I HATE THIS SEASON!!! Says,
TLC, Hobbs, and Boo Berry.
The Cottonwood tree is blooming.
What that means is the blooms have to push off the shell as they open up.
That shell is yellow and sticky.
It sticks to your fur, your paws, and YOUR TAIL!
What a messy season this is!
Hobbs, Boo Berry, and TLC
We had a rain. Well, really a light mist not a drizzle, but a mist. I stepped outside to get something when I saw this—-a misty rain cloud? A Ball of Misty Rain? Mist— all light and lovely.
The scent of late winter/early rain is like receiving a special kiss from the sky.
All lovely and unique.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
We were experiencing a terrible winter storm….. on Sunday, Monday, and early Tuesday morning.
Temperatures dropped to freezing with windchill at 22*. The wind was sharp, sharp, sharp.
Once more, our year will be incomplete from that lush golden fruit called apricot.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Saturday, we had a wee break between all the winter storms
So busy, busy we became.
Building and repairing the fence on the south side of the Upper End.
It was lovely and peaceful up there. Birds singing. A small (but very cold) breeze.
And a job finished (And well done)
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
And, of course,
There is never just the ‘get the fields ready’
aspect of farming.
There is always get the ditches ready— for without the ditches
You can’t irrigate.
Sometimes, cows are a tad hard on pipe…
So—we had to remove two of the broken pipe, which made us remove five pipes…
Now, to make the ditch and we will be ready for water!
Smile BIG!
That’s farming for ya
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Boomer and I heard something…scary, sorta kinda.
So, we went out searching and looking.
Boomer told me to not go out at night,
that we should just sniff around here and
get the ‘lay-of-the-land’.
The smells will tell us everything.
So, we did—
Ah, yes…
the furry bandits of the farm…
trash can knocker-overs
and garbage eaters
O!
O! O! O!
Freddy Fox…RUNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN! HIDE!!!!
Oh, I don’t have to…that is just the SMELL of Freddy Fox.
ERK! GAG! HACK!
Oreo!
Oreo has been here there and everywhere.
Although Boomer says we MUST be nice to Oreo,
he has saved us from COYOTES more than once.
I think Boomer is right…
the smells tell us all.
Sleeping inside at night is the VERY best way of living a long and full-filled life.
Mindy Kit-Kat Brown
As I was growing up I used to have dreams of what I would do as an adult, I’m sure all children do.
My dreams were actually very simple
I wanted to live on a farm and be a farm wife and work every day with my husband
I have actually been very blessed and got to achieve my goal.
Yesterday, we started hauling dirt. You see the ditches sand-up and must be cleaned before the water comes in.
So that is what we did….10 dump loads of dirt. Done by two o’clock in the afternoon
Then it was time to get back to work on down-sizing my yard. I had good help. Mindy Cat LOVES to ride in the wheelbarrow
And….although, he thought it was really rather hot, Boomer followed me back and forth, to and fro until he laid down in the shade and slept.
By dark, we were all tired, but a good feeling of accomplishment was had by all!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
The irrigation water is about to get here!
We are getting the canal repaired and ready for the thundering, crashing, life-giving source called water to appear any time now.
We went for a ride last night to see how far away the water is from us….once it gets here..irrigation starts. Irrigation starts and doesn’t stopped (even if it rains), until time for harvest. Twice a day or even every six hours, if the water is short, we move and set water. Often times through out the day we are checking rows making sure the water is flowing through…going clear to the end, to move to the next field, then the next until it finally flows back into the canal and then onto the Gunnison River….which will connect with the Colorado River.
It’s five miles away. Not long now.
Today or tomorrow!
We are cleaning all the cement ditches (yes by hand), Terry made all the ditches he could with the ditcher
And the waste ditches with the blade
And we repaired the gated pipe. Gated pipe always
Always, seems to pull apart over the course of winter.
The first of the fields to receive water (the alfalfa fields) are marked out ready to go
We just wait….
Any day now…any day!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Our daughter, son-in-law and all the grandkids came for the weekend. What a great wonderful time we had!
Saturday was taken up with Track for Blade, and basketball for Linkin. Then on Sunday we got to have all our children here.
I’m tired, extremely happy and very behind!
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
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I hope you have a lovely Easter Sunday! And if you don’t celebrate Easter I still hope you have a most wonder day!
From the Joy of my Heart to the Joy of your Heart!
Love,
Linda
Life on a Colorado Farm 