Ranch life vignette: Churning cream into butter by hand takes time and arm strength, but results in delightfully tasty, creamy-white butter that you...
Ranch life vignette: We had two milk cows, Gloria (a Guernsey) and Hornet (a Jersey), which we milked morning and night, day after day, year after year....
Ranch life vignette: We gathered Stinging Nettle with rubber gloves, then steamed and ate it (good blood cleanser). A nearby herb, Yellow Dock, helps...
Ranch life vignette: Flanking a calf. Every spring, we rounded up our cows and newborn calves to process the calves. You grab a calf by its flank and...
Ranch life vignette: Mom and I sprouted wheat, ground it into a mash, spread it onto a cookie sheet, sprinkled salt on it, dried it in the...