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| Abby (left) and Asher playing King of the Hill |
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| Asher, 2 months old |
Our herd is now down to Mary and her heifer calf, Abby, Martha, and her steer calf, Asher, and yearling steers, Abe and Jake. Agnes is now in the freezer and Catalina went to a new home where she will live out her life as a pet. The irony of our new smaller herd is that we may have the best grass in the neighborhood this year with the intense heat. (Asher is standing in a patch of weeds above, though.) We've had a month of 100 degree days now and the main staples for cattle grazing, brome and fescue, are nearly devoid of nutrition as a result. Our native grasses are thriving in spite of the heat and my biggest pasture management problem is that I don't have enough mouths to eat the grass down to keep its quality through the fall and winter! My neighbor is thinking of feeding hay soon, but I have offered to host his herd of 20 cow/calf pairs here until we get some rain. This same neighbor keeps me supplied with good hay, so I'll be happy if he takes me up on it.
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