Taken during the summer, the range crew readies their mounts and supplies for several days in cow camp herding the beeves. …
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Photo of the Day: Oh, April
April, one of the Alderspring ranch horses, has quite the personality. If a person is trying to eat their lunch on the range and April is within 100 yards of them, she will come over to investigate and refuse to leave until she gets to try whatever they're having. …
Photo of the Day: Beginning of an Education
Cowgirl Melanie works a colt in the round pen, teaching it the fundamentals of responding to her cues and giving to pressure for a release. On Alderspring, we don't consider ourselves horsemen, but we try to improve our approach to our horses every chance we get. If we can give them a good deal …
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Riding for the Brand on Early Alderspring Ranch
As I pulled Melanie’s saddle cinch tighter than her young arms could, I looked over the barn roof up at the gathering clouds. Not good. It was October, and I wondered which direction the weather would go. If it got any colder, it felt like it would snow. As if to make its decision known, the wind …
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Photo of the Day: Fall Weather, Fall Pastures
Alderspring beeves graze fall stock pile. Even after the grass stops growing, it remain a nutritious source of feed for our cattle. …
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How an Ice Age Fish is Like a Canary
In the cold and rainy wee hours of the morning, 13 year old Annie and I boarded my 1995 Powerstroke pickup and lurched forward with the long trailer load of the best of Alderspring from the loading ramp in the barn. It was still quite dark as I piloted the truck, lumbering out of Alderspring's …