Karina Jones is a real-life ranch wife in the Nebraska Sandhills and one of the most highly sought-after speakers in the cattle industry nationwide!
Our kitchen has been a flurry of activity! How about yours? Thanks for joining me today on Ranch Raised!
I learned a few years back to plant my garden a bit later so that I wasn’t slammed with produce ripening during the county fair. Now that the county fair is over, I’ve got some girls and kitchen space that has been busy. Thanks to a neighbor sharing her cucumber bounty, my youngest daughter and I have been busy canning pickles. It has been a joy to work along my daughter who enjoys every part of the process from scrubbing the cucumbers to cutting them into whatever she desires, spears, chunks, or thin slices. She is great at making the pickle brine and preparing garlic that goes in some jars.
Her hard work scored her a great “trade”! One of her friends has been making zucchini bread so she traded him a jar of her dill pickle spears for a loaf of his zucchini bread, and he even threw in some extra zucchini so we could bake our own creations! We cranked out a couple loaves of sourdough yesterday including my favorite, jalapeno cheddar!
My rhubarb is really needing some attention with some big thick stalks in the stand, so that calls for some jam making on the horizon and maybe a strawberry rhubarb crisp as a treat for my husband! That recipe is posted on the Ranch Raised Recipe Book on the Your Ag Network app and website. I will make sure to post it again so you can find it easily!
Karina ranches with her husband, Marty, and 4 children near Broken Bow, NE. She grew up in western NE, with roots also in southwest SD. The cattle industry and raising kids is her passion.
Watching the cattle industry go the path that it has gone, she could no longer sit quietly at home checking cows, fixing fence, and doing all the everyday tasks wondering when some else was going to make it all better. As she became more active and outspoken on industry issues, she was asked to join the R-CALF USA staff in September 2020 as the Checkoff Petition Campaign manager. That position transcended into her former role as full time Field Director for R-CALF USA.
Listen to Ranch Raised on a Your Ag Network hometown station or www.youragnetwork.com where she talks about her daily life on the Jones Ranch.
Cattle producers are her people. She will meet you at the county fair, at the sale barn, or anywhere the dusty trail leads.
karina@youragnetwork.com or visit facebook.com/ranchraisedwithkarinajones
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