Category: The Ranch

  • I Don’t Understand People

    I mentioned that I hired a guy for the job around here. He was supposed to start work on the 2nd and I have yet to see him. I have tried to call him and get no answer at the number I got a hold of him before. What's the deal here.<br />n<br />nAt this…

  • Farming

    I know posting has been lacking here of late but I have been fairly busy and not had much time to post. I finally got all the cattle where I wanted them this week and got some farming done.<br />n<br />nI finished the renovating Saturday, covered almost 800 acres in 4 days, and am now…

  • When it Rains, It Pours

    On Monday we got over an inch of rain. Last year I would have given anything for moisture, so far this spring I am getting more than enough. I rode across my plowed field that I want to seed to grass and my horse was sinking in about a foot and there was water standing…

  • Slow

    Boy, things are going slow around here. As far behind as I am getting they should be going fast, but they're not. I'm not really complaining though. What's slowing me down is rain and more rain and more rain. It keeps it to wet to do most of the work I need to do right…

  • Interesting News

    I was visiting with a neighbor the other night and heard something really interesting. Many of the people on the Rosebud flat run out of hay during the recent snowstorm and had to go with no feed for their cattle since none was available. This to me shows how much some people were hurt by…

  • Home

    <center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Yearlings/home04142007?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Yearlings/home04142007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>The yearling replacement heifers entering their new home, the mountain pasture. I finally decided the weather looked nice enough to take them up yesterday. There isn't as much grass as I would like to see but it is coming on…

  • Just Go Away

    I've always liked the saying, Don't go away mad, just go away. Well the hired hand didn't follow this advice. He left, but he left madder than hell. It's been coming for awhile so in a way it wasn't a surprise, but it sure was sudden.<br />n<br />nWe were out doing morning chores this morning…

  • Something Is Going Right

    We finally finished calving the heifers yesterday. I had to pull the calf which is a little unusual, most of the time the final heifers to calve have it on their own. I don't know why, that's just the way it seems to work. It's really nice to not have to check the heifers at…

  • Little Siberia

    Mittens wanted to go outside this morning and took one look out the door at the fresh snowfall and decided not to. I told him that there is no door into summer and I don't think there ever will be again.<br />n<br />nI know, defeatist, but that's what it feels like. The snow all ready…

  • More Snow

    It's been snowing all day yet again. I am really getting tired of this. The sun shone yesterday and reduced the amount of snow but I found that instead of it soaking into the ground the water is being held up in the snow. This just shows that the ground doesn't need any of this…