Dear Reader, Have you ever wondered if the love of farming and ranching is nature or nurture? I think it’s a little bit of both. I would say that people are born with a love for raising plants and animals and that if they are born on a farm or ranch, that nature is nurtured … Continue reading Legacy Career
Dear Reader, If someone was to follow my family around all day with a video camera, you would think that all we did and thought about was work that had to be done on the ranch like feeding and rotating cattle, fixing fence and mowing the lawn, grooming horses and riding colts. Even our down … Continue reading Ranching Conversation
Dear Reader, I heard a song on social media saying something about “Just let August be August.” I am all for that, except this August is just really hot. I struggle with change and adapting to change, and I really struggle with the month of August. It is not quite a fall month, and it … Continue reading Letting August Be August
Dear Reader, Some women are born into ranching, some women marry into ranching, and some women discover that ranching has a calling on their soul. No matter what gate a woman enters into the ranching world, there is always a lot for a ranch woman to learn. Not only about the caring of livestock, equipment, … Continue reading Ranching for a Reason
Dear Reader, Believe it or not the rancher does take a vacation every once in a while that does not involve going to a livestock show, some sort of cowboy gathering, a ranching convention, or to go look at a perspective buy. Just a regular vacation to a regular destination where they pretend to be … Continue reading The Rancher Takes a Vacation
Dear Reader, So it’s happened; you have your first opportunity to work cows, but you have a feeling that you are going to be the only girl on the cow crew. I am used to being the only girl when working cows away from home. Since the time I was eight years old, I have … Continue reading 5 Ways to Survive Being the Only Girl on the Crew (and get asked back).
Dear Reader, Let me tell you a secret: I was raised on a ranch, and I live on a ranch, but sometimes I don’t feel very ranchy. Sometimes I feel like I am just pretending to be a rancher, because most days I am putting on my Keds to go to my town job, while … Continue reading 5 Practical Tips to feel like a Rancher When You have a Job in Town.
Dear Reader, Why do women (myself included) feel this urge to redefine ourselves or to embrace certain parts of ourselves at the turn of every season? In the spring everyone becomes engrossed in fashion, in the winter everyone becomes a book worm, in the fall everyone becomes Laura Ingalls and starts making homemade everything, but … Continue reading 4 Ways to Embrace Ranch Girl Summer
Dear Reader, Do you know what you are doing? Do you have your life figured out? Are you an expert in your field? Or are you like me and wonder how long it will take for people to catch on that you aren’t 100% sure about everything you do? Sometimes we can only do what … Continue reading Just Ranching Along
Dear Reader, It’s the end of May, and the summer heat is cranking up, but we haven’t seen anything yet. It has been really dry in the last few weeks which makes the heat not so bad. When the rain comes, which we are all praying for, so will the humidity. It is amusing to … Continue reading When Ranching Gets Heated
From the Rancher's Daughter's Desk 