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!
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I wanted to do a little garden check in! I love seeing everyone’s garden bounty on social media.
We are enjoying a few garden goodies. Earlier this spring I told you that I was challenging myself to try roasted radishes. Okay, okay, I now understand why they are all the rage! I broadcasted a bunch of radish seeds all around my cabbage, cauliflower, and broccoli. I just wanted to see if it would work like a cover crop and it worked amazingly well! Besides the area the dogs dug up, the radishes really enjoyed the shade from their more mature companion plants and none of them bolted in the inferno temps that experienced in June. I am looking forward to a big fall planting of radishes now that I have discovered how much we like roasting them. Which I did on the grill with potatoes, cauliflower, peppers, and onions drenched in olive oil and seasonings.
I will probably start grabbing some cabbage out of the garden this week to whip up some coleslaw. I also want to try roasting cabbage, like those “cabbage steaks” I see on Pinterest. We have pulled our first cauliflower out. I’m hoping to be on the ball enough to do a fall planting of brassicas.
Albeit, later than I would have liked, I finally got all of my tomatoes and peppers in the ground. We even enjoyed a few cherry tomatoes. My potato planting princesses have just kept finding more dirt to plant their favorite tubers all throughout the summer. I am excited about having a succession harvest and not having everything come in at once.
I have got to start harvesting some rhubarb to put up blueberry rhubarb and strawberry rhubarb jam. Thus far, I have only been using my rhubarb for desserts, but it is time to get the canner out and start filling the pantry. No sense in leaving all the chaos for fall. My family are big jam and jelly eaters! So I have buffet of options for them in the pantry. I also love to gift those lovely little jars.
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Karina ranches with her husband, Marty, and 3 daughters 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 current role as full time Field Director for R-CALF USA.
You can hear her almost every Friday on Your Ag Network’s Hot Barn Report that is broadcast on 60 radio stations with coverage in 9 states, where she deep dives into cattle industry issues and highlights R-CALF’s work on industry reforms. Listen to Ranch Raised on a Your Ag Network hometown station or www.youragnetwork.com where she talks about her daily life on the ranch.
Cattle producers are her people. She will meet you at the county fair, at the sale barn, or anywhere the dusty trail leads.
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