Pasture Pictures 5/8/10

[Faster horses]

Water standing every where. We don't get a lot of this:

It was cold this morning. We moved a trough that we feed mineral in,
and we dumped this out of the trough.

That's SNOW in them thar hills. (Not a good picture as I zoomed in too much, but it's the only one I took. BTW, how can I downsize these pictures from photobucket?)

The resevoir is full

Just turned the heifers into this pasture

I do believe the cheat grass is going to be good this year.

Just one of many. Wish all the fences were in this good of shape.

Cowdog that doesn't have enough work to do:

 

[per]

Nice pics FH. This is a hard time of year to manage grass in Cold country. Pretty amazing stuff though, inasmuch as it grows in spite of that hard crust on the water.

 

[hillsdown]

Great pics FH. You have a ton of moisture, here's hoping you all get a bumper pasture and crop from it ..

Your pasture sure is green already.. I bet you are happy to get the girls booted out to it.

 

[Justin]

at least your dog is able to provide the 4-wheeler with some extra traction. :wink: your county sure looks good. standing water is always a pretty sight.

you got those heifers on a mineral program, right?

 

[montanastate33]

No pictures of Magoo included??

 

[Faster horses]

He wasn't in the pasture. :lol: :lol: :lol:

But here is one of him 'at work'...

 

[WyomingRancher]

I'd even take cheat grass, just to see something green right now. Everything is looking great at your place, and should really be impressive with a little warm weather .

Now, we need a close-up of those fancy heifers please :wink: .

 

[Silver]

Things should really pop with all that moisture, I'm envious! Is that fence line new or does vegetation just not grow up around fence lines there?

 

[Blkbuckaroo]

Looking good Faster,standing water can be a good thing.In moderation of course. :wink:

 

[burnt]

Looks like you're in for some grass with all that moisture when things warm up!

 

[Shortgrass]

:? :? The Black Hills are the white hills??? They are the wet hills, and that is what will make them the green hills. I better go to bed, I'm kinda tired

 

[per]

:? :? The Black Hills are the white hills??? They are the wet hills, and that is what will make them the green hills. I better go to bed, I'm kinda tired

Kinda look like Mole Hills :wink: of course this is not a Hill to die on.

 

[Faster horses]

They are just some 'high hills' off to the west. (Well, higher
than our hills anyway. :shock: ) Thanks for the comments, folks.

 

[PureCountry]

Why the steel posts FH? Lots of rock in your country?

 

[RSL]

When the lightning hits them it blasts the rocks out and then they move the fence over again :shock: :lol: :lol:

 

[Faster horses]

Not too many rocks, but wooden posts are spendy. There are places where we can get by easily using steel posts. This fence doesn't have a lot of pressure on it. Around here, most people use steel posts.
What do you use, PC?

 

[Silver]

around here wooden posts are $3.00, steel posts around $6 or $7.

 

[Faster horses]

This fence was built when steel was $1.95; much cheaper than treated
wood posts. Those wood post fences look really good, tho. We like 'em
and use 'em where necessary.

 

[Northern Rancher]

I use those steels when I have top carry them back into the swamp you can pack them easier than wood.

 

[Silver]

I use those steels when I have top carry them back into the swamp you can pack them easier than wood.

I hoard the steel posts as a precious commodity. We've got some pretty steep pitches here and there that you can't even get down with a quad so if you gotta pack posts and an indian hammer, steel posts are the ones to have!