A tractor and loader silhouetted against a red sunset over the pasture

Journal

The work,
as it happens.

Notes from the ranch: what we built, what we cleared, what went in the water.

A red tractor and rotary mower in a pasture at dusk

Fall 2026 · Land

A fifth piece of land

The Meacham 160, at the corner of Road 8 and Nations, joined the ranch this fall. It runs cattle and a hunting operation, and it brings the ranch to 1,360 acres.

Two people and a white dog on a new wooden float in the middle of a pond

Water

The float goes in

Lumber and blue barrels on a trailer in the morning; a float on the pond by evening. The dog approved first.

A hand lifting a young fish from a blue bucket

Water

Stocking the pond

Fish go in by the bucket. A pond that holds water and holds fish is a pond doing its job.

The teeth of a forestry mulcher on a skid steer

Land

Cedar comes out

The mulcher chews through cedar that has crowded the pasture for years. Each cleared acre is grass the cattle can use.

Mornings

Fog on the pasture

Some mornings the far fence disappears. Then the sun comes up over it.

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The work,as it happens.