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Spencer + more

How is everyone doing?  With COVID-19, our lives have changed a bit. Greg and I are mostly working from home, so without the long commutes, we have a little more time to work on some little projects that keep getting put off and also to get the garden ready for...

Peyton’s Palace

Three weeks ago, before the stay at home order, we attended Country Christian’s yearly auction. Peyton attends school there, and it is their main fundraiser of the year. During the live auction, we purchased a five-foot by five-foot chicken coop that was built by the...

Mason Bees

This week Greg is going to tell you about mason bees. This is a new thing at the Ranch that was introduced to us by one of his friends, Dave Novak. All I know is that they don’t produce honey but rather are just pollinators. The bees were placed in the orchard in a...

New Stear

This past weekend, we went and picked up a new just-weened steer. He’s a pure breed black Angus that is about 3 months old. The new stear (hard to get a decent picture because is moving all over trying to get used to his new home) It took some work from the rancher...

Abundance of Eggs

Last weekend was our change onto daylight savings time.  As the days have more light in them, our ducks and chickens begin to lay more eggs. Birds lay an average of 6 eggs a week in the peak of spring. Currently, we are getting roughly three dozen duck and two dozen...