Last year I waited till the end of March it was still quite cold even then. But last year I pretty much missed the boat only getting 3/4 of a jug. So hopefully a little more juice this year.

Scored some organic feed corn for the livestock. It was an amazing price and only a couple hour drive away. We have been looking for over a year.

Today wade full of activity. First we finished the new hog pen and moved the new sow and her babies into the new digs. They were loving it! Next we sprayed down the calves that we had separated for weening.

It has been a couple months since I updated on our Ranching adventure. We have been dealing with the normal winter chores like breaking Ice in the water tanks, hauling water and feeding bales. Although

Temp 13 windchill -30 f

Here are a few of my favorite sunset shots from the ranch

The last couple of weeks we have been working it. We are preparing for the the winter that we know is coming. The calves are still locked up together separated from there Moms. We are using the technique

Storm isn’t keeping these guys from making their morning rounds. With Thanksgiving safely behind them they can rest a little easier. The Northern Black Hills and foothills to receive from 1 to 2 feet of

We built a windbreak yesterday. It took us into the evening to get it done. We were preparing for the Blizzard that is now upon us. Winter storm Ezekiel is supposed to dump around 18 inches of snow in

These guys come wandering through our yard every morning. They always stop and say hi to the chickens.

The neighbor to the north has a little pond that stays open till January. The geese hang out till then before heading further south

The Temps have been well below normal but We had 2 beautiful days Friday and Saturday. We tried to use those days as best we could. We built some wind break near the front of the barns. We separated and

The moon was pretty awesome too tonight

Another beautiful Sunset at the ranch. 65 degrees today back to 0 tomorrow night.

We are cleaning up around the area where we want to build a small corral. Winter has already been rearing it’s ugly head and we need to work the calves before it gets too much later in the year. We had

It is always amazing out here!

We needed another fence charger to light up an electric fence in the next pasture. They run around $300 for a new one and we are a little short right now. So I decided to build a battery pack setup for

We separated the herd and moved the girls in with the bulls this evening. Started out at sunset and finished by a full moon. It started raining as we finished up. Great evening! We had a tremendous lightning

I told my son that the John Deere Seat is now identifying as an international. I had an old cushion that we used the foam out of and cut the cynic from. It is functional just not John Deere green.