The flood of 2010

We said 2009 was the Year of the Bird here at Rocker 7 Farms. I'm already thinking 2010 might be the Year of Water for me.

Two days before the New Year, I covered our brand new bathroom in water.

New Year's Day, I flooded our entire property.

I was in charge of irrigating the pasture we have divided into four "pans" on the almost four acres out back, as well as our yard. No big deal. It was probably the twentieth time I had done this (so maybe that's exaggerating a little, but I've done it a bunch).

I'm really not sure how it happened. It seemed to me like I followed the same procedure as previous irrigations when everything went smoothly.

Brandon, however, rattled off a list of reasons why this happened, as he ran around the yard with a shovel, then started sending water to a neighbor. I can't seem to recall them now.

Anyway, this is what I did:

Yeah, all that water? It's only supposed to be on the grass. Which is all on the other side of the house.