Most prickly pear has yellow flowers however this 'bush' is full of pinkish blossoms! The bees love the pollen and nectar. Known as nopal in the Spanish prickly pear can be torched to burn off the spines... cattle or goats will feast on the cactus. The next year the cactus has regrown but now is twice as thorny.
‘Texas alfalfa’ aka Red root pig weed! The bane of farmers! The love of ranchers! Colloquial name? Careless weed! It could care less where it grows! This is growing in a neighbor’s wheat field. They don’t last long on the ranch!
Its so beautiful on the ranch where I live and work! Love south Texas!
350 cows calving and the only one I am overly concerned about is the nurse cow!
Vaccinated 90+ calves and their mamas today in Frio County. This is our injections setup. Thanks goes to our dad for the old dishwasher basket. The Multimin is hanging on the other side of the chute. It was a perfect day cooler than 60 degrees. Mar. 2020
The boss lady leading 2 nurse cows and 6 orphans with feed! Beautiful day!
Our nurse cow had her calf! My sister had to chain the little one as he was a big boy and a tight fit! Elsie later accepted a twin too...one less calf to mix a bottle for morning and evening. A Jersey, Elsie is a former dairy animal and has lots of fatty milk for orphans. Raising two a year is the norm and they are most often a twin kicked off by its mom. 1/19
Good dads that will make you smile
Busy preparing for the next generation.
My sister’s hand holding a 4 ½" point. All the rain washed the ranch road alittle. I found this sticking out of the mud. Recently asked for its ID, its supposed to be a Williams point 2000 to 4000 years old.
Mostly photos of my life in South Texas. I share what I love. The Outdoors and Ranch Life.
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