The farming season is taking a long time to begin. The earth is still wet; filled with mud, ice and snow lying in the shadows
If it were a normal year, Terry would be out on the land disking in the corn stalks and getting ready to plow—–yes, most farmers still plow here, it’s all about the type of soil on a farm
We are thickly covered in clouds today, although, there is hope for scattered sunshine
And it’s cold. The wind, you know, goes right through a body.
As wet as we are Terry is thinking it will be at least two more weeks before a tractor can get out there and begin…I guess we wait.
There really isn’t anything anyone can do until the weather gods say COME ON SUN, it’s time for Spring to begin!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Life on a Colorado Farm 
Waiting for better weather seems to be an issue in many places this season. The local hyrdo-electric dam [Wolf Creek Dam] has been discharging water at record rates for the past two weeks.
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They keep saying they are going to turn our water on early, but they still have to clean the canal and I don’t see how they can with snow in it.
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Yeah that happens here too. the fields some years are still under water until April and then it is catch up catch up—One place we lived we hayed for several years but the rain comes even in july and ruins good hay—I decided I didn’t want to be at the hands of Mother Nature. LOL Now Cheri and Cameron are—-so cold there . Cheri said it is 8 below—poor calves
I am whining because I am cold at 19 above
MB
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Cheri and Cameron have lives on the ground…they for sure need it to warm up!
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This whole season is off schedule. Ours at least. It’s colder than normal here as well and more snow showers coming in the next week or more. We don’t get snow this late in the year! Love the rainbow above. Have a magnificent Monday.
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We all need water, but we also need SPRING!
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Liiks like you have on long pants, that means it must be cold.
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It is!
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You’re not the only ones stuck with mud and cold weather. Hopefully you will soon get some sunshine (and warmth) and then send some this way as well.
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Okay! That’s a deal!
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Our problems are tiny compared to yours but we can’t get into our soggy yard which is rapidly becoming a jungle.
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OH! I would love to live in a jungle!
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Jungles are messy, damp and too dark to grow much. There is so much space out there, but the fruit trees are limited to just a bit of it.
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I still think I would like to try it
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It is worth trying, and for some of us, it is worth living in, but it is not for everyone. I miss the Santa Clara Valley, which is just a few miles away.
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🙂
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You’re describing what we call a ‘lazy wind’: it can’t be bothered to go around you, so it goes straight through you. Stay warm, and I hope the temperatures rise soon.
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🙂
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I know we need the moisture ~ but spring can pop up any ole time 🌷
Stay warm. We rec’d more snow ~
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It’s sunny today! I need sun
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Come on sun! 🙂
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PLEASE!!! COME ON!
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