Wake up at 6 AM. Get your teenage kids awake too. Head out to the ranch, wearing long pants, boots, a long-sleeve shirt, and of course a decent hat. Gloves are also necessary. Grab a handsaw, and saw a branch hanging over a fence about 3″ in diameter. Make sure to stand near the barbed… Continue reading Morning Exercises
Month: August 2021
The Fence
Every ranch needs a good fence. If you don’t have a good fence, you can grow hay instead. The property I bought is 60 acres, and it has very good 5-strand barbed wire surrounding it. I want to install electric fencing, both to serve as a backup perimeter fence, as well as power the temporary… Continue reading The Fence
Mud
This morning we went out at 6:30 to work on the back fence, clearing the overgrowth. On the way I saw vultures gathered around the pond. That’s the picture of the dead cow. It was probably there for a few days before we found it. On the way back, around 8:30 we saw a calf… Continue reading Mud
Reasons
We moved down here to NE Texas in December. We bought a nice house on the edge of civilization, next to fields and farms. Down here they only raise cows and hay, that’s all the ground is good for. Why did I leave the “city”? For several reasons. But what’s more important is to focus… Continue reading Reasons