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Chuck, Bobbi, and Riley |
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We truly appreciate your business and your support of local agriculture. We are blessed with being able to do what we love! |
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Training Days |
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Riley's first few weeks, back in the milking days. |
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Heading out to work |
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We use our Border Collie, Riley for most of our herd work. |
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Caught in the Flood |
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Chuck bringing the cows in by boat after getting stranded by high water. |
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Hay Season |
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We put up all our own hay on the farm. |
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Dutch Oven Cookoff!
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We make sure and make time for some great country cookin' competitions at the farm! |
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Fall Steers |
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Here's some of the boys. This should be titled, "Always eating!" |
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Margie the Red Head |
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This little gal needed a little supplemental feeding early on. Mom didn't seem to mind the help! |
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Herfy, Our Mascot |
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Chuck gives a well-deserved scratch to the queen bee, Herfy. She thinks she's the pet. |
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Lumpy Leeds Love Too! |
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This steer was a puppy dog and loved to be scratched. |
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Up Close and Personal! |
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"Take my picture!" |
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Give Me A Reason |
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Riley keeps check on some of the steers. |
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The Fruits of Our Labor |
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We're done with hay season!! It's in the barn and it sure makes you feel good! This will feed just fine this winter! |
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Oliver's Pal |
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Oliver, our bottle baby receives a comforting scratch from our neice, who comes to stay with us for a week each summer. She's a BIG help on the farm. |
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Blue Ribbon Beef |
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We got a blue ribbon at the fair for our hay! |
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Finishing touches |
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Some of the steers about a month from butcher |
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Fall is here |
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Fall has come to the valley and that means its time to prepare for floods and whatever winter may bring. |
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Visiting Maasai |
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We had the priveledge to give a tour of our farm to a visiting teacher, and Maasai tribesman, from Kenya. |
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Girls, Meet the Boys! |
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The bulls arrive in June, and stay until August or so. The one one the left is a red angus, the one on the right is a hereford. We use a different bull every 2 years. Always a hereford or angus. |
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Doing what they do best, EAT! |
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Ahhhh, it's good to be a cow! |
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Checking the Hay |
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Chuck checks the hay for dryness |
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The End of a Long, Hot Day |
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Picking up the last of the field. A beautiful sunset to end our long day. |
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Our Awesome Hay Crew! |
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We can't do this without friends and family all pitching in to help! THANK YOU! |
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2006 Flood |
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This flood hit us hard. We were completely under water. Luckily the barns are high and dry. Compare this photo with the one titled "Fall is Here". Floodwaters here can be over 12 feet deep! |
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BEES |
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City Apiary in Seattle brought their hives out to make honey out of knotweed. A tenacious weed, but makes SUPERB honey!!! |
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Heaven on Earth |
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We enjoy some spectacular views here on the farm that makes us appreciate every day of the year. |
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First Calf |
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Spring has arrived! We had the first calf of the year for our 2008 season on March 9th. |
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Farmer of the Day |
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We were delighted to be asked to come to the Evergreen State Fair this year as the "Farmer of the Day" for cattlemen. We met some GREAT folks. |
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