Tricehouse

We have five fruit trees on the farm that haven’t been pruned in some time, unless you count the mandatory pruning a few years ago on the apple tree that grew around the power line. Mid-summer to early-fall is a happy time for our cattle, who wait for ripe apples to randomly fall. That makes

We named them: Pinto – Galloway cross with white marks in the midsection. Barbacoa – Highland cross with dark brindle coloring. Cinco – Highland cross that is almost an orange cream color. His ear tag ends in ‘5’, Cinco. Quarto – Another orange cream colored calf, his ear tag ends in ‘9’, but nueve didn’t

New steer calves arrived this afternoon. Three Highlander crosses (the two golden and the brindle) and a Galloway cross (he’s the one with the white splash in the midsection). They’ll be on their own for a few weeks, eating hay and some stress sprinkles. They will be allowed a small pasture area and get their

A busy Spring led into a busy Summer here at the Trice House. I worked a chunk of nursery season for Bonnie, ministered 1-2 events per week and still going today. Crystal has been busy working, working and then working some more spreading Truth, justice and the American way locally and some interesting long distance

Wow, it’s been so long since we posted on our own blog! Shocking, disgraceful, lagging! Let’s catch up. In late Summer and Fall of 2022 I ran for a seat in the Oregon State legislature. It was an experience, a challenge a number of lessons learned and quite a shocking bit of confirmation bias confirmed.

Yay! Calving season is upon us! The first was Tuesday the 24th, a heifer calf named. . . Tuesday. The second was on Memorial Day. I haven’t seen if it’s a bull or heifer yet. If it’s a boy it is Meme (mem-me) and if it’s a girl then it’s Meme (me-me). It’s a good

Weasel, Otter, Mink? It was a mink. It ran across the yard, through the goose fence and I lost sight of it when Gonker went on the attack. I don’t know where it went, It was headed for the creek. I’ll have to do some research about what to do/how to get it. . .

We got some chicks to brood from Wilco yesterday. This year it’s Color Pack and I got five Rhode Island Reds that were overstock and only $1.00 each. Good deal! Boy watched Crystal as she lifted each chick out of the box and set them in the brooder. He was so worked up! He wasn’t

Picked up Frank today from Sharp’s Custom Cutting in Hubbard. Crystal does well with the cut sheet. Our yield is 81% from hanging weight. I am looking forward to the yummy, yummy beef.Today was processing day for