Organic Beef Matters
News from Alderspring Ranch, with an occasional rant about American agriculture
The rain over the past few days had washed away the forest fire smoke that had obscured the mountains for much of the late summer. Leaves lazily drifted downward like gold pieces from the sky from the aspens in some of the timbered canyons. Fragrances of sweet pine and spicy sagebrush mixed with …
Continue Reading about Regenerating Rangelands, Reinventing Grass Fed Beef
The hillsides of Deer Gulch are covered in Salmon River wild rye and Bluebunch wheatgrass. Alderspring beeves are especially fond of the tender wild rye, a grass that can only be found in the Salmon River country of Idaho. …
I'm sitting here with my office window open on this fall evening in the high Pahsimeroi. I take notice of the quiet outside in the thick evening air left by the rain that fell on the ranch last night. The summation of sound is crickets making that last ditch late summer effort at finding that mate, …
Continue Reading about Raising the Steaks Outside the Feedlot Fence
The rangeland we lease to run our beeves on during the summer months covers 80 square miles, which means a lot of fence to maintain. After pressure from herds of elk passing through the hills on their way to lower country all winter, certain spots will be in shambles and require some fancy work …
Papa Bear is a large hill situated on the southern fringe of the valley. Taken from the top, Alderspring Ranch property can be seen in the far left hand corner. …
One of Alderspring's reliable ranch horses, George gazes off at who knows what. …
