The lawns are showing sprigs of green—the alfalfa is getting two leaf sprouts, and the weeds are thriving!
Although cold, it is starting to feel more and more like Spring.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
The last of the Canada geese left a few days ago.
They made a brief stop on the farm, spending the night among the Sandhill Cranes.
Then left early morning in a flutter of wings and loud calls of– follow me.
Come again, Come Again. You help make the winter be not so long.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
All the water pumped into the tile line, which went under the yard, the road and into goat corral, had to be pumped out to begin the next to the last step of the whole process.
It was time to create the new waste ditch and to cover up the old waste ditch
This ditch is necessary to take the water from our place and put it back into the system for those who live on Saw Mill Mesa to have irrigation water
Gradually, everything started to take shape in the corral
Nice.
The old huge swath through the corral is gone and a new straight ditch in place.
Now we move to putting in the ten sticks of blue pipe
The trench is 8 feet deep….who knew
The Yellow broken bits are the broken tile line
Ten sticks worth
Gradually over the long process of the day
We finished!
YAY!
Tomorrow it’s Terry and I doing all the little bits of handwork. Which I won’t show you.
DONE!
New Tile Line. Broken Tile Line repaired and necessary tile line replaced!
FINISHED!!!
🙂 🙂 🙂
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Our sun is covered with thick clouds of heavy moisture….it has been for three days
Today we have wind…lots and lots of wind, plus rain and very cold temperatures.
The birds are flying low the sky; the air full of their calls.
Wind is good and bad…for it is the wind that will move this stuff out of here; chilling us to the bone.
And possibly drying up all the rain. 🙂
My mother always said: “When Easter is late so is Spring”.
I think she is right! 🙂
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Terry and I had to make a run to the dump…we load up first thing and then make our way out there as soon at the dump opens…that way we are up, there, back, and done before all the real work starts.
Anyway…as my continuing drama goes on with my computer—
I can now find and use just about everything I need to do and use on my computer.
YAY!
AND the bookkeeping records, the other records of import, and my photos have been found!
My tech guy did a remote download and helped me search.
NOW I’m good to go again!
As for the smartphone…that also is getting easier and easier.
This is photo from my smart phone…the moon isn’t large but I think the photo looks pretty nice.
Finally I can say I’m making headway—what a good feeling.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Yesterday Romeo decided to come to “Grammy and Grandpa’s” for a visit. He left his home and trotted his little (BIG) self all the way over to beg for carrots, horse treats and a sugar mint. (I know we spoil him. 🙂 Mainly for just this reason. If he gets out of his pen, or he decides to leave his yard, or for whatever reason, he WILL head to us.
His mom wasn’t far behind this time. She had stopped to shut a gate—it was one of those wire gates that must either be laid down or leaned up along the other fence. While Shannon was busy….Romeo came for some horse treats.
Terry mentioned that the cows didn’t clean up some of the ditch banks very well; with a little fencing effort Romeo could come up here and eat to his heart’s content.
So now it is a fact…Romeo has come for an extended visit—a perfect feast for him and slicked up ditch banks for us!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
I’m so excited! My bulbs are finally starting to poke their little selves about the ground!
Oh! The joy! Joy! Joy!
From my world to yours!
Linda
Today I go to the museum. I have found that I am guarding my time jealously for my ‘volunteer job’ at the museum. It is something I enjoy that much. I should finish up the journals of Mr. Ash today and get to start on some other absorbing project.
Terry is now plowing. All spring work is right on time…we always start the second week in March. This year is normal.
We still don’t know the water situation, but everyone is getting ready anyway. Although, only 60% of the ground every farmer farms is only what is getting ready. (Did that make sense?)
If the water situation improves then everyone can plant more…we have until the middle of May to plant… until then we move forward with just the 60%.
The soil is turning good, just the right amount of moisture.
Old corn ground must be either burned off-then disked, then plowed, or grazed down/disked up/ and then plowed. We are NOT fans of burning….we believe in turning the plants over to improve the soil…manure is another great way improve soil (We are still of the old school 🙂 )
This weekend Mr. Davis will remove the cows. Then I will be cow-less again for another year.
So another day begins…our night got down to about 22* but today we are predicted to head up into the 60s.
Spring is finally here!
Linda
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