The heartbeat of a farm is
Water
You can ready the ground, plant the seeds, fertilize, manage the weeds
But without water, nothing will happen
Although, we do get rain, in our high mountain desert region the amount of rain we get only sinks in about the width of a shadow
So yesterday in the gentle morning sunlight
The siphon tubes were gathered across each and every ditch, laid along the side with the orange dams and the mental dams; water was started into the pastures at the Upper End, the old Apricot Tree, and the horses’ pastures.
The water gurgling and glittering making tiny splashing noises as it rushed in a small wind to give life to seeds and a drink to thirsty little plants.
Thankfully, but late evening my computer was back in working shape.
Yesterday turned out to be a very good day!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
I’m glad your computer is back to working condition. I enjoyed your tribute to the importance of water on the farm.
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Thank you, George. Boy, do I ever miss connecting with people when the computer is down!
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You have flowers! And water! All is well.
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All is well!
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Irrigation has changed the whole landscape of the west.
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It has…allowing so many of us to live here.
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Water ~ running well and hopefully those reservoirs will fill with run off!
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They should. Thankfully we have the reservoirs, having it barrel down the creeks and rivers would be scary.
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Is that still some blossom on the apricot tree? Fingers crossed you get some fruit 🙂 Is Terry still the Water Master on the farm, or do the new boys take over from here looking after the irrigation?
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The new farmers will only water the fields they have rented. We will water the area we kept. So between the all of us we will all be managing water.
I do have apricots the new blooms have been after the killing frost so I am thinking we will have lots of apricots this year.
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Hurray for shared labour and abundant apricots 🙂
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Yes! The worry of the ‘big stuff’ is now someone else’s.
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Sunlight, water, a job well done, and a working computer. Yup. Sounds like a pretty good day…
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YES!!! I so agree!
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Water is the most important element of any life here. Most don’t recognize that but a farmer always does. Great post and photos. So glad the computer is in working order again. My newish laptop is falling apart but fortunately, tech support is looking for an answer.
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I hope you can get it fixed soon! I hate being without my computer!
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In the third and fourth pictures, are those spruce or Arizona cypress?
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Some form a local spruce tree…I don’t know the name.
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If it is a native spruce, it is likely the blue spruce, Picea pungens (‘Glauca’). It is the state tree of Colorado, and the best spruce for here. It lives as far south on the coast as the Los Angeles Region.
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No, not a Blue Spruce, we have a Blue Spruce in our yard and they are different.
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