I wish I knew all the miles these chinks have ridden. My dad found them for me at a flea market, so I’ll never know their whole story…so let me share a story of their life with. These chinks kept me warm and protected through the two summers I spent working at Waunita Hot Springs Ranch in Colorado during my college years. Through early morning round ups… Through random snow storms in June… Through getting lost on trails I should…
Listen, I’m definitely not a food blogger. I’m not even a food cooker most days. But this is one of those, if I can do it, so can you recipes! For Christmas with my mom’s family, instead of a full meal and side dishes, we do a variety of appetizers. It’s fun to have variety, and nice to mix it up so we aren’t all eating the same meal over and over at every Christmas get together. This year, I…
Name: Nellie Species: Canine Breed: Australian Shephard Whoa, Nellie! This girl is the one we call the million-dollar dog… but let’s start from the beginning. Our dogs are really now a “yours, mine, and ours” situation. Superman is mine, Nellie is Colton’s and Denims is ours. I even wrote a post about how our dogs are definitely like our kids. Colton didn’t have a dog of his own when we started dating again in 2013. He kept telling me he…
September is Arkansas Rice Month, and instead of me spouting off fun facts for you that you could easily find on Google, I invited Jenna Martin – actual Arkansas rice farmer – to share her insight about rice farming! Some of you may remember Jenna from her feature on Female Farmer Friday. I also have been dying for an excuse to share Jenna’s photography on the blog. The way she captures farm life is amazing. I plan to build a…
Welcome back to the final installment in our special Female Farmer Friday featuring the women of The Cowboy Way on INSP. This week we meet Misty Harris, a barrel racer turned cattle farmer slash nurse. I feel a camaraderie with Misty with the shared rodeo background and the struggles and successes of building a cattle operation from the ground up with her husband. I can’t wait for you to meet her – welcome, Misty! Sara Beth Please briefly introduce yourself….
Welcome back to week two of Female Farmer Friday: The Cowboy Way edition. This week I’d like to introduce Jaclyn Brown! Jaclyn is a clinical pharmacist, but has found herself immersed in the cowboy lifestyle when she married Booger Brown. Learn more about Jaclyn below! Sara Beth Please briefly introduce yourself. My name is Jaclyn Brown. I am originally from Florida, but I now live in lower Alabama with my husband, Booger Brown, 6-year-old son, Matthew and our German shepherd,…
I’ve always wanted to go to the Pitzer Ranch Horse Sale. It’s been on my bucket list as long as I can remember. They have two sales every year, one in spring and one in fall. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve printed off the sale catalog and went through circling my favorite horses. Not only have I not entered many rodeos the past several years, I’ve also had some bad luck with horses the last year or…
Hey guys! Its been a few months since we’ve done a Female Farmer Friday post, but I’m so excited to be back at it, and do I have an exciting few weeks for you! I had the opportunity to learn more about three special female farmers who also happen to be featured on a TV Show: The Cowboy Way on the INSP. Over the next few weeks it will be my pleasure to introduce you to Kaley, Jaclyn, and Misty….
Most of us in the agriculture world were told multiple times throughout our childhood to “Get back on the horse.” Of course, this didn’t always apply to an actual horse, but anything we failed at – and trust me, I failed a lot – we were encouraged to try again. Now, in my childhood, this also OFTEN applied to an actual horse. I’ll admit, I’ve not thought about this phrase much in recent years, but after getting slapped in the…
Today’s Female Farmer is Jaci Jo Hickey! Jaci Jo reached out to me on Facebook after listening to my interview on the Ranching Brunette Podcast. She shared a post of hers from her Facebook page. I LOVED IT. It was like she had read my mind and shared my thoughts as her own. As soon as I read it, I asked her if I could feature her on my blog. I’m so excited to introduce you to Jaci Jo!•Sara Beth…