First on the list was to get the four wheel lines up and running. It's been a pretty dry spring, cold and windy but dry. The weed killer was sprayed on May 3 which is way later than we would have liked, but with the wind we were just out of luck.
The alfalfa is already 6-8 inches tall and was lookin' mighty thirsty!
My Man is filling the #2 mover with hydraulic oil.
The movers are ancient old, but we just take care
of them the best we can. New ones are expensive!
Of course we had lots of help from the pups...well, Bella Jo
'n Cindy Sue kept the sage rats at bay while Cowboy...
...well Cowboy seemed to be more meditative...I wonder
what goes on between those ears?!?
We laid out the West field main line and flushed out
all the dirt and weeds the blew into them
during the winter.
The following photo is one of my favs of the day. This is our neighbors (husband and wife) dragging their field for the hundreds of sage rat dirt mounds before they turn on their pivot and disking up a corner that needs to be planted.
I'm not sure how I did this, but the tractors are just across
the fence from me and the rim in the background
is actually about a mile and a half across
the valley...it looks like it's right there!
OK...I know it looks like all I did was goof off taking photos...ask My Man...I really did work too ;~)
I loved these grass heads at the pump. We don't
usually let the grass get this tall...sneaky snakes
love to hide in the tall, wet grass!
So, after all the lines are unblocked, straightened and checked to see if the motor's are going to work...and the main line is laid down in the West field (the East field has an underground main), we're ready to fire them up!
And we have water...and no leaks or bullet holes...
and we have happy alfalfa!
Then to make me happy...I got a new pair of these...
Out with the old and in with the new...wet feet are the pits!
The old pair survived 4 years of hard labor and
blew a hole last fall...time to go...
But, I'm going to miss those higher
tops when the alfalfa gets tall :(
It was a good day...just ask Bella Jo...
I think she's "done"!
