“Giving up on your goal because of one setback is like slashing your other three tires because you got a flat.” One of the thrills, and some of the hardest months, of owning cattle is calving season. Most ranchers, depending on the size of their herd, will have calves in the fall and then again…
Alone we can do so little; together, we can do so much. Helen Keller Urbana is a small little community located in the mid-west. Centrally located within driving distance from Pomme de Terre Lake, Lake of the Ozarks, Branson, and Kansas City, Urbana was once a thriving town. Established soon after the close of the…
Gardening Level 17, Unlocked. During the last Gardening Level, the weeds won. Between a very rainy spring and early summer, my very demanding day job, and hustling kids to all their activities – I could not stay ahead of the weeds. We managed to pull some amazing produce from the garden and put away a…
Umm… what do I do about this? I have it on good authority that, according to the folks who share our fence line, these things are “good eating.” I, however, as a transplanted city girl will have to take their word for it. I draw the line at rodents of unusual size as nourishment. I…
Pigs broke out of their pin and were feasting on spring grass in my front yard. Took three city kids, one city woman, and a farm dog to convince them to go back into the barn! When we first moved to our ranch, to say I was a fish out of water was an understatement!…