With the success of irrigating corn, Garry and Max have decided to expand the irrigation system to include alfalfa next year. The sale of corn financed the purchase of a reel and "gun" - its like a giant garden sprinkler- and having piping put in from the irrigation line to another of our fields. Max and Artom went and picked the reel up on Thursday. They had to take the tractor to the closest village with a crane to lift it off the truck and drive it home from there. The "gun" that shoots the water was put in the old Mercedes van to come here. They can't wait until spring. With water on the hay, we can reduce the acreage in alfalfa and always have lots of good quality hay to feed the cows.
Remember this is the difference between a ear of corn grown under irrigation and one from a neighbor's field without additional water, and this year was not a really water poor year, since we had rain in July.
See the black sealant on the grain storage shed? They had to add that this year because they were getting moisture in around the top of the cement wall that was getting the grain wet. Right now the sprayer and irrigation reel are on one side of the building, where the corn was. The other side is still piled high with sunflower seed to sell later.
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