I mentioned this earlier this fall. The plan was to add on water storage in our Mesa Pasture. I wasn’t there for the cleanout of the intake next to the creek, but that was done. The water is pumped up out of the canyon to these tanks. There used to be three tanks, but two…
Re-Red: Ranch Life – A Quiet Week
This week’s ranch life video, from September 20 -26, 2020, is a fairly quiet week. I attended a program about the unsolved murders on Red Bank Ranch in 1911, Craig Johnson’s new book debuted with a mention of Ten Sleep, the brewery, its creator, and a local musician. My chicks are grown although still not…
Bonus Video!
A quick movie to explain some things… wait until the end, when I *MAY* have found a “new” name for the videos! Or, should I just give each video its own name??? And really. It’s not much of a surprise, because I was silly and put it in the title of the video… way to…
Oh, That Dark Side
I did it. I haven’t had a cell phone since… well, it was a flip phone… and I used pre-paid cards with minutes on it. So, a long time ago, I had a cell phone. Then I got rid of it, too much money, too little use, no cell service in many of the places…
#TBT: Honest Dog, v.2.0
This was first published October 1, 2009. Unfortunately…the other day in between gathering the cattle and returning to wean the calves the next day…We lost a cow. Lost as in *dead*. Four legs pointing to the sky. Cows don’t tend to tip over as easily as sheep, but they do have one major method of…
Wordless Wednesday: “Castellations”
For a jigsaw puzzle of this photo, click HERE.
Jackpot!
I can’t believe it… but we went back on the blog and looked… remember our little pony, Jackpot? Well, he’s three years old now! Yeah. Three! We’ve brushed him and picked up his feet and leaned on him and rubbed his ears, but there’s a need for more training. The question is… how do you…
Lucky Us
Firewood. Now available. Green cottonwood. You cut. You haul. Missed the house. Missed the power pole. Missed the gate. Lucky firewood! Lucky us! (Johnny’s house and tree)
Re-Red: September 13 – September 19, 2020
This was a busy week! We gathered the heifers from one pasture and took them to another so we could preg test them. While waiting for the veterinarian to arrive, Tess and I went hunting arrowheads. I’ve looked here multiple times and have had a tiny bit of success, but that day we found three!…
After Work
Thanks for the concern with Blue and I. He’s a good horse most of time… as evidenced by these photos at the end of the day. Work is done… and it’s time to go home. However, ranch kids being who they are… they want a quick pony ride on their parents’ horses and Blue. Their…
Misadventure on Blue
We had preg tested our heifers. The ones that were “open” or not pregnant don’t get a second chance. They’re off to the sale barn to someone else’s place, most likely. When Vernon went up the next day to take salt and mineral to the cows, he counted the heifers in the little horse pasture…
#TBT: Hey Hey Hey Hay, v.2.0
This entry was first posted September 24, 2009. I’ve said it before…Our life revolves around hay just as much (if not more!) than cattle… Of course, the reason we raise hay is because we raise cattle…and…strangely enough…those big ol’ critters tend to want to eat in the middle of winter when there’s snow on the…