We went from being Georgia Peaches and Dawgs to being Sunflowers, Jayhawks and Wildcats then to the great Cowboys of Wyoming. (We haven’t picked a university here to pull for…is there another university besides THE University of Georgia and the SEC????) We made The Move on March 28, 2011 to south central Kansas. In October of 2013 we made another big move to north central Wyoming. This blog is to inform people of our happens’ here in the west.
Click below to read more about:
Rural Life: Where I write more about living far from town, how we organize our life, etc.
Home Schooling: post from fall of 2016 explaining a little of what we do
The Ranch: more about the ranch we live on
FAQ:
What do you do on a mountain west ranch during the year?
Spring Activities: March through May
Feeding cows
Calving
Calf vaccination
Preparing irrigation systems-putting pipe out, repairing pipe, flushing systems
Irrigation-center pivots, flood irrigation, gated pipe
Ranch maintenance-snow removal, roads, corrals, buildings
Fencing
Weed control
Stock water lines
Summer Activities: busiest times of the year from June through August
IRRIGATION and maintaining the systems
Equipment maintenance
cattle work-Branding, moving, sorting, cows on the mountain
Fencing
Stock water lines
Ranch maintenance-opening Cow Camp
Weed control
HAY SEASON
Fall Activities: September through November
Working and moving cattle-getting ready to sell, vaccinations, preg checks,
Irrigation
Winterizing irrigation systems-picking up and stacking pipe, flushing systems
Fencing
Equipment maintenance-hay equipment for next season
Ranch maintenance
Winter Activities: December through February
Some cattle work-moving to winter pastures, feeding, water systems,
Ranch maintenance-snow removal, roads, corrals
Fencing
Special projects-paperwork, budgets, planning next years cow plans/grazing, hay reports
