by admin | Nov 1, 2019 | Uncategorized
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...
by admin | Oct 25, 2019 | Uncategorized
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...
by admin | Oct 18, 2019 | Uncategorized
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...
by admin | Oct 11, 2019 | Uncategorized
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...
by admin | Oct 4, 2019 | Uncategorized
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...
by admin | Sep 27, 2019 | Uncategorized
Where has the summer gone? Garden Fall is officially here. The garden is still producing a few veggies like tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini, and Brussel sprouts, but I don’t expect most of it to last through the anticipated freeze next week. Soon, we will need to go...
by admin | Sep 20, 2019 | Uncategorized
Fall is here. The weather is changing, the kids are back in school, and pumpkin spice is at Starbucks. At the Ranch, you can always tell we have transitioned to fall when the pumpkins are harvested and lined up on the front porch. Emily & Peyton on the front...
by admin | Sep 13, 2019 | Uncategorized
There are several things about our 5.6 acre piece of property that makes it unique and why we purchased it. First off, and often the most noticeable, is we live on an airport. A taxi way runs alongside our backyard, and 100 yards in front of our front door is a...
by admin | Sep 6, 2019 | Uncategorized
36 Quarts of canned spaghetti sauce ready to be labeled The garden is in full bloom. Wednesday night, we went out and picked roughly 90 pounds of tomatoes. We have about 8 plants, each of a different variety. Tomato plants in the garden We have used...
by admin | Aug 31, 2019 | Uncategorized
Have you ever heard of a maggot farm? Most likely not. We had not either before the G & E Ranch. There are a lot of animal losses in this business, and we wanted to figure out a way to utilize those losses rather than throw them in the garbage. We have...
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