The canal is now turned off
No more water flowing rapidly to the Gunnison River.
It will stay turned off until the last week in March when irrigation starts again.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
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Buttoning up that canal for the cold winter ~
Good luck with the corn harvest…
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Thank you. I hope we can start soon.
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Lulu: “Just like shutting off the faucet! Only a little more water involved I think …”
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Yes! And it take a full week from the ‘faucet’ to our farm to finally close off.
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I’m sure you will miss the sound of the water flowing through the canal.
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I do, but it comes back. In the meantime the cat and dog love walking in the canal 🙂
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I’m happy Boo Berry and TLC can take advantage of the dry canal.
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Yes, they love catching mice in it and just playing there.
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Another seasonal landmark. How long till the corn dries? And then the cows…
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Maybe next week for the corn. The cows come after depending on the rancher.
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Sounds like turning a tap in the kitchen sink off! 😁
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Sorta. It takes a week for the water to finally be gone in the canal 🙂
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Slow process then,making water disappear! 💧 My little baby Chinese money plant 🪴 could do with losing some too after my well meaning housemate watered it…but I’d just given it a big drink a couple of days ago and it’s currently in a very tiny pot! It will drown!🥴💧💧
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Oh, darn! Shoot! Can you save it?
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I hope so! Worst case scenario it will have to be repotted in fresh dry compost and kept out of the way of well-meaning plant waterer! 🪴 In the meantime it seems to be a tough little cookie that’s rolling with the blows…just a question of what’s going on beneath the soil where I can’t see 👀 Sudden catastrophic collapse of plant can occur if root rot goes unnoticed!😬😉
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I know. It even happens in gardens and on farms 😦
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😢 Oh no! I thought it was just an affliction of potted plants 🪴 😳 I’ve lost a couple that way before I knew better, but it’s obviously a more widespread problem than I had been led to believe 🥴
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😦
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Gosh it’s that time already 🙂
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Yes!!
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