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 …
Jingle and Bell
It's snowing hard as I pull up a chair and write you today. We had a nice short warm-up that allowed us to recover from subzero, but now winter has set in again, and it is coming down fast. The forecast in the mountains is in several feet for this week but we get a fraction of that in our rain/snow …
Elk and Coyotes on the Ranch
December 4, 2014:Â December seems to always mark increased fencing time on the ranch. Â The elk come down out of the high country in large herds and pretty much ignore man-made boundaries. Â Unlike our beeves, they will just flat run like wild buffalo. Â Imagine a herd of 700 lb ungulates …
Baby It’s Cold Outside
The continued procession of subzero nights have us locked in the frigid, hard reality that winter has arrived. I flipped my calendar to December on Tuesday, and the 21st caught my eye. First of day of winter, it said. Really? At least we humans and our four legged charges will be acclimated by …
Photo of the Day: Winter’s Approach
The Alderspring beeves wonder where all the green grass went as winter begins its furious approach. …