This was the second day of summer and it was beautiful. Last night we had a very good rain storm come through the area and it seems to have pumped a fresh dose of green into everything. Today sunrise coming over the Blue Mountains onto the ranch was at 5:45 a.m. and sunset over the northwestern wall of the Walla Walla River Canyon was at 8:30 p.m.This past week has been much busier than usual, as I found myself making three trips into Pendleton, not getting nearly all my farm chores done for the week. This week I had two days of fire camp crew/bus drivers' training, and a third day in Pendleton to chauffeur Kittee to her office as her shoulder is still giving her pain by the end of the day.
Our garden seeds are now beginning to sprout well, and it is about time to make a second seed planting of beans and corn. This past week most of our days were in the lower to mid-80's and with
irrigation on the crop, all seem to be in the grow mode now. So far this week the green beans, squash are coming up well. Corn (planted the same day as the beans) is showing a few stalks out of the ground. This year I am using regular 5/8" soaker hoses to irrigate the garden and this seem to be irrigating the seed rows and transplants quite well. We are not growing garlic this year even though we have plenty of garlic scallion left from our last commercial crop. These I plan to pull and cure in July and re-establish a garlic crop (not commercial) for next year.~~~~~~~~
Rosey is still in the fast grow mode. It is quite amazing at how much height she gains each week, and today Kittee and I discussed that we are going to have to start treating her more like a horse than a pet, because of her size/ development. It is to the point now that we can walk into pasture
with Rosey and do anything we want to with her, without much horsey reaction. This is a neat thing as she is 150 lbs baby but maybe a bit too much touch-and-go as she grows into 900+ lbs horse.
Rosey now comes to her name being called, she is grazing grasses, sticks her muzzle into the water trough and plays in the water as well as drinks freely. A really interesting thing happened today; we brought the mares onto new pasture and everyone really enjoyed the lush wet green grasses, and broad leaf grazing. Well in all of this Shaiela developed a belly ache and laid down for awhile. During this time Rosey tried to nurse Aunt Misty, of course to no avail but Misty did let her try.
with Rosey and do anything we want to with her, without much horsey reaction. This is a neat thing as she is 150 lbs baby but maybe a bit too much touch-and-go as she grows into 900+ lbs horse.Rosey now comes to her name being called, she is grazing grasses, sticks her muzzle into the water trough and plays in the water as well as drinks freely. A really interesting thing happened today; we brought the mares onto new pasture and everyone really enjoyed the lush wet green grasses, and broad leaf grazing. Well in all of this Shaiela developed a belly ache and laid down for awhile. During this time Rosey tried to nurse Aunt Misty, of course to no avail but Misty did let her try.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, it is Rosey, Rosey, Rosey, but right now
she is our baby.
she is our baby.
Kittee runs a comb through Rosey's forelocks while she cat-naps.
Rosey now has four upper and four lower baby buck teeth, and eats almost anything she desires.This weekend Kittee spent time working with Rosey on halter leading and direction changes. Being eight weeks old it is amazing at how well Rosey responds to her training.
More and more each day she is shedding her foal coat, and we can see clearly that she is going to be a BAY filly. She is showing a gorgeous golden brown body coat with black from the hocks down and black tail and mane/forelocks. It is hard not to pet and stroke her as her coat is as soft and silky as it shows in this photo.
a day in the life without leaving the ranch--- Dale
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