North 240Road 8 and Union
240 ac
- The family's original ground, about six miles north of the rest.
- An 80-acre hay field, baled in large rounds.
- Timber, a pond, and the site of a cabin to be rebuilt.
The land · 1,360 acres
Five pieces.
One ranch.
Hay meadow, pasture coming back from cedar, walnut timber, eight ponds and the ground where the lavender goes in, spread across Chautauqua County.
01
The five pieces
Each one
does a job.
The ranch was not bought in one go. It came together piece by piece, and each piece carries its own work.
The Homestead909 Overland
320 ac
- The house sits on the west half, being cleared for cattle pasture.
- The east half runs to Road 10: heavy timber, and the fall hunting ground.
The BradleyPens and the big pond
320 ac
- The cattle pens, and the largest pond on the ranch.
- Two fields in a cover crop program, one of them rye.
Big PastureWalnut and lavender
320 ac
- The walnut grove and three ponds.
- Ten acres below the pond dam near Road 8: the lavender ground.
Meacham 160Road 8 and Nations
160 ac
- The newest piece, joined in the fall of 2026.
- Cattle, and a hunting operation.
02
Water
Water first,
always.
Eight ponds across four pieces of land. Some hold, some leak, one never filled. Before cattle can count on them, every one gets looked at, cleaned out or repaired.
03
Clearing
Cedar out.
Grass back.
Eastern red cedar takes over Kansas pasture when nobody pushes back. We push back, acre by acre, with a forestry mulcher and a lot of hours, so the native grass has room to return.
