Welcome to the warm-up North Dakota. As I write this the rain is soaking the grass and I swear it’s turning a neon green right before my eyes. We had ten calves yesterday, and likely a half-doz...
What can happen in a summer at the ranch? When you’re raising two young daughters this is where they sprout and bloom, in this season of sunshine and sprinklers and butterflies and toads. We’...
It’s Spring, Bring a Shovel Forum Communication Spring fever. There’s nobody else in the world that suffers from it more than my dad. As soon as the sun hits that ice and snow, warming it up ...
https://veederranch.com/2020/03/05/its-not-quite-spring-bring-a-shovel/
Like the animals of winter Last week, I went out into the winter. I squeezed into my long underwear, pulled on layers, tied my scarf around my neck, made sure my wool cap covered my ears and zipp...
It’s fall. Shipping season. The leaves have stripped from their branches, the horses are hairing up against the cold, the grass is golden and the cows and calves look like black dots on the hil...
Not on days like today Forum Communications I planted some flowers this afternoon as the temperature reached up toward what we can finally call warm. Some are working to root themselves in pots t...
Signs of spring come earlier for the experts by Jessie Veeder 4-9-17 Forum Communications http://www.inforum.com The first calf of the year was born on the Veeder Ranch last week. That afternoon ...
Today it’s snowing. Big white, silent flakes falling from the sky and accumulating on the earth and tree branches, coating the grass, which has turned green again in late fall due to all the ra...
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This is my view lately. A pre-nap snuggle after the tiny monster had free reign of the living room for approximately three minutes and I’m sitting here sort of dazed at how fast they turn from ...
The sun sets on the end of July.