Autumn a Type of Contentment—-Sunday, September 17, 2017

Posted on September 17, 2017 by Dayphoto

We’ve had rain…the days damp and the mornings with a chill

The days warm up nicely.

The pinto bean harvest came to a screeching halt—the bean puller broke…

Then as it got fixed…

The rains came. Which means Terry will have to go out and lift all the plants up out of the soil, (rains smashes plants) before he can combine the two fields—there is still one to pull and let dry and then combine.

I’ve been canning…pineapple candy peppers and

Salsa

Plus we’ve turned off water to the place. Irrigation is done for the year. The only thing left now will be picking up the syphon tubes and flushing out the ditches.

Fall galloped in…complete with wild geese flying over us in the wind!

Your friend on a western Colorado farm,

Linda

Getting Close–Thursday, September 25, 2015

Posted on September 24, 2015 by Dayphoto

We are getting close (now), to being done, with the pinto bean harvest. Tomorrow should see the end!

Prices are low. They are low on the corn and the hay also. But storing something doesn’t always produce a higher price later on.

I always find this so odd…the farmer get a small amount, but the retail in the grocery store is extremely high…too many middle people along the way, I guess.

We are still irrigating the alfalfa field. It’s a big field and takes a long time to get across, but we should finish with the irrigation by Saturday.

After that we wait.

Corn harvest will start the last of October, or in November sometime, it all depends on the moisture content of the corn.

Winding down to gear up again…it called harvest!

Your friend on a western Colorado farm,

Linda

Monday, September 19, 2011

Posted on September 19, 2011 by Dayphoto

I thank everyone who left me comments on the blog and I apologize for not responding to each comment. It isn’t because I didn’t want to. Last week I slipped on the very wet, muddy ditch bank and dislocated a rib on my breast bone. I am getting better every day, but still have to use caution with my left arm. The worst part is the pain whenever I take a breath, but that too is starting to ease.

The rains have finally left…

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Leaving us will lots of sunshine and warm days with cool nights. True fall is upon us.

If everything goes as planned we hope to be able to start the pinto bean harvest soon.

Linda

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