Close Calls
So branding took up a good morning… starting at 6:30, we were eating delicious breakfast burritos, watermelon, and cookies by 100 or so. The neighbors left to go finish out a full day of work and so did we. The next day, it was time to take those cows and calves and head up the...
https://reddirtinmysoul.com/20....25/06/30/close-calls
Mission Accomplished
The size of the calves we just branded was a challenge. I was happy to be branding the calves, not wrestling! I managed to snag some pics of one of Jaxon’s struggles. He starts off perfect. The proper technique is one wrestler grabs the calf’s tail, and another grabs the rope. It should off balance...
https://reddirtinmysoul.com/2025/06/28/33225/
Branding Again
We branded the end of April. Calves were two months old… big enough to handle the stress but not so big that we couldn’t hold them! The tail end of the herd, though, were just newborn or weeks old, and Johnny Greet (and the rest of us) have never been big fans of branding them...
https://reddirtinmysoul.com/20....25/06/27/branding-ag
Throwback Thursday: Long Light, v.2.0
This was first published June 25, 2015. When the long light comes and sows golden hues across my world, I stop. Marveling at the intense beauty that strikes me, I feel my chest tighten. It pushes until my spirit springs free, gliding in tilting waves like the resident vultures above me. Sounds soften. Tractors are...
https://reddirtinmysoul.com/20....25/06/26/throwback-t
