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Tag Archives: cattle roundup
That’s the Stuff That a Good Life is Made Of
I don‘t know where the time goes – I hardly write one blog, but another is overdue. I swear I don’t know how I ever had the time to run Grapevine! And here it is, time for another spring round up starting Monday, and it seems to me that it was only yesterday that we finished the last one. … Continue reading
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Tagged bird watching, cattle ranch, cattle roundup, Cave Creek Ranch, desert southwest, dogs, horse riding, horses, hummingbirds, javelina, nature, New Mexico, Portal, ranch life, the cowboy life, Weimeranar
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I Took a Flashlight, and Became the Belle of the Ball
As I said in my blog comment, I have now lots of time to invent new ways of doing things, and, accordingly, we decided to gather the cattle in the North Cochise, drive them to the corral, sort off the heifers which are going to be put into the Grapevine Headquarters – so much grass there, never fully utilized before because of the cross ranch traffic – and then drive… Continue reading
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Tagged cattle roundup, cattle work, horse riding, horses, round-up
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Masquerading Cheese
It seems that every year the dates of the annual round up come earlier and earlier – or is that a sign of age?? Actually, this year the date has come earlier, as we moved our spring gather forward. Consequently we will be branding calves a month sooner than usual, and then, later in the year, selling them a month sooner also, hoping to beat the rush to market by the rest of the ranching community. Continue reading