Terry’s been working on this for some time. The next step is to take it down and give it a bath, but to have it out and running is really cool.
Since our oldest daughter stopped by, she got to have a spin before she went on to work.
Linda
P.S. This is what he does in his spare time….works on cars!
Skinner Family Arrives in Delta in 1894 By Emigrant Car; Kids Ride Caboose
We have been having freeze warning now for the last four-five days
With a nasty cold wind straight off the polar cap
Terry still set up to plant, changing out the bean planter plates to the corn planter plates
Ground, seeds and moisture of the soil doesn’t care if you think it is just too cold, when everything comes together you have to be ready
The weather forecaste for the rest of this week is very warm weather…
We are going to go from the high 40’s to 80*
Which is bound to make for flooding for those that live in the mountains and floods along the rivers.
We keep seeing on the news how much flooding is occuring and our hearts go out to you. Sure has been a long winter and a cold wet spring.
Linda
Only Living Eye-witness Give Account of Killing of Womack on Grand Mesa (1901)
The challenge is to look outside the box and find something other folks may not have thought of.
In looking around the farm all I seemed to see
Was rust and more rust!
We still use the corn grinder, but we don’t milk anymore. This old cans was here from when Terry’s Grandparents had the only dairy in the area.
The can got a hole in it and was left outside. I could never part with it as I thought it was really a cool item.
For more Sunday Stills head over here.
Linda
It seems like everything should just go as smooth as clock-work. But it really never does.
Terry and Misty dug up the old culvert (which Terry tried to fix by shoving another pipe into it). Then they had to remove the still usable pipe from the 1930 wore out culvert.
Farm work is more than tractor work, or irrigating…it has lots of maintence involved also.
Linda
Chronological History of Consolidation of Delta County Schools Since 1920
This is a dam.
A metal triangle that the irrigator has to set quickly into several feet of very fast moving water.
Doing so is harder than one can imagine. Sometimes a orange plastic dam has to be adding in also, but that is another story for another time.
This is the last dam in a set of 4 dams on up the ditch
Setting tubes at the dam is a skill I just can’t seem to master. You have to set the tube in at an angle. You can’t lose the suction of the tube as you move it from the ditch over the edge into the hard to reach row. I give up.
I just give up. It isn’t worth the frustration. Since we all work together then I let Misty or Terry set them. I join the Grandchildren in the ‘it’s just too hard’ department.
For a tube to work you must siphon the water from the ditch into the tube then into the furrow.
The little kids have learned to lay the tube clear down in the water (bury it) cover the curved end with your hand (Blade’s is just now large enough to cover the end and seal out the air), pick the tube up out of the water and carefully lay it into the furrow.
It took be forever to get past the ‘get down on your knees, lean over the ditch bank, get your hands and arms in the water’ stage
To where I am now…bending over, pick up the tube, put one end in the water, cup my hand over the end so I can feel the pressure drawing the water up the tube, quickly set the tube into the furrow. Lots faster than before! And I don’t ever have to get wet.
But Terry and Misty just walk by pick up the tube pump once, (no hand over the end) and flap into the furrow. They do 10 to my 6. DRIVES ME NUTS!
One of these days I’m going to figure it out
I hope!
It’s still cold here, but at least the sun is shining. I sure missed the sun.
Linda
If you would like to learn about some of the cattle brands in our area head on over here.
Along the fence rows, ditch banks, and our hillsides—- lives this delightful little plant. It may be cold to me, but when I see this I know spring has arrived!
Guess what we had for supper?
Linda
We had a really nice Easter, lots of good food, 140 eggs to find (in groups of 3) and yummy desserts.
It was cold and rainy. About 4 o’clock the clouds parted and let the sunshine through, with it came this delightful rainbow
The ends were miles and miles apart.
An Easter Rainbow…how Cool!
Linda
Although we are still having very cold weather and still heating the house sundown to sun up with the wood stove, 0ur pear tree is just beautiful…the bees are happy!
Today is Easter! Happy Easter! We even have some sun poking through all the thick clouds. Sure makes me happy …. sunshine.
For more Sunday Stills head over here
Linda
A cold wind and nasty spitting storm blew in last night, headed up to the mountains, and left us with just the bitter wind.
Sure is exhausting to work in. We come inside chilled and cold. You know the wind is bad when you have to walk doubled over just to make headway. Packing a shovel and siphon tubes is worse.
Sure has been a long, long March.
Sunday is Easter so I’m pinning my hopes that we suddenly slide into better weather. What could happen is we jump right into summer…wait, wait…don’t put that thought out there.
Anyway…
Happy Easter Every One…Here’s to better weather for all of us!
Linda
Between all the dogs and the grandchildren, changing water can be a real trip.
It was bitter cold and windy last night, but of course…she wouldn’t wear her coat.
I remember being just like that…coats seemed so confining.
We really don’t mind the kids coming out…they have learned the rules, no playing in the water where the tubes are set, no playing in the ditch where the tubes are set, and no throwing rocks in the ditch….ever.
They are also learning how to set the tubes and dig out the ends.
What more could grandparents ask for?
Linda
Silage from the bottom of the silo often has a strong odor. Such silage should be fed after milking.
This little tip is brought to you by an 1883 Delta Newspaper
