Ranch Wife's Slant

Cowboys, kids, and ranch life

Author: Amy

  • What I Gave Friends for Christmas This Year

    When it comes to Christmas gifts for my friends I like to make them extra special. I do this by giving them used and dried up stuff and they all dig it. Being the thrifty ranch wife that I am, I like being as frugal as possible without looking cheap since I have several people…

  • Married to the Tin Man

    It’s actually metal siding but we keep calling it tin. Since May, my husband’s been working on building a pole barn. It’s been a work in progress, especially when the project took a hiatus during haying season. He and our son worked on it until he felt like he was at a good stopping point before…

  • Imperfect Christmas Trees

    A big part of our Christmas traditions is getting the tree, which always creates unique memories. We’re fortunate enough to harvest our own in the woods of the Black Hills. Most years we’ve gathered a pine tree right off our property. A few times I insisted on a spruce, which entailed getting a tree permit…

  • Go With An Easy Gate

    Trying to reason with a difficult gate is like talking to a post. Every gate has a different personality and when I have to get a gate, I find myself talking to it.   I don’t always talk nice to them either; many try my patience. I get along with some gates better than others, like…

  • Ranch Life Suits A Gemini

    Horoscopes seems hokey to me, but I find ranching and my Gemini characteristics perfectly suited for each other. Both are chock full of the unexpected, and our unpredictable lifestyle is well-matched to my mercurial nature and penchant for adventure. Work on a ranch takes place outside and requires a lot of physical activity a Gemini’s…

  • My Blogging Schedule

     In case you’re unaware of my blogging schedule, I’ve picked different topics for each day of the week to focus on. My blogging goal has been to entertain and inform readers about agriculture, the beef industry, South Dakota and rural life. If you can’t remember, it’s posted on my “About Amy” page . I don’t…

  • The Hand That Feeds U.S.

    The Hand That Feeds U.S. is an agricultural resource that provides accurate information about agriculture for urban media and strives to clarify misinformation regarding U.S. agriculture, farming practices, farm policy, and biofuels. Farmers and ranchers have the heavy burden of feeding people around the globe while the world’s population continues to increase. The Hand That…

  • Shopping the Old Fashioned Way at Motive Parts

    Motive Parts is a store especially designed for the rancher. It’s the perfect place for a man to do his shopping because he can pick up his ranch supplies and buy Christmas presents for his family; provided his wife likes Carhartt clothing and he does any Christmas shopping. There is no other place where a…

  • Tis The Season to be Hairy

    Biting wind and freezing temperatures forewarn me it’s going to happen, but when my husband decides to grow a beard, it takes me a while to warm up to the idea. I’m often resistant to the changes of his facial hair even though I like the end result. By the time I get used to…

  • Visiting the White House

    Regardless of where you stand with our current Presidential administration, I find it important to know as an American citizen what’s going on at the White House. Did you know the White House has a blog? Every day someone from the Administration posts something. There is also a picture of the day taken and posted…