What Are We Talkin?

So, tell me, what are we talking about? Let me know by commenting on my blog. I’ve had lots of folks calling me asking me a lot of questions about ranch life, from poultry to pets, horses to heifers, you name it and I’ve probably heard the question or at least the info that’s been looked up on the internet.

For years there has been an almost “cult like” frenzy in survivalists, Hobby Farming and the like. And is it any wonder? But so much is hype or hysteria that once folks “get into it” on whatever end they choose to, they begin to realize that it’s not anything like they thought and as they try to go larger or “full scale” so to speak…it becomes more than they bargained for or even understood. That’s when I get the calls to find out what we’re doing over here at the ranch and how do we handle this or that situation.

 I’m learning too, remember, as I continually meet with Ranchers and Farmers who have much sage knowledge but do not do internet. We are losing what they have to teach us, without the hype but with all of the wisdom and experience! So often what we do here at our humble little Hacienda Ranchita and what we know is not something we write about or even think much about. It’s what we’ve been raised with and simply DO! ~smile~ If anything, my hubby & I will be talking and remember something of what my Mom taught me about living on the farm and what my Grandparents taught me about the old ways of life. Or, what his Daddy or Mama taught him with their experiences of growing up in the country, living off the land and working to feed the family with their livestock, making some money on the side just to exist.

We are all learning here and I’d like to give y’all some of the information…pass it down, that is, before we, too are no longer here. Seems many folk can just post whatever they want on the internet…true or false and an awful lot of what I’ve read or looked up is mostly those trying to reinvent the wheel as they experiment. But, mostly it isn’t age old advice and knowledge as all of those (nearly, me, too) are not too much for the internet…those 10-20yrs. older than me are not posting. That’s why I am asking if we can all learn a bit more from our elders, or at least, those who have taken over for Mama & Daddy or Grandma & Grandpa. Because life is just that…learning! ~wink~ Just sit yourself down with a cup of Cowboy Coffee (Y’all know what that is, right? If you throw a horse shoe into the coffee pot and it stands up…it’s done!) or if it’s evening maybe a  beer, put your boots up and let me know what y’all want to talk about, how does that sound?

Btw...this is a picture of my Great Aunt Mary on my Mom's side...she is in her 90's here in the mid 1970's. Gotta love it...in her 90's & clearing land!