Summer Shots

Summer in Southeast Colorado proved to be hot and dry, as seen on the US Drought Monitor.  Our county was designated a disaster area due to high temperatures and far below average precipitation.  The This proved challenging to attain production goals on our limited acreage.  Somehow, we have made it through and are looking forward to fall.

A temporary watering facility

 

Weeds around the high tunnel became a battle, so we moved the temporary fence as close as possible so the cattle could help control them.

 

Tomato plants got off to a late start, but finally started taking off and needed stakes and wire to support their vegetative structure.



Jersey's grazing after a series of mid-July rain events.  None involved large amounts of rain, but each were joyfully welcomed. 



A Jersey-Angus cross bull calf was a welcomed sight in early August as well.  He is growing quickly with all that milk to himself. 



Grazing weeds in the high tunnel.  Actually, this is not a planned practice, but we left him in awhile as there were plenty of weeds to graze (just had to keep him out of the tomatoes on the right). More on our growing season wrap-up in a later post.