I was running out of meal ideas last week so I thought I better do another blog to get my cognitive processes going. Beef Pot Pie Okay, I was on the Pioneer Woman’s website last week and on her Food …
Preg Checking the Fall Cows
The day started out crisp and cloudy. It felt a little more like February weather. We needed to bring about 200 head of fall-calving cows up to the barn to preg-check them. Now we only had to move them about …
Fall Weaning Continued
So yesterday I told you about how we process the calves at weaning. But today I’m going to tell you about the fun part! You see, in the afternoon, our helpers showed up. We went from a crew of 5 …
Fall Weaning
We weaned our fall calves last week. We’d been planning to do it a week or so earlier, but it was so warm, we thought it would be hard on the cattle. (It would have been nice on the humans, …
Snack Blog
(Note from Bon: I’m sorry we’ve slacked off in the “Monday Meals” category! I’m hoping to get back in the swing of things but here are some yummy snacks Heather makes to tide you over:) By Heather Somehow I am …
Happy Friday!
We have had a busy week working cattle. I have lots of pictures and stories about weaning and preg-checking that I’ll post about next week, but for now, I just wanted to wish everyone a happy Friday! Have a great …
Formal Dining
Okay, I had serious reservations about posting about this, but figured what the heck. You already know we’re crazy, right? I can’t tell you exactly how this came to be, but a couple Sundays ago, Will decided it would be …
Working the Spring Heifers
By Heather They worked the Spring Heifers today. They said it went pretty smoothly. Jim, Ann, Clint, and Joe had them worked and moved back out by 4 o’clock. They vaccinated, de-wormed them and clipped their brands. Clint was vaccinating, …
Lovely Weather
With the weather being really nice last week, Joe and Clint got a lot done. When it’s nice I apparently don’t accomplish a whole lot around here. I can’t stand being inside when I really want to be outside and …