A beautiful spring day was Saturday, so warm and pretty Terry started plowing. The old hay field is turning into churned dark earth, ready for a new crop. Terry says he will probably plant corn here.
During the night we had rain and snow making it horrible for a newly plowed field. The freshly turned [...]
She is really a sweet little calf. We can walk up and pet her. Her Momma (Tar Baby) doesn’t really mind.
For over 30 plus years all of Terry’s farming occurred AFTER his day job, or before he was required to report to his day job. The evening this photo was shot, Wednesday, March 12, 2008, will be one of his last times he will ever have to do farmwork before or after his day job. [...]
Terry has begun the spring work on our fields.
The temperatures are at the high 20 mark during the night, with day temperatures hovering around 45-54 degrees.
With fertilizer costs steadily rising, Terry likes to pulverize the corn stalks and ‘disc’ them into the ground, thereby amending the soil. Not only does the stalks add [...]
I call her Twinkle. She is from the white bull, who visted last summer, and her black momma. She is just beautiful!
Yes, it is still a wee bit cold here. Still spring work has to begin.
This is what I mean by the 12” pipe allowing sand to build up. You can see the large pile of sand where one pipe was already cleaned.
Terry is changing out the entire 12” pipe system to 10” pipe. The water carries better leaving the mud and sand at the end of the pipe, not IN the pipe.
The ditch company has burned the ditch, ready for the water to come.
I live on a farm in Colorado, the western side of Colorado, called Delta.
Farming, as a way of life, is fast disappearing in western Colorado, due to farms being sold to developers/subdivisions.
Therefore, I decided to share with anyone who was interested, what farm life is/was like in my lifetime.
I can honestly say that I now understand what the American Indian felt like as he watched his way of life disappearing!
