With the weather changing, it was time to get the horses settled in winter pasture. Jack's place has about 100 acres of hay meadows that have some good green picking to keep the horses busy until deep snow comes. Today, we ran the fence and got them settled.
Thursday, October 31, 2024
Winter Pasture
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Tuesday, October 29, 2024
Monday, October 28, 2024
Electric Fence
Generally speaking, I'm not an electric fence guy. But they do have their place. When in need of a quick fence on a temporary bases, electric can be a good way to go.
Sunday, October 27, 2024
Saturday, October 26, 2024
Top Saving
Over the years, sugar beet harvesting has gone through different stages. In the early days, the foliage on top of the beets was saved and fed to livestock. Then, when feeding fell out of style in the 80's and 90's, the tops were pretty much always defoliated. Well today, top saving is back.
There is quite a bit of feed value in the green leaves that adorn a sugar beet. But often, the work involved in saving and feeding the tops is more effort than it's worth. Not for the Lungrens. South Flat Land and Livestock has been saving beet tops for the past few years. Here's an example of a field on the south edge of the Worland city limits.
Tuesday, October 22, 2024
Back in the Saddle
The day finally came for me to get literally back in the saddle. I have hardly ridden a horse this summer. New responsibilities have played a part, but not having the opportunity has been the biggest factor. Well, the call came in from Dave Belus to help him and his crew round up for fall shipping. On it.
Monday, October 21, 2024
Thursday, October 17, 2024
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
Tuesday, October 15, 2024
Contemplative
If the contemplative lets the standard fall, the battle will be lost. - St. Teresa of Avila'
Monday, October 14, 2024
Horse Move
The Lord always provides. For the past three months, we have held the horses up at the Vignaroli Ranch near Ucross WY. They weathered the summer well; looked slicked off and are in good shape for winter. That being said, it was time to settle them in some new pasture closer to town.
Hauling Pipe
One of my biggest fears is not having anything to do when the day's get cold and the nights get long. One remedy for that is having some welding projects lined up before winter hits. Well, we've got plenty of gates to build around the ranch. So I hauled some pipe over to Buffalo to pick away at the gates over the next several months.
Act
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