With St. Francis in the Fields

Rejoicing in the beauty of the world Yesterday afternoon Fr. John Williams, aka Rebekah’s dad, came out to the Ranch for our annual Blessing of the Animals. People were pretty tired from haying in the morning, but a good contingent trooped off in seach of those creatures great and small for whom Down Home Ranch is…

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Of the Making of Hay

Community gathering in the hay crop  Last week the hay crew came and cut our hay.  We were glad because we’d been trying to get it cut for weeks, but we’re such small potatoes nobody is really enthusiastic about bringing out all that big equipment to work on our measly 20 acres. But fortune smiled, the…

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New Life at the Ranch!

New life at the Ranch! Oh boy my mother hen complex came in handy today! Got the call about 11:00 that our chicks had arrived at the Elgin post office and they were–ahem–ready to have them picked up. I snagged Matt out of Ranch Camp with Denise’s blessing.  Matt’s our main Chicken Wrangler and has…

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