June 2023 – Rough Canyon Ranch

Another Birthday

Right after Father’s Day was my birthday; those years are passing quickly. As time ticks by it feels I should hurry up and work and get it done before there is no time left. This has been good year for rain. It has been wet and despite sowing seeds late, many of them are thriving.Continue reading “Another Birthday”

Father’s Day

The day was fast approaching and I knew the girls wanted to celebrate me, to have me relax. But there is still so much on the to do list. The way I was raised, being a good father was to work, work and work; to make sure all the bills are paid, food is onContinue reading “Father’s Day”

Creambush

AKA Ocean Spray, Ironwood, Oceanspray A species of Oceansprays (Holodiscus Discolor) USDA factsheet found June 20th 2023 indicate it is “browsed by cattle, deer, elk, snowshoe hares and dusky-footed wood rats but not moose. As a commonunderstory species, oceanspray provides cover fornumerous birds and small mammals and alsotreefrogs. Seeds were eaten by Native Americanswho alsoContinue reading “Creambush”

Sweet Clover, white & yellow

(white sweetclover, Melilots species) AKA: bokhara clover, white melilot, honey clover Toxicity: Melilotus spp (sweet clover) During the process of spoiling, the coumarins in sweet clover are converted to toxic dicumarol, a potent vitamin K antagonist and anticoagulant. Any method of hay storage that allows molding of sweet clover promotes the likelihood of formation of dicumarolContinue reading “Sweet Clover, white & yellow”

Coldwater Endurance Ride

Here is another crazy weekend where anxiety sets along with other mixed emotions set in. The girls have scheduled an endurance ride in Coldwater near Merritt. How did another trip pop up before I had any chance of catching up on my work. I did not do any renovation work since the last trip andContinue reading “Coldwater Endurance Ride”

Permaculture Credits

After 5 months of lectures on zoom and countless hours of analysis and pondering, Verge Permaculture Design Course has helped me develop a vision for our ranch. The last four years have been like jumping off a cornice on a ski hill into heavily treed terrain on steep grade. The only direction I knew IContinue reading “Permaculture Credits”