We had been here a few years before we saw the first pair of quail. It was the year after the neighbors clear cut. It started with just one pair, running crazily along the driveway as they do, the female dodging one direction and the male trying to lead us away from her the opposite.
Rain, Almost
Close! The National Weather Service says Rain starting Friday! Yay! I am excited. That week of extreme heat burnt a lot around the farm. It put the pastures down hard. When Crystal called our hay suppliers one said he normally gets eight tons an acre, but this year the yield was only two . .
The Girls
We are down to three brood cows. It is the plan. To transition from a herd to feeder calves each year. It is not an overnight thing, it has another two years to run it’s course. I’m glad we will have these cows to put a smackdown on the calves we bring on farm. The