Resting

Isaac, Joe and Blake decided to rest after a hard day of ranch work.  There could not be a better place to rest than setting on a toadstool at toadstool park 30 miles north of the ranch.  Of course they didn't rest that much with the climbing and running during the 1 mile hike through the park.

Becoming ranch hands

Isaac has joined Joe in becoming cowboys on the Wohlers Ranch as they get experience in horse back riding on Blondie and Blackie.  They made many circles of the corral and are learning how to control these untrained broncos.  Hopefully they will soon be helping in cattle roundups.

Gravel Pit

The ranch uses gravel to fill in holes around water tanks, on roads and other places that become mud spots when it rains.  Fortunately we have a gravel pit where we can access our own gravel for this purpose.  Blake spent many hours hauling gravel where needed to finish this annual task.

Haying is completed

We produced 451 bales weighing 1200 lbs giving us 270 ton of hay to get us cow feed for when there is snow cover limiting grazing. Additional protein supplements will still need to be added to the cow diet as our hay (with adequate energy) is short on protein due to putting it up about 3 weeks too late to get optimum value.  Now we need to haul all the bales into a hay yard and be ready to feed it to the cows during the winter when grass does not grow.