Category: The Ranch

It looks like by the end of the week we might be done with the first cutting of hay. It is awful mature but will make feed. I decided not to do the wild/grass hay since it is so mature. The alfalfa fields on the Sarpy side have an unbelievable amount of hay on them.…

<font size=4>If It Weren't For Bad Luck I'd Have No Luck At All<br />n–or–<br />nWays To Make Your Heart Race<br />n–or–<br />nI'm Sure It Looked Funny</font size=4><br />n<br />nI guess bad luck is my forte. I finally got the tractors fixed and jumped on the one to start baling yesterday when my bad luck kicked…

Damn it was hot yesterday. I had to go to town to get the cut up horse yesterday and the bank sign said it was 108. To hot for me. I had to pick up a part for the swather in town too. I scavenged a piece from another piece of equipment to keep it…

Oh was it hot yesterday. Supposed to be hot again today (>100). Getting some haying done but it is miserable. I went through two gallons of water yesterday trying to keep hydrated. <br />n<br />nWe are probable about halfway done haying now. We will commence cutting down the hay on Sarpy Creek side now, have…

What's the old saying, if it weren't for bad luck I'd have no luck at all. My hay got rained on Thursday night, rained Friday night big on my hay, and it's raining again on my hay. At this rate it will never dry. On our way up to move the yearlings we rode by…

I can't believe how hot it was out yesterday. What was really bad about it was the humidity. It was like breathing in a sponge. there was like a fog all day around here which was just moisture hanging in the air. That is not something that happens in Montana very often. I do know…

Yesterday when I was out checking water I saw a sight that I will never forget. We came over a hill and saw an antelope running along after her fawn. I didn't think much of it till I really started studying the fawn. What I took at a glance for a fawn turned out to…

Well, we finally started haying.<br />n<br />n<center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.com/sarpysam/uploads/swathstart06172005.jpg'><img width='220' height='117' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.com/sarpysam/uploads/swathstart06172005.serendipityThumb.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />nI can't believe how green it is. Normally we would wait until the hay is a little more mature but the fields we are starting on have quite a bit of cheat grass in them and I want to get…

It finally appears the weather is changing around here. There is a chance it will be 90 by the weekend. We are going to die from the heat since we are so used to the 60-70's we've been having. I notice there is even a 0% chance of rain for a change. The moisture has…

What a waste. Turned the bulls out less than a week ago and today found one of the brand new, $2000+ bulls, laying their paralyzed. After some studying of the situation we figured out he had a broken back and was forced to put him down. He must have been servicing a cow and was…