High Desert Cowboy- How far is it up north?

[CntryBoy777]

Sure glad your pleas for moisture have been answered.... ....there can be a fine line between enough and too much.....

 

[High Desert Cowboy]

Unfortunately I’m not in a position to collect any runoff apart from what may come off my roof, which is long since melted. It’s gonna be an interesting year though. The GOBCC (Good Old Boys Coffee Congregation) keeps bringing up 1983. There was a serious drought in 1982 like we had last year and then they had 30 inches of snow water equivalent on the mountain. Come Memorial Day weekend temps picked up and it all came off at once, washing out diversion dams and no one could get any water out of the ditch. As of today we’re at 33.9 inches, with rain and cool temps for another week. I imagine we’ll be well over 34 when it’s all said and done, and if it all comes pouring off like in ‘83 we could be in for an entertaining summer to say the least. Nice part of all this is I’ve actually got some pasture to graze on this year!

 

[Ridgetop]

The snow melt this year in the wet should be interesting to say the least. I am certainly hoping that the drought has broken and that we will be getting several years of good rainfall and snow. Yu might consider water recapture planning now for net year. Also, of you have anywhere that would make a good pond from melt it would help for next year since you could rg up solar panels to power irrigation sprinklers lines, etc. You will have to make the pond water tight so it doesn't all soak into the ground. Greybeard is the man to ask about ponds.

 

[High Desert Cowboy]

And I’m back! This summer has been so busy with a lot going on and i just didn’t really have much time for anything. Things have finally started to mellow out though. Everyone is now healthy and happy, lambs grew and were sold and I sold Ma the ancient ewe. She just couldn’t bounce back so I sold her for mutton. I also sold my wool ram, and just have the hair ram Shaun. So that leaves me with 3 ewes and a ram, and I’m currently in negotiations with a friends kids to buy one of their yearlong ewes. We decided to let them do the research to come up with a fair price, teaches them about the market and of course I’ll teach them how to haggle on pricing. I’ll put pictures when she gets here. I'm also down to 5 sussex chickens, the brahmas weren’t laying well and they terrified my wife with her chickenphobia.

 

[Mike CHS]

You did cut way back.

 

[Baymule]

Chickenphobia? She may be on to something there. If Chickens were 8 feet tall, we'd be on the menu.

 

[High Desert Cowboy]

Apparently when she was a lot longer they had a rooster named hank that would attack people. She was showing one of my nieces the chickens 15 years ago and hank attacked, my niece still has a scar from the encounter. And my chickens are a little over friendly. They came from my mom and she raised meal worms (now I raise them) to treat her chickens. So they will run up to you at top speed and she acts like it’s Jurassic Park. We raise spoiled animals around here, meal worms for chickens, Alfalfa loves his store bought white bread (turns his nose up at home made), Bella gets left overs on occasion but Kya is on a diet, and the horses get the occasional apple. I haven’t really found a love treat for the sheep. All things in moderation, though the chickens look offended that I don’t give meal worms as often as my mom did.

 

[Baymule]

@Mike CHS gave his ram Ringo animal crackers. We went to Tennessee to get Ringo and brought him home. Now most of my ewes also love animal crackers. They smell them in my pocket and mob me for them. Even after the animal crackers are gone, they will sniff my pocket and beg for more. I always make sure that Ringo gets his first. LOL

 

[Mike CHS]

I quit putting them in my pocket after one of the ewes bit me at the pocket area.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

I quit putting them in my pocket after one of the ewes bit me at the pocket area.

Good idea, lol!