It seems by the lack of my blogging, that we haven't been working since we got home from our vacation, but that hasn't been the case, at least not for the cowboys. They have been busy busy working on the feed lot, building fence and monitoring the cows and calves on the mountain and in the pastures.
I have been busy canning fruit and making jam. Occasionally I do get out and help the cowboys. For example this day we went to the mountain to move the cows.
I have been busy canning fruit and making jam. Occasionally I do get out and help the cowboys. For example this day we went to the mountain to move the cows.
It is always nice to get on the mountain and out of the heat. Finding the cows can be a bit of a challenge.
We got the cows gathered up and moving over the hill then Dave and I went to work on a spring.
One of the many glamorous jobs of ranching.
The corgi is great help as you can see.
Developing and keeping these springs running is not only important for watering our cows, they also water the wild life.
This is us moving the heifers from the field below our house back up the hill to the Roland Ranch. We have to keep herds rotating to keep the feed growing.
Here comes some good help.
The heifers were hot. I think Dave's horse liked the excuse to get wet too.
Today I was lucky enough to do another glamorous cowboy job of cleaning water troughs. We are about to start weaning calves and the feedlot needs to be ready. It is important that the calves have fresh clean water to drink when they arrive.
It's kind of gross, but I've done worse.
We have started getting the bulls out of our cow herds. There will be more pictures coming as we finish up the job.
This kind of catches you up on what has been going on this summer. August gets quite busy, so stay tuned.
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