the importance of water until it isn’t there.
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No we don’t! Then it’s frightening!
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I’m glad the water is flowing again at your place. Spring has truly arrived.
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Yes! That is just how I feel!
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Both the farmer and I are always interested to read of your on-going irrigation project. It is all so foreign here in the Dales, where the problem is always too much of the wet stuff.
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I think the other side of the Rocky Mountains, back East doesn’t worry about water like we do.
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Glad your friend has returned bringing life itself! (And love the snowbird reference of course!)
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I LOVE to see, smell and especially hear running water…..doesn’t happen here as often as I’d like though.
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We have the same problem. If there weren’t dams we would be without and a desert.
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You got water! We take ours way to much for granted! 😦
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Those spring days are amazing aren’t they.
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Funny how I think of your water as a friend too :-). You’ve done a good job including everyone in your farming life!
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It’s a true snow bird, only instead of going south it goes north, then melts from snow to return to us!
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