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!
Welcome to a brand new week Ranch Raised! In celebration of National Gardening Day, I just have to spill my delight over my favorite pastime!
Everyone knows I love gardening and I would love to see everyone bloom at this hobby!
Growing your own food provides fresh and natural nourishment for your family and saves you time and money at the grocery store. As many gardeners know, the benefits of gardening come from more than the produce. Spending time in the garden also provides physical activity and an opportunity to join with nature.
This day is a call to action to get out and grow flower or vegetable gardens. No matter how you garden, plant in the ground, in containers, in straw bales or in a square foot gardening box. Just garden! Many local greenhouses are just opening their doors. My advice is even if you aren’t ready to play in the dirt or maybe gardening is not in the cards for you this season, take some time to go walk through a greenhouse. I find that even when I walk in with no intention of buying, I feel overwhelming happiness and a supernatural connection to nature creeping into my soul.
Wether you love adding a splash of color to your deck or patio or you love filling a space with vegetables that will nourish your family, there are so many benefits of gardening for your physical and mental health. You can always help a neighbor with their garden or your community would welcome volunteers to help spruce up their parks and public spaces. All I’m saying is get outside, let that sunshine hit your face, let the dirt ooze between your fingers.
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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