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Old Goats and New Kids
Alderspring Ranch has been home to goats for quite while, ever since Dad decided that goat milk would be a good thing to add to our diet. We went to look at two black Nubian goats and after we were hauling them back in the trailer, my sister and I began to negotiate with Dad about buying them so …
Goats Again
My oldest daughter just posted a bit about the newest additions to the Alderspring menagerie. I returned from a town day to find 2 baby goats in my laundry room. It seems every year I have to share my house for a few days with some goat kids in a box. They are pretty cute tho. …
Christmas Beef Brisket at Alderspring
Christmas Dinner. Just those words evoke images of red and green table cloths, sparkling china (the best) and candles amidst greenery at the centerpiece. Maybe a turkey, ham or prime rib roast with all the trimmings as the main course. What about on Alderspring? This year we had Christmas …
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The Wild Mustang: Part 1
Since my mom is a botanist, she gets contracts from the BLM to find, identify and document rare plants. This year, she got a job looking for a few species along a creek and a road. Its official name was Road Creek. That was the name on the signs. I went with her on a similar project the year …
Christmas at Alderspring
Hope you all had a wonderful Holiday season, however you celebrate it. We celebrate a pretty traditional Christmas here on Alderspring. It starts with the tree, about a week before Christmas Day. We get ours high up in the mountain forests that surround our remote valley. We just …