Thistles are bad.

Chopping thistles....Ellis Ann's first job. She is showing her little brother Brantley how it is done. She has learned to spot them pretty good and to chop any and all she sees. She has a hoe that is just her size and I had to go back and get extra because daddy and Bradfield were "borrowing" hers.

Spring Rotational Grazing

Turning cows in on grass is one of our absolute favorite "chores".  There's nothing like riding around in the evenings and opening a gate to let a herd of cows in on green grass and watching them come running in and their heads going down as soon as they come through the gate.  The sound of them munching on the grass.....they are happy cows!  It's like a 30 minute vacation for us to enjoy the warmer weather and the breeze and the simple joys of the land and makes all the stresses and hardships worth while.