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This Week’s Story: On Making Horse Sense

The forest-fire-smoke-induced-orange ball of sun broke the jagged 10,000 foot spine of the Continental Divide as I braked my truck and trailer to a gentle stop. I had the big gooseneck with 8 horses on board, and I chose the open grassy spot next to a massive crack willow trunk…..

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Ranch News

It’s Annie and Maddy coming over to headquarters to catch horses and ride. They’re trailing the entire beef herd down valley to our mid-valley lease ranch, another certified organic place we are in the process of regenerating and re-tooling to raise great pasture and hay. Do you think they’ve got enough border collies to get the job done? Photo credit Glenn Elzinga.

That’s Maddy, daughter and apprentice fulfillment co-manager with her husband Wesley in our new freezer. The freezer is getting there! It’s only half completed–the other half is still walled off, as we are getting refrigeration squared away in there yet. Behind the slit curtain, it is well below freezing. Where I took this pic, it is in the balmy 70 degree range. She’s got an entire tray of New York strips ready for blast freezing! Photo credit Glenn Elzinga.

The beeves like to come in and watch the grands on the tramp. Over an hour or so, they’ll have 100 bovine spectators cheering them on! Photo credit Glenn Elzinga.

Glenn and Caryl headed down the Salmon River into the River of No Return canyon to get some R and R, camping and fishing for steelhead trout–far out of cell service. They had a relaxing time along the river, and enjoyed views like this one. Photo credit Glenn Elzinga.

This is what fall looks like on Alderspring. The snowline creeps down from the highest peaks, low angle sunlight, and golden turning bronze leaves on the trees. And of course, happy cattle. Photo credit Justice Mitchell.

Annie has that look of wondering when being a milk bar for a bottle calf will ever end. It’s a good problem to have–extra calves from twins born on the range. They are growing like crazy. They can’t be organic, because we feed them “milk replacer” a milk powder mix–but they’re healthy, and the bottle is the next best thing to a mom, especially on beautiful fall grass. Photo credit Justice Mitchell.

Annie’s getting ready to ride Tari, stalwart regular on the Alderspring Range string. Instead of using a bit, she’ll be using a bosal, a handcrafted rawhide rig that just fits more like a halter than a bridle. Tari responds to a touch of the rawhide around her cheeks and nose as Annie directs her. Each horse is different; Tari will balk with a snaffle bit, but many horses will lean into it. Photo credit Justice Mitchell.

We’re going to miss this one. Jed, longtime cowhand on the Alderspring, took another job in Montana to be near his girl (she used to be a great Alderspring hand as well!). Jed brought many skills to the table, from being a great farrier to a sound horseman! We’ll miss you, Jed! Photo credit Justice Mitchell.

With the time change, we always are running out of daylight. Thankfully, there’s a nice moon in the past few days to prop us up as we’re trying to get the day’s work done. Here’s part of the cowherd Scott, Melanie and Glenn are trying to sort to pull mother cows that have lower condition to get them home to the thicker and greener grass we have there to get them ready for the winter. Photo credit Melanie Elzinga.

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