Meet Malty

I would like to introduce one of our farm’s ewes.  Malty is the Grand-Dam of our flock.  She was one of the first sheep ever brought to Walking Water Ranch.  Being chocolate brown, she is an unusual color for a Katahdin.  Her coloring suits her personality.  She is truly a black sheep in our flock [...]

Preparing for spring

Our family has been enjoying all the snow sports that winter brings and having a grand time skiing at our local hill – Sitzmark.  The two boys are quite the skiers and are due to race this next weekend.  This will be our 4 year old’s first race ever.  While we have set aside the time [...]

Lambs in the snow

Well it is lambing season here at the ranch yet agan.  We have been working towards creating a self cycling lambing system that will produce lambs year round.  We specifically chose the Katahdin breed for their natural tendency to breed so prolifically.  Eight of our ewes have lambed since December and we have 14 little [...]

Harvest time

While fall is definitely my favorite time of year it is also our busiest.  All the big farm chores that we have put off all summer in favor of day at the lake or a trip to the mountain to pick berries or ride horses have suddenly become very pressing.  All our winter wood must [...]

Next step

After the initial application process is completed – basically it is simply your intent to enter the program.  Then the next step is to determine which program would work best for your particular situation and to evaluate the scope of work.  This process involves an on site visit from one of the NRCS personnel.  Our plans [...]

Hay!

Late summer and the heat is here with a vengeance!  Temperatures down in the valley are reaching 109 and here on the ranch it is a throbbing 93 in the shade.  The saving grace is the constant light breeze and theoh so pleasant lake just down the road.  After a long hot day working on the [...]

First steps

With all my nay saying about the USDA, one might feel my most recent move to be a bit hypocritical. After my recent conversation with the local conservation district office, I have been curious about the NRCS (Natural Resources Conservation Service).  So I pulled out some literature that I had once gathered and then stuffed away.  [...]

Welcome to our ranch.

Thank you for visiting us at Walking Water Ranch.  Fill free to look around and check out what is going on.  We are always growing new things and working on new projects.  Today our ranch is a little spread on 40 acres.  One day we hope to expand, but that is way-y-y down the road. [...]