Weekend Adventures:
- Yesterday, we took some heifers out to the pasture. I just opened up the trailer and pop! Out they went. They didn't even say goodbye!
- On our weekendly (weekly, but only on a weekend)
long walk, my neighbor and I saw our resident buck and his lady friends. He’s
keeping it smart since rifle deer opened and staying close to the barn where
hunting is prohibited.
- Since neither Bert nor I have ever seen all of them, we’re watching the Star Wars movies in Machete Order, and saw the Attack of the Clones last night. I have to say that I prefer the older movies—the new ones are trying a little too hard with the special effects.
Agriculture:
- Did you know that the vast majority of farms and ranches are family-owned and operated? As in 97%! And of that, over 80% of farms are small family farms. I hear a lot about “Big Ag,” but the reality is that at the farm and ranch level, there’s nothing big about it.
- Big ranches, like the ones we’ve worked on, are actually less common than you think. According to the USDA, 79% of beef cattle operations have less than fifty head of cattle.
- The average age of the American farmer is 57.
On the Ranch:
- We’re in our slowest time of the year right now (thank goodness!). The calves are weaned and the cows are pregged, and it’s nice to not be rushing around.
- That being said, most of what’s going on is doctoring and moving cattle around. Pretty soon, the guys will sort off the culls and opens and move the cows around for calving.
On the Home Front:
- We’re hoping to make it to my brother- and sister-in-law’s bull sale this week. Weather permitting, we’ll drive up and see them and my new baby niece! Alas, someone has to feed our cows if it snows, so we’re waiting to see what the weather is going to do before we head on out.
- Our downstairs carpet got cleaned a couple days ago, and I am SO excited to make the downstairs a baby-proofed, Wacey-friendly area (complete with built-in cubbies/window seats that someone so thoughtfully installed at some point). Oh, and to be able to move his toys downstairs so we stop almost breaking our necks on his toys J
- I’m resisting every urge I have to start decking the halls, but we aren’t hosting Thanksgiving at our house this year, so I maaaaay put up a few things a little early. Like a Christmas tree. And lights.
- Also, we totally went all lumberjack and lopped down several bushes in front of our house. Neither one of us know anything about pruning or bush maintenance, and apparently the people who lived here before us didn't, either, because those poor bushes had dead chunks, barely grew leaves and were generally an eyesore. So, they're gone! It already looks so much better.
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