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
They say—
That more of this is coming in
O! Please!
Let all of this
Be just a memory—-
Until next year—
in November through February.
Please let genuine Spring Begin!
Storm clouds forming! Sigh!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
We are in-between storms.
The sunshine is crisp and delightful
The mud is starting to firm.
But——–another round of storms is heading in here again.
Sigh,
From my heart to your world,
Linda
Spring really is coming—-really really it is
Instead of pink just before the sun sets
The sky turns purple.
Tranquil, purple whispers of Spring.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
We are melting—all the beautiful wonderful exciting to see icicles, have fallen
Sliding off the roof in large thudding sheets
Mud is starting to manifest and ICE! Lots and lots of ice.
Although, the drifts are still thick and heavy in places
The shadows fling across the lawn; colored in blue. Perfect for a cold winter’s day.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
That mysterious sweetness
Of February’s Full Moon
Shinning eloquently
Over the farm—blessing us…all of us.
You and me and everyone.
From my heart to your world,
Linda
The end has come!
Our farm is now cowless and they are enjoying lusher pastures!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Hi Linda.
I was listening to the St. Louis Cardinals baseball game this evening when I noticed the sun was sneaking out to the West. There were still the dark rain clouds to the South. I figured I better go take a look to the East.
BINGO!
WOW! A double rainbow!
Thank you ever so much from me and everyone who reads my blog!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
We are having HUGE wind storms
Dirt fills the air, the sky, and our eyes
It blows fast enough, and hard enough that I almost tip over into the ditches several times
It ruffled the hen’s feathers—in general giving all us headaches.
Gradually it dies down (to return tomorrow)
Gradually we are waking up to truly warmer days full of sunshine!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Step Three—On the Land
Once the headgate is opened, Dad and Mom have forked out all the ditches in use, then it’s time to start the water into the fields.
Water is never, ever wasted. It goes into one field and runs to the bottom of that field in a small ditch, which takes the water to another field.
This goes on until the last field of the farm,
then that water goes back into the canal to go to other farms along the way.
This happens over and over and over again until the water winds up in the Colorado River.
Water is never wasted ever!
We move to step four—keep watching this place for more interesting information about the backbone of our Farm! (and wonderful photos of ME!)
TLC Cai-Cai
Life on a Colorado Farm 