The weather rushes in all at once for the feed crew. …
How the West Was Lost…And Why Hay Isn’t Only for Horses
It keeps on snowing on the ranch. It doesn't accumulate much because of our powder dry mountain air—a lot of it evaporates (actually sublimates) before it gets a chance to melt. We're up to several inches now, still shallow enough for the horses and cattle to nose through and graze some of the …
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Alderspring Meats Change Head On
Seven inches of pure white blanket fell again last night. My early morning trek to the bunkhouse told the tale through signature tracks of nighttime visitations: whitetail deer sneak over fencelines at night and eat hay with our beeves, and black-tailed jacks and cottontails raid the haystacks. It's …
Photo of the Day: Harnessing Up
Glenn readies the harness for Jingle, the troublemaker of the Belgian draft team. …
New Year’s Joy
It's time to once again pick up the pen, so to speak, and get some words out to you to let you know how things are going on Alderspring. Christmas is always a very nice time of year in the remote Pahsimeroi, and this year was extra quiet because we decided to have a Christmas with just us. Sure, …
Cows in the Cold
Newsletter from December 17, 2014:Â As winter sets in, we find ourselves getting set to the rhythms of the season. More than any other season, the cold gets us on a routine like none other because the beeves are all home, and the growing of grass is done. With plant dormancy and the short days …