“Oh, Dear, I must not be late!”
Even the spiders’ are feeling the need to prepare
I really don’t much care for the builder of the web, but I do so like to look upon thier works of art.
Linda
As the White Rabbit Said
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Category Archives: Life on a Colorado Farm
Fall is All About Harvest
Traffic on our country roads is now at it’s highest point
If it isn’t an ensilage truck, it’s a truck hauling, onions, or potatoes, or pinto beans
The weather is perfect…..warm days (high 80s) and cool nights (low 40s)
Without even a HINT of a rain storm
Or the ever-lasting wind.
As I write this all these cute little beauties are sorted and sacked and stacked ready for sale.
Nothing left but the bean straw. (Which, by-the-way, cows love to eat!)
Linda
Standing in a Rainbow
A rainbow landed in our yard….
Which was one of the coolest things I think I have ever seen
Since the grandchildren were up…I had Blade stand in the rainbow
Of course Talli wanted to too.
I didn’t have a lens that could capture it all
So this has to do.
But what a gift!
Linda
Harvest On Hold
It’s raining here….again!
The only farmers working are the sweet corn harvesters and the farmers/ranchers with ensilage or chop’n corn. These guys must think a big freeze is coming, because most times farmers don’t want to work in mud. But they have tractors pulling the trucks out when they get stuck. The other thing they don’t like is to have half thier field out on the highway or roadways.
We are stopped until it drys out. Pinto Beans Can Not be harvested in mud. Rain smashes the pod down into the ground so the combine isn’t able to pick up the vines and thrash out the beans.
So we wait.
I did see a patch of blue sky last night so hopfully by this weekend we can begin again.
Linda
Harvest in Full Swing
The summer flowers are getting lots of attention
Everyone is feeling the need to have a full larder before the heavy frosts hit.
The insects, plus Terry and I, are feeling like a killing freeze is coming
Our night time temperatures are in the 40s now, about a month early.
Of course there are always those who think singing is enough to make it through the winter.
Linda
Desert Big Horn Sheep
We have a variety of wildlife that either lives on the farm or in the canyons just below our area
This Desert Big Horn Sheep were re-homed in our area a few years ago
They are known for being shy creatures
But easy food has made them comfortable and maybe even a little bit careless.
Fuzzy is terribly shy when it comes to the camera, but because he is always ‘right there’, he ramdomly gets his photo taken.
We’ve made it to Labor Day! If the weather stays nice this time next week the pinto beans should be in the hopper, so to speak.
Happy Labor Day one and all!
Linda
Busy, Busy, Busy
Sorry for not posting for awhile, but I have been busy, busy, busy. Both at home and at work.
Over the weekend we headed to the plateau to cut firewood…winter is coming on so we need to get a huge pile of wood for heat.
A fire wood cutting permit only costs around $20 for a cord of wood. BUT you are required to purchase 2 permits at once.
You are only allowed to cut dead standing trees—which helps clear out the potential of fuel for a forest fire.
So we took a truck, Evan came and filled his truck, and Misty and her family brought thier truck. Between all of us we were able to get our permits full.
We have several deer that live on our farm and love to eat with the cows and snack on the corn. They are NOT appreciated when they start snacking on the corn! This big fellow seems to be the head of the herd and you can tell he has lived here a long, long time.
Third and last cutting of hay is done for the year,
and the pinto bean harvest has begun.
The only irrigation now is to water up the hay ground so it winters over well.
We should be able to harvest the corn some time in October.
Gosh this growing season has gone fast!
Linda
Sunday Stills– Statues
This week’s Sunday Stills is all about statues or figurines.
I at first thought about heading to the cemetery, then I realized I had a couple of pieces in my yard
My favorite are the mushrooms…the light through the sprinkler added just the right drama.
Linda
Another Wonderful Surprise
The Crazy Sheep Lady had a little contest the other day to gift the lucky winner with two jars of her very own honey.
Not only does The Crazy Sheep Lady have some of the cutest sheep on the blog block, she is also a bee keeper.
So lucky me
A jar for Terry and I and one for Misty and her family!
Our morning waffles tasted very, very good!
And along with the cool jars was a start of a really neat plant which is her favorite houseplant.
The common name of this plant is Apostle Plant because the plant sends out an iris type bloom only after it’sproduced 12 leaves. Each bloom lasts one day and one day only.
What a really neat week this has been!
Linda
A Beautiful Gift
Last winter Chuck from http://www.tellicoturnings.com/ saw on my blog that we had damage to our very old lilac tree. He asked if we would send him the damaged wood and he would pay for the postage. We were very glad to do so.
Then on Monday of this week the mail brought to Terry and I this
A beautiful hand-turned pepper-mill!
“Lilac is a beautiful wood and has a very pleasant odor when I work it…. ” Chuck told me by email. “Thanks for sending me the wood… I do appreciate it and enjoy working with it.”
Chuck Ellis
What a wonderful surprise! Thanks, very much, Mr. Ellis!
Linda and Terry
