Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head! And the weatherman says more is heading our way. At least it isn’t snow. 🙂
Wordless Wednesday (Sort of)
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Let’s Go Irrigate (Part 2 Same Dog)
Fuzzy with his summer haircut, (he is in the middle of a run, that is why the weird pose) goodness!
He is so funny with his haircut, he doesn’t even look like the same dog. Still he really does enjoy the freedom of not having burrs and mud in his fur. (And us removing those objects and being brushed.)
I didn’t realize he had put on so much weight. (Shame on me)!
It looks like I will have to let him run more often, instead of getting him to hop up on the back of the four-wheeler and giving him a ride.
Let’s Go Irrigate
Rain, Rain Go Away
Come again some other day! Sigh.
The hay can’t dry with all this rain!
Please Sun come on out and shine all day!
( I hope I didn’t just jinks us with a drought! Goodness farming is such a gamble!)
Look What I Got
Deb from Tyler Farm http://tylerfarmhomestead.blogspot.com
Sent me a delightful box of goodies over the weekend! There is just so much wonderful stuff here I have to tell you all about it:
First is a pair of fingerless, wool, hand-dyed, and hand-knit (by Deb) gloves that are just perfect. So much about the gloves are special in that Tyler Farm raises the sheep, the wool is then turned into yarn. Deb then dyes the yarn with natural dyes, and then creates something warm and sumptuous to use and/or wear. (This was my ‘Pay if Forward’ gift).
Second she makes the cutest cards with her amazing photographs of which I got three. (I should have turned the one card upside right, but just now noticed that it needed to be turned.)
Because she gets horrible migraines she cannot eat chocolate but has found great recipes to take the place of chocolate and she shared her Blond Brownie one with me.
And she included some Zucchini Lungli seeds for me to try here in Colorado. “Italian Zucchini-plant as you would regular zucchini-these will grow green and long with a large bulb on the end. They grow great on a fence. When they are ripe they will turn orange. Cook them like winter squash. WOW! Seeds from Italy, to Main, to a humble little farm in western Colorado! I am very excited to see if they grow here.
I THAN YOU, Deb! I am amazed at your generosity!
Summer is Officially Here for Us
First cutting of hay (and of course we had rain on it the third day of trying to dry).
By the time the hay is cut for the first time, the second cultivation has occurred in the other crops, everything is up and growing, irrigating is in full rotational swing, and the nasty Canada Thistle is about ready to bloom.
We are there, even though the real first day of summer isn’t for three more weeks.
I love the smell of alfalfa drying and turning in to hay…ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
Beans are Up!
Summer is almost here!
Goat Rescue
Last Thursday my daughters rescued two female goats; these poor things were so starved every bone showed and they are stunted in their growth.
So now we have two goats.
The Darlings!
I contacted Peggy http://hiddenhavenhomestead.blogspot.com/ and asked her a ton of questions, and then we did everything she suggested. Today, Wednesday, we are seeing marked improvement, they have a cud, their energy level is improving, and their fur is starting to look a little better.
They are so sweet; the grandchildren love to have them with them at all times, but being on a leash isn’t the best for everyone.
Yesterday was spent goat proofing the horse corral, and then we will expand the horse goat corral into the calf pens so they will have lots of room. They sleep in the barn, to be safe from the predators, but most of the time they live under the trampoline playing house and video games.
Delta High School Commencement Speaker
Kelly, our son-in-law was asked, by the graduating seniors, to be their Commencement speaker. What a neat and fun
honor for their Economics/Social Studies Teacher to have.
Kelly (Mr. McCormick), a teacher, coach and graduate of Delta High School, presented a message filled with personal observations of members of the Class of 2009.
He encouraged the class to always believe in themselves, and to never stop learning. “Learning keeps you young and sharp,” he said.
“Do not mistake that diploma as a right of passage, it is a gift, and you must always give back.”
He also urged them to never give up on their dreams, and to always stand up for what they believe is right.
Look for good in others and only good will come from you.
Wind and Rain
What a mixed blessing we are having. We are still experiencing lots of wind (this sure is an odd year for wind). And some pretty nice rain, which is good for our semi-arid region.
The hay is ever so close to first cutting, any day now (that is why we are getting rain ….chuckle ),
but … sigh..
Here is what happens with a mix of tall alfalpha, heavy wind, and lots of rain.
The alfalfa falls over, sometimes twists on itself, and can even lay flat.
Oh well, we can still cut it, it just takes longer and it a little harder to do.
Have a Happy Memorial Day! See you on Tuesday.
