So....We Had A Little Fire.....

Let me begin by saying that there is no such thing as "junk" to a Farmer.

Especially when you live far away from the nearest parts store and materials are expensive

and hard to come by. Okay...so Friday The Farmer and I headed to EP...to pick up much

needed parts for The Farm. It seems to be a weekly event these days....these are very

critical days at The Farm...the men are working hard to protect the beautiful buds on the

peach trees from freezing. So when they say they need a "part" we run. While in EP,

The Farmer recieved a phone call informing him that a terrible fire had broken out at The Farm.

When told where the fire was...he began making a list of all of the things that would

be lost. Things he used almost everyday.


Fruit bins burned.

PVC pipe burned, (used for irrigation)

Aluminum pipe melted...

and anything else that was in the way of the flames was a total loss.


The fire began by a careless employee who was cutting pipe.

The sparks caught a small patch of grass on fire...and again....his carelessness led

to some major distruction.

The Firemen were called. They had no gas in the firetruck, or water in the the tanks of

the truck. So by the time they arrived, the damage was done.

This is where you

shout....VIVA Mexico!!!
But on the other hand...every other police agency in the area seemed to have

plenty of gas in their cars....so did the local newspaper. They all arrived at the scene.

The Darlings noticed the black clouds of smoke on their bus ride home from school Friday

afternoon...but never thought it was The Farm.





Saturday morning we arrived at The Farm.

Some things were still burning. Ironically...just a few yards away was a reservior FULL of

water that could have been pumped onto the fire.....Oh well.....

Thankfully everything can be replaced. But we always say that don't we....

"It could have been so much worse."

I thought I was offering words of comfort when I announced that little saying to a

very discouraged Farmer...when he replied..."yes...and it could have been

totally avoided too." And he was right.

(Thanks to Uncle Penguin for the photos!)