Recent content by murphysranch

I love all your photos from way back to now. I lived in Tucson for 2 years back in the late 70's. I used to go up to the Catalina mountains to watch the lightning just like you took!! Good shots!!

I thought of you this morning, Bay. When you had to say goodbye to BJ over the phone. Sob. I called Mother's live in boyfriend and said goodbye to him. He's only 94 but now in hospice care at the place where they live. I said I'd see him in heaven and he said he'll be looking for me. Sob.

I have my Mother's old Presto; I bought a used All American a few years ago; I bought a new Nesco electric canner. I'm finding I use the Nesco alot.

I LOVE IT!! Made me break out into a huge smile!!

We love you FJ. Truly. Poor Betsy. Thank you, old girl, for being a very good cow for a very long time.

And then there is this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: "Emotional support pigs looking for new pastures."

For example: BUTCHER HOGS / PORK SHARES AVAILABLE - Weight 300+ lbs. Local Farm Fresh Pork for Sale! We butcher once a month, and late September is our next dispatch date. Book your pork shares as soon as possible to get on the list. Cedar Creek is a small local ranch raising quality pastured...

All of our pig farmers here sell full or half share. They arrange either a transport (built into the cost of the hanging weight selling price) or do a mobile slaughter on site and then build that cost in. Then its up to the customer to tell the butcher what to do with the whole or half and pay...

^^^ Yep yep yep. In today's world, we are seeing more and more strange and sometimes deadly pathogens surviving thru time tested Industrial Canning (which is entirely different than home canning). Its quite shocking to Quality Control departments at the major food manufacturers. I'm not...

My new friend's Jersey Dairy cow died the day Charlie Kirk was assassinated. . Just up and died overnight. She was a marvel at milking. Almost 5 gal a day! She was not old at all. Her second heifer was 6 months old. My friend tearfully called her friend, a mobile butcher. He came over and they...

Us too, Sage. All of us!!

Remember in the old days Moms put our heads over a simmer pot of water, with a towel over our heads? Maybe add some Vicks Vapor Rub in the water.

Get meds for Boone that Knock Him for a Loop! Like lots of Trazadone and more. Get going, young lady.

I'm a Master Food Preserver. I took the long difficult classes, two all day hands on events and final exam last winter. I passed! Ask me anything, but given my education about 100 years ago (Masters in Food Science/Microbiology), I'm not really interested in rebel canning.

That was fun. I was able to map both dams and the trail. It was fun to see the areas, the names of the places and the rivers. Thanks.