Organic Beef Matters
News from Alderspring Ranch, with an occasional rant about American agriculture
It's been a lovely fall so far with occasional hard frosts, and regular light ones. What that means is there was beautiful aspen gold fall foliage and now there is still lush, green grass. Cool days and nights also stimulate a seemingly insatiable appetite in the beeves. They seem never to have …
Continue Reading about Learning the Lessons From the Buffalo–For Our Bovines
Newsletter from October 12, 2014 We've been enjoying golden fall days in the Pahsimeroi. It's been in the 70s all week during the day, with fairly extreme temperature swings during the night that leave frost nearly every morning. It's time to keep a close eye on the calves born over the last few …
The old combine stands in permanent retirement. It is more cost-effective for us to have our hay custom cut by a neighbor, so the old equipment belonging to the previous owner remains parked, providing a home to field mice and pack rats. …
Newsletter from September 27, 2014: Fall has officially arrived on the Ranch, with cool weather and a little bit of color on the trees and shrubs along the river bottoms. Aspens are just beginning to show tinges of gold; the dogwoods are highlighted with red. Higher up, low clouds lazily drift …
The air is thick with a prelude to autumn today. Rain fell on the ranch last night—all night, and blanketed the peaks with a foot of snow. Fragrances of sage and rich meadow grasses—the richest of the year-- give the breeze a palpable quality that complements the sight of fall-shifting vegetation …
It freezes nearly every night now on the ranch, and it means being outside before sunup can be a little bracing. It's time to dig around under the front seat of the pickup and find out where that ice scraper went, as vehicle windows are often crusted with ice in the early morning. So much for the …
