Spring

• Learn about natural beef and natural lamb (no hormones, no antibiotics)
• Learn how the weather affects day-to-day activities
• Calving in March
• Sheep shearing in March
• Lambing in April
• Bottle feed orphan "bum" lambs
• Branding & vaccinations
• Harrowing fields
• Fencing
• Feeding animals
• Weed control
• Irrigation: flood, center pivot, wheel line

Summer

• Irrigate fields to produce fall and winter feed for animals
• Fencing and weed control
• Haying
• Stacking hay bales of little squares (70#) and big rounds (1200#)
• Trail cows to mountain summer pasture
• Herd cattle & sheep; rotate pastures
• View or ride in the local parade
• Go to the rodeo
• Visit the County Fair
• Wade in the creek or float the river
• Horseback riding/ Four wheeler riding to salt the cows or sheep and check fences
• Fly-fishing

Fall

• Watch the bald eagles and other birds of prey
• Build corral and fix more fence
• Wean lambs and deliver natural lamb to market
• Market and deliver natural beef steers
• Pregnancy test cows and sort out replacement heifers
• Animal health checks and annual vaccinations
• Learn about local farm and ranch politics; get involved in debates on disease, predators and the weather
• Hunting and Fishing