Beans are Up!

Summer is almost here!

Goat Rescue

Last Thursday my daughters rescued two female goats; these poor things were so starved every bone showed and they are stunted in their growth. 

So now we have two goats. 
 The Darlings!

I contacted Peggy http://hiddenhavenhomestead.blogspot.com/ and asked her a ton of questions, and then we did everything she suggested.   Today, Wednesday, we are seeing marked improvement, they have [...]

Delta High School Commencement Speaker

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Kelly, our son-in-law was asked, by the graduating seniors, to be their Commencement speaker.  What a neat and fun
honor for their Economics/Social Studies Teacher to have.
Kelly (Mr. McCormick), a teacher, coach and graduate of Delta High School, presented a message filled with personal observations of members of the Class of 2009.
He encouraged the class to [...]

Wind and Rain

What a mixed blessing we are having.  We are still experiencing lots of wind (this sure is an odd year for wind).  And some pretty nice rain, which is good for our semi-arid region. 
The hay is ever so close to first cutting, any day now (that is why we are getting rain ….chuckle  ),
but … sigh..

Here [...]

This Roo

I guess it is safe to say that I like this bird.  He is trying (TRYING) to calm himself down, but sometimes he forgets.  Sigh.
He was feeling extra frisky the other day, much to the hen’s dismay.  Some just put up with him, others ran away, and I would yell “ALL RIGHT! THAT’S ENOUGH”, when [...]

Wildlife and the Back Pasture

In the winter the cows have the run of the whole farm, all the ditch banks, the shorn off crop fields, the fields we have not farmed in years because getting the irrigation water over to them is just too hard, and the ‘upper end’.   (This is what we call the back of our place.)

Come [...]

Planting Beans

Well, we didn’t go anywhere.  The bean ground became ready so that was that. 
We took two little day-trips, one to the city to buy Gluten-free products, and one to the Uncompahgre Plateau (called 25 Mesa by the locals).  And I finished planting the gardens.

Anyway, if any of you ever buy Red Donkey Pinto Beans, you [...]

The New Bike and it is Green, of Course!

But it isn’t pink, nor does it have a basket and the toys are still missing, but still….it is new!
 
We are going away for a weekend holiday! We are leaving tomorrow for ….I don’t know, but someplace overnight.
This is unheard of; never in all our years of farming have we EVER left for a holiday [...]

Almost to First Cutting of Hay

It won’t be long now, maybe two weeks, maybe less.  The hay is coming into its full glory.  As soon as it starts to bloom it will be time to cut hay for the first time this season.
Terry loves ‘making hay’.  The dry alfalfa kind (not the other kind, oh, wait, hum, okay.  I’m getting [...]

Linkin’s Bike

On Saturday Linkin rode her bike over to Grammy and Grandpa’s.  Deciding that she didn’t want to ride her bike, with her basket full of stuff animals way down the gravel/dirt lane, she parked the bike by the side of the road, (off the road next to our property fence) and ran down to see [...]