Peek into this Month's Ranch Life

Little J. on her wonderful horse, Tres

This has been a warm August week. 

I'm happy to say this year's garden has been one of the best.  We've picked tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers (both bell and banana), okra, one radish, onions, and squash.  Needless to say, we are having fun watering and bringing in our own produce!

I have four potted plants just outside our door in hopes of prettying up the yard.  They include a celery plant, a sunflower, rush grass, and a cucumber plant.  Across our driveway I put a brick border around my redbud tree.  I've planted morning glories in that and they are now blooming!  We have a few tiny plants in the borders that are directly in front of the house, but thanks to the critters, they aren't growing very quickly. 

As far as cattle work, yesterday we had to get a bull off our land.  However, when we arrived, we couldn't find him.  Apparently he decided to go back to his pasture.  We did move a cow back to where she came from and then moved our heifers to yet another pasture. 

My Paradise (horse) has been throwing fits and fighting me lately, so yesterday we changed the bit from a ring to a chain bit.  That helped a bunch and she was responding much better.  (If you're wondering, a bit is the metal piece which goes in the horse's mouth.  It is connected to the head stall and all of it's called a bridle.  You use the bridle to control the horse.)

And the other day we had to get our long horns and bull off the neighbors' land.  They were heading back to our pasture and soon after, they had moved themselves.  The fence was a pretty simple fix.  The top wire was down, so we stretched it tight and wired it back to the posts. 

So, there's a peek into what's been happening this month.  : )