New critters on the ranch! Brandon’s crew now have pigs! Some are feeder pigs. Some are 4H projects. Now we find out how much we don’t know about pigs…
In Good Time
The first move of our Sandhills Method was today. If you remember from last year, we’ve begun following this Nebraska born idea. With the heifers almost all calved out, our cows are starting their turn calving. The cows have been in a large field… and those that have calved are left behind with their babies……
Anyone?
So this is my needle felted bag as it stands now… a bit more progress than the last pic I shared of it. I’m contemplating entering it or some other item in a wool art show this summer… but, even though I like it, I don’t feel like it works with the bag. It’s just…
Better Day
An absolute gorgeous day… and I was in charge of three little ones… so a few games, some roasted hot dogs, and an adventure around the pond filled our day. The ice has barely retreated from shore but stout enough that the inevitable rocks that were thrown didn’t break through. We did make discoveries. Lacee…
Reminiscing XVI
This story is from James Greet, written in 1991 about his life as a cowboy in the 1940’s. Sometime early one fall, I was to go down to a place on Spring Creek to get two heifers that belonged to Allan Egbert. This would be a full days job. I was told just what pasture…
Throwback Thursday: Someone Cares, v.2.0
This was first posted March 11, 2014. Sometimes, you need a little help. Sometimes, it just takes a guiding hand to get you headed in the right direction. Sometimes, someone cares enough to help.
Wordless Wednesday: Old Broom
For a photo of an ancient broom that has seen better days, go HERE.
We Shall See!
More babies! We even had our first set of twins in a few years! I haven’t seen them yet, but… yay! Trying to make our life “easier”… we set up a pen in the field between the pastures. Mommas and babies sometimes have troubles keeping track of one another until a day or two have…
Busy Morning
It was a busy night, so it turned into a busy morning for me when I showed up to help. Six pens in the main shed were full. (Two inside) Three in the outside pen. Then four in the new pen… And maybe another one, I can’t remember! I helped Brandon as he tagged and…
Misadventure
Well, I had good intentions. Quinlan and I went down to help out at the calving shed. The plan was to do whatever… but cleaning pens of used wet straw was going to be our priority. But first, those calves that had been weighed and tagged would have to be moved out of their comfy…
Full Swing
Calving season for our heifers seems to be in full swing. Victoria and kids were over for a day… I sent them to help at the calving shed while I stayed and built a huge lasagna and salad lunch for everybody. It’s so good to have “cousin time”! While fires ravage ranch land in Texas…
Reminiscing XV
This story is from James Greet, written in 1991 about his life as a cowboy in the 1940’s. I went down and helped Johnny Tisdale on Box Elder Creek. He had some cattle to gather and some branding to do. I ran short of a fresh mount one afternoon, so Johnny said he would stake…