Spring continues to slip its way into our lives as Alderspring is alive with the sounds of our returning summer avian residents: sandhill cranes, red-wing blackbirds, killdeer, and robins. Their welcome cacophony in the morning makes the icy stillness of January a distant memory. Things are …
Photo of the Day: Team Effort
Ethan and Abby drive the Belgian team out to feed hay to the cattle. …
Wolves Chase Horse…Or Horse Chases Wolves?
March 27, 2015 So much for springtime in the Rockies! Â The warmish weather that grew some green grass evaporated, and we were sorting beeves 2 days ago in a pelletized blizzard. Â Cowboy Josh forgot his hat, and his crewcut wasn't doing much good from keeping his head out of the snowblaster. …
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Photo of the Day: Curious Beeves
Alderspring beeves approach the photographer, curiously regarding the foreign intruder in their pasture. …
Cold Weather Calving
Winter is indeed our slowest time of year on the ranch. It wasn't always that way at Alderspring. In fact, nearly all of our neighbors up and down the valley are in the throes of calving right now.  It means creating a full time ER and OB ward on every ranch.  Thousands of calves will be …
Floods and Muds
They say that when it rains it pours, and this week was a case in point on the Ranch. It started raining toward the end of the week last week. Rain is not too common in February. A 40 degree rain fell much of the night on our country. Up high it was dumping snow, but here it was rain. It melted much …