I slid my envelope across the counter to the postal clerk that I had the pleasure of interacting with at the Salmon, Idaho post office. "First Class, Kathy." She was a former ranch neighbor of ours from Tendoy, Idaho, where Alderspring started 24 years ago, when we purchased our first ranch from …
Snowbound Beeves
Hat Creek Range: 47,000 acres. It's a big chunk of country, and in 2005, we certified all of it as organic. In fact, even today, in 2016, one acre out of every 100 acres of organic land in the United States is part of Alderspring. More exactly, 1.4% of all organic land in America is on Alderspring …
Guns and Grass Pasture
The July sun was bouncing along the mountains that formed the western horizon above Idaho's Lemhi Valley, and Caryl, the kids and I had just finished dinner. The midsummer days in our northern latitudes were long, with light lasting until after 10 PM. Even though it was almost 9:30, I started to …
GMO’s Aren’t the Only Problem with Alfalfa
I rested my arm a moment while Allan pounded the next stake. We had been setting concrete forms for three days in what was often solid rock, and swinging that 2 pound head continuously with my right arm had my fingers locking in a cramped hammer handle position. My finger bones ached with a dull …
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Photo of the Day: Catching Her Horse
Cowgirl Melanie catches her horse, Sunny (yes, the brown mare is named Sunny), in the corrals on a beautiful late fall day. …
Photo of the Day: High Mountain Beaver Pond
Even at high elevations on the Alderspring range, beaver can be found building their dams in flowing mountain creeks. …
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