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Preserving a Favorite Summertime Tradition
One of the greatest pleasures of living in the country is picking berries and preserving them in jams and jellies to savor all year. Nothing says a country summer like a therapeutic couple of hours walking around on sticky floors from making batches of wild berry jams. And there’s nothing more gratifying than opening a…
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Haying Lessons
At the start of haying our son left on an international trip with a group of other teens and it was the ideal opportunity to teach our daughter how to run the windrower and rake hay. The Ford tractor has proven to be a good fit for her to use with the rake (but not…
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Getting Cows Out to Summer Range
{Silly me, I took my good camera but forgot to put a memory card in it so all I had for a camera was my phone.} A few weeks ago the family moved cows to summer range. It’s been over 15 years since we moved cows to summer range from the Reed Place pasture…
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The Mustache Craze
I don’t know if anyone has noticed the current a trend with mustaches these days, but they’re really popular right now. My husband isn’t aware of the trend but all the hype about mustaches plus my husband’s decision to grow a mustache again after a long hiatus inspired a column and I decided…
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The Peanut Butter Pie Branding Day Tradition
This past weekend we had our branding and much to my disappointment, I didn’t get to spend any time up at the branding corral. I had so much to tend to in the kitchen, the only time I was up there (it’s within walking distance from our house) was to bring coffee and cinnamon rolls…
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Photos of Our Baby Calves After A Spring Snowstorm
Earlier this week we received around 10 of snow over the course of two and a half days. Since the storm finally broke by daylight yesterday, I remembered to grab my camera and got some photos of my favorite calves. Getting the day’s forecast is an important part of our cow feeding routine. We like…
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There’s More Than One Way to Pack A Calf to the Barn
When a new calf seems chilled or a little slow finding its grub, we sometimes opt to intervene and move the cow-calf pair to the barn and out of the elements so we can assist them better. Packing a new calf even 100 yards to the barn can wear a person’s arms out quickly (and…
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