September is national honey month! I am truly fascinated by this golden nectar and how it is produced. Getting bees is a life goal of mine, but we won’t tell my husband. [READ MORE…]
It is National Double Cheeseburger Day! Is there anything more American than not one but two all beef patties grilled to perfection, piled with your favorite toppings, hugged in a pillowy bun? The idea is all-American, but the beef you are eating and buying, ummm, that may not be American. [READ MORE…]
Let’s talk creepy crawlies today on Ranch Raised! [READ MORE…]
When I made my Ranch Raised pregnancy announcement a few weeks back, I referenced that I had moved back in to the fall calving herd. If you remember back to this summer, I shared that we had to make the hard decision, because of the drought, to sell our fall calving herd. So our usual days of finding fall born baby calves in the tall grass is just a memory this year. [READ MORE…]
I love weekends like the one we just had here at the Jones Ranch! The weather was mild and beautiful. We didn’t have much going on away from the ranch, so I was able to focus on what needed done in my kitchen and garden. One of my favorite things about fall is the harvesting of the bounty! [READ MORE…]
I love supporting American agriculture and that is just what Fun, Fact Friday is all about right here on Ranch Raised! It is pear season in the US! Many old homesteads are still dotted with the occasional pear tree or orchard. [READ MORE…]
I have been doing a lot of thinking about this subject after I listened to a recent podcast on the Old Fashion On Purpose channel. We have become a nation that decades ago started abandoning the principle that the home was a place of production and instead morphed into this place of consumption. [READ MORE…]
As I left off yesterday telling you about my productive canning weekend, I also left you with a teaser. I am not an avid podcast listener. I want to be because there are so many great ones out there that appeal to me, but I always forget to put podcasts on in the car or when I’m folding laundry. But this weekend. I thought “why not fill the kitchen with some background noise while canning?!?” [READ MORE…]
Our family split up this weekend to divide and conquer! My husband took my older girls, heifers, and goats to the Nebraska State Fair for the FFA show weekend. By all accounts they had a great time together, but came home pretty darn tired. [READ MORE…]
Labor Day pays tribute to the contributions and achievements of American workers and is traditionally observed on the first Monday in September. It was created by the labor movement in the late 19th century and became a federal holiday in 1894. Labor Day weekend also symbolizes the end of summer for many Americans. [READ MORE…]
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