The alfalfa is growing rapidly now
The grass field is showing perfect clumps of grass
Soon!
Very soon Terry will mark these fields out (three alfalfa fields and one grass) and we start the water on them.
The only thing we are waiting on is for the canals to fill.
Then we begin; twice a day, every day for the rest of Spring, Summer, and middle of Fall, irrigation!
Soon! VERY SOON!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
It’s that time of year when we haul dirt from the settling pond
One truckload at a time.
The wind was terrible in the afternoons
With little showers the first day
After 16 loads Terry said–“Done for now, we will get the rest later in the year.”
It wouldn’t have been too bad but for the wind.
Anyway,
Done for now.
YAY!
We go home to hot baths, a light supper, and to stop for a spell.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
(I don’t realize how old I am until I see my hands! Then I know 🙂 )
We had company for Easter.
Yes!!!
Company!
Black Beauty, Apollo, and Loki—
Mom and Dad had the humans.
Just so you know what’s been going on!
TLC Cai-Cai and Boo Berry Betty
Getting closer and closer to marking out these two fields and starting water.
We always pre-irrigate before planting.
Terry lets the ground dry down to perfect moisture for sprouting the seed.
Once we get to that perfect moisture it will be time to plant. Usually around Mother’s Day.
Farming season is moving forward in a most satisfying way.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Terry has let one field sit for three years. A chance to rest.
Now he is opening that field all rich and fallow and perfect to plant in
A lovely warm ‘new’ piece of soil to grow many nice large plants
Our air has the smell of freshly turned soil. It’s a delightful smell.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
The lovely cool silver light
Outlining the clouds in the sky
Slowly growing and glowing
Whispering beauty all around.
Love, love, love the full moon.
Always,
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Terry went out to check the plowed fields and guess what?!
It was time to roll them down.
Let this set a day or two, depending on what the soil tells him, and it will be time to level the fields.
Spring work. This are lots of steps in it.
But they are all happy steps!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Sending a rock Heart, Love, and Spring Wishes to all of you!
Your friends on a western Colorado farm,
Terry, Linda, TLC Cai-Cai, and Boo Berry Betty Brown
After the big wind (and it WAS BIG)
We had this!
It did not last long
BUT
It was still here
Mom says she thinks this is winter’s
Last Good-Bye
TLC and Boo Berry
Crazy wind.
65 mph gusts.
Then the next day we had squalls of snow and wind and grapple.
A rough Spring-time storm, that is for certain and for sure
Monday and Tuesday…terrible wind.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
