The season for farm sales has started. Sometimes this is not a good thing…farmer’s losing their farm, because of foreclosure, but other times it’s due to a farmer and his wife selling out and moving.
Yesterday’s farm sale was just that…the farmer and his wife were selling out to move to California — where all their kids live now. No one in the family wanted to move back and take over the farm, so the parents were going to move out to the Land of Milk and Honey and live with them.
The day was a good day for a sale….bright and sunny with intermittent clouds.
It was also a good day to haul the trash to county dump.
(These are old photos I forgot to take my camera with me)
Once in awhile there was a sharp, piercing little wind. Not bad, but enough to chill you if you didn’t wear proper clothes. (I had on socks and close-toed shoes 🙂 )
Late in the afternoon Terry came home with his new treasure
It didn’t take us long to get the diesel fuel tank out of the truck and sat up…to wait patiently for the new season of farming.
(It looks like we are farming one more year. 🙂 🙂 )
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Life on a Colorado Farm 
The Husband and his tanker has filled more than a few of those in his time… Very handy to have a decent sized tank on the premises, I can see why Terry’s pleased with his purchase!
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500 gallons, beat the 150 and the 250 all together. Now he will have enough with all three to only buy fuel once a year!
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Much better, and heaps better than having a whole stack of 40s standing around taking up space.
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YES!
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I assume that you are not surprised to learn that you will be farming one(?) more year. It’s hard to stop once farming gets in your blood.
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Every year he says he is going to rent the farm our and retire…he has been saying this now for 8 years…then next spring comes around and, well, you know the rest of the story!
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It makes me sad to hear of yet another farmer retiring and no one in the family wants to work the land.
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We are going to have that also. There just isn’t enough money in it anymore. You either have to be VERY big or sell out. We are lucky because we own no one for nothing so we are able to farm anyway.
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I’d take it over, if I didn’t owe anyone anything! I’d like a quiet life. Well, I have one, but all the bills are dammed annoying.
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The bills are much larger on a farm…and only one paycheck a year…per crop. And if the crop doesn’t do well…prices are down….sigh!
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That looks like a very handy purchase from the clearing sale.
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Enough fuel to last the season now!
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So exciting. For the family moving and for you too! Awesome. Farm Sale Season…. Who knew??
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We love to so to farm sales…there are things there ….
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I hope your neighbors are happy with the move and that they sell the farm to someone who wants to keep it as a family farm.
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Sadly it will probably go to a developer. But, like you, I hope one of the big farmers buy it so the farm is still farmed.
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bbrrrr ! you still got some o’ dat white stuff on the ground — most of ours has gone away (allegedly returning tonight)
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No snow here…those are old photos, BUT there is snow as high as Eckert and maybe at the dump today!
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Yay 😀
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One more year for sure! Was there a doubt? Some men must just farm! 🙂
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Every year it is a doubt, but our health still holds so that is what he goes on.
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One more year eh…I’ve heard that too.
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I don’t think there really ever will be a last year until they make that step over to the other side 🙂
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It does look like you are farming for another year .. I’m selfish, but I’m pleased. Love your blog and Boomer adventures 😃
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I’m selfish also. I was hoping, but he had to make the big decision!
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Farm sales stir such excitement in the Farm Guys!
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They do. They seem to make the long winter days pass. Some much to see and people to visit with.
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Farmers are farmers
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Yes!!! 🙂
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