Farming, Extended

The Water Expert flew to Gila Bend on Wednesday and got this spectacular picture of Painted Rock Reservoir. This is an interesting body of water because it was built for flood control, not for irrigation. It is on the Gila River; it has been very full during and after our wet winter, and the water that it stores basically ends up in Mexico.

On a personal note, it is right next to the farm that The First Cousin's sons are now farming. As I've mentioned before, farming seems to be in the genes, passed from generation to generation, and the boys (can't help calling them that, though they're grown men with families) weren't willing to stop farming just because the city had arrived in Gilbert. So their family has invested in a spread called, appropriately enough, Painted Rock.

The other point of interest is the reason the Water Expert went for a visit: he was showing a specific field on the farm to the Waldron sisters, who own Waldron Wholesale, a nursery that grows great trees for Morrison Ranch. The Waldrons are looking for a place to grow some more trees, and the boys have a field that just might fill the bill. Just doing our part to advance agriculture in Arizona!