Two ladies from the Butterfly Association came to the ranch to plan for our butterfly gardens. In one afternoon we spotted 15 different kinds of butterflies […]
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I just looked out the window today – April 30. The grass needs mowed and the wildflowers are blooming – and it’s SNOWING! […] There should be fat stock and healthy wildlife this year because we’ve gotten plenty of rain and snow. Guests to the ranch will enjoy great scenery this Spring. […] High water in the creek crossings is our biggest travel problem when big storms and runoff hit the ranch. We tend to get stuck on whatever side of the creek we are on when the water comes up. Right now Eagle Creek is impassable. […] Main Pasture was the first part of the ranch we could see. I thought at the time that it must be impossible to turn out cattle and actually gather them back out in that country. It is one steep mountain after the other. […] My chinks have been replaced by chaps for winter. Lined gloves have taken the place of thin leather work gloves. But my heart isn’t in it. Part of me is screaming NOOOOO – not cold yet, please. […] This is the driest monsoon we have had in 116 years according to the news. The old-timers claim that this winter will be extra wet after the dry summer and fall. […] We have had controlled burns on over 10,000 acres of this ranch in the last 3 years. It has made a huge difference. I understand prescribed burns are an essential part of maintaining rangeland health. But this smoke! […] Other than the steel line drinkers, we leave our water troughs full year round – whether cattle are in the pasture or not. This provides water for wildlife in keeping with our environmental goals. […] Losing all the natural water in canyon pools and dirt tanks makes us dependent on our solar water pumping stations and about 30 miles of pipeline with water troughs. It makes herding our Texas Longhorns more critical. […] |
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