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The Gator

We all buy tools to help us do our jobs more efficiently. On the Ranch, one of our most used tools is our John Deere Gator. It gets used for EVERYTHING. It often has our small 4×8 utility trailer attached to it for added hauling space. Greg & Peyton each with...

Being Prepared – Emergency Supplies

There are a lot of miscellaneous supplies we have on hand around the ranch for emergencies. A lot of them we use regularly, but we always buy more and keep plenty on hand just in case.  In the last blog, we touched on food. We always have several ways to cook...

Being Prepared – Food

Let’s get straight to it. We need food to survive. At the G&E Ranch, we are diversified in a number of ways to raise, grow, store and preserve this food. We have several freezers full of various meat and other food products. If the power goes out, we have...

Being Prepared – Water

We have two 2,500 gallon water tanks that collect rainwater off the shelter roof in the high use area.  The water could be filtered through a cotton sheet.  Yes, a sheet.  Did you know if water passes through 8 layers of a cotton sheet that has been...

Being Prepared Series – Part 1

There is something we take seriously at the Ranch. That is being prepared. We don’t like using the term “pepper” because it seems to have the connotation of being paranoid. While we can be categorized as being “preppers” we ultimately just want to make sure that...