Organic white rice and a dozen eggs with dill and magnesium. I started making this recipe during the fires this year. I wasn’t able to leave the property for almost nine days and was getting low on poultry feed.( Always have at least two months on hand.) So I did some online research and madeContinue reading “Chicken or the egg?”
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Coyote Gulch: Drought seizes ranchers by the horns.
From Colorado Public Radio (Grace Hood): “Most of the pasture we used last year we’re not using this year because there’s no moisture,” [Matt] Isgar said of the land he ranches in Hesperus, west of Durango. “There’s no new growth.” With the dark red bull’s eye of exceptional drought looming over the Four Corners region, […]Continue reading “Coyote Gulch: Drought seizes ranchers by the horns.”
What is a Veteran?
“Service doesn’t end when we hang up our uniform. It ends when we hang up our boots and walk across the threshold of heaven.” I’ve often asked myself this question while on my own journey to figure out. “Who the Hell I am!? And what do I do now?” A veteran, according to the web:Continue reading “What is a Veteran?”
Reign of Spring
It has been a dry year here in the SLV. This winter we had less than a foot of snow all winter at the ranch. It has been windy too up wards to 75mph ! The chickens were not keen on the blast, nor the horses. Being Short on water is a historical issue hereContinue reading “Reign of Spring”
Commission offers $1.8 million to leave #ColoradoRiver untouched — The Deseret News #COriver — Coyote Gulch
From The Deseret News (Amy Joi O’Donoghue): Drought is turning the nation’s largest reservoir dry — Lake Mead reached its lowest levels this summer since the 1930s — and Lake Powell is limping along, just a little over half full. That scenario is prompting the Upper Colorado River Commission to offer $1.8 million in funding […]Continue reading “Commission offers $1.8 million to leave #ColoradoRiver untouched — The Deseret News #COriver — Coyote Gulch”
Chasing chickens
H.R 5059
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for American Veterans Act’’ or the ‘‘Clay Hunt SAV ACT. Right now 22 American Veterans are contemplating their last days on this small planet. They gave up their freedom, time, personal ideals so they could in their beliefs, ‘defend’ our country. Now, pressed fromContinue reading “H.R 5059”
Therapy Horses a Calming Influence on Veterans
Originally posted on Straight from the Horse's Heart:
By Brian MacQuarrie | Globe Staff In Norfolk, female veterans find strength through learning to ride and care for horses Veteran Eadyie Davis of Marlborough shared a quiet moment with therapy horse Creek. ~ Wendy Maeda/Globe Staff NORFOLK — Feet in the stirrups, hands on the…
Still waiting…
Between battling the city and their ever ongoing incompetence at identifying their own property lines…departments…botanist from biologist. I’m still waiting on my darlings to hatch. Silkies as I’ve read take up 25-28 days to hatch. I’m at day 24, I even broke out my stethoscope to see if I could hear a heart beep, a pip…ANYTHING! Nada.Continue reading “Still waiting…”
Originally posted on Straight from the Horse's Heart:
Information supplied by the Humane Society of the United States and Front Range Equine Rescue Meat From Horses Not Raised For Food Presents Public Health Hazard photo by Terry Fitch (March 27, 2012)— Front Range Equine Rescue and The Humane Society of the United States filed…