Sweet Water Beef Blog

Captain

I thought I would post a current picture of Captain. He’s getting pretty big! He’ll be ready for a saddle soon.

Down on the farm

A lil Slice of Heaven It has been awhile. Sorry bout that… there is just so much really important stuff to do all day every day. The blog is pretty low down on the...

Will work for food…

Here is our latest addition to the farm. He's cute, fuzzy and oh so sweet. Just look at those eyes… Behold… the power of cute! Hard to believe that he will be a bone...

Born this morning…

Handsome, isn’t he? Today is my little brother’s birthday. This one is for you, David! You get to pick a name for this little guy. We haven’t weighed this calf yet, but he was...

Truck Projects

Last spring we were in the market for a good work truck. So we bought this 1997 Dodge 2500. She’s a beauty, isn’t she?! Well, from the outside maybe not. But looks are often...

A four way tie…

New Bull Calf Last night was terribly stormy. I had a hard time sleeping, because the wind was so loud. I am pretty sure I heard a few trees blow over in the storm....

Catch of the day

It really doesn’t look like much, but this little bit of metal was today’s “unreachable star”. The tractor has been having some trouble with the forward and reverse function for the last few days....

All in a day's work

Today we worked on the "Big Barn". Yes that's what we really call it. We are making it even bigger. It was cold. The tallest poles we set were 24 feet tall. It was...

A well balanced meal…

If you are a wolf, or maybe a shark one could consider this meal to be balanced. I only had room on my plate for a few bites of potatoes and 7 green beans....

Helper #2

This is Eden…(aka… Helper #2) One of my favorite things on the farm is having the girls come out and work with me. They especially love to ride with me on the tractor. Usually...