Cows in the House field

Last night, the guys moved a bunch of cows into the house field, that is, the field we all live in. The only thing keeping the cows off the front porch is the fence around us. As you can see in the pics, the cows are keeping pretty close tabs on what we are doing. Last night we were working on putting up wire around the garden spot, and they were right there with us watching the whole time. Yearlings are very curious.

This morning, they spent several hours rubbing on the t-posts, and just watching. Knuckle would run at them if they got too close, they'd back up about 10 feet, then walk right back up to the fence. I think Knuckle was getting tired, so I brought her in to give her a mental break from the cows.

The guys went to move another batch of cows up in the mountains this morning, and didn't have as much luck as they'd hoped. The group got split up, cows went the wrong direction, and some cows just got tired and stopped moving. All in all, only about 1/4 of the cows are where they want them to be. We had a group lunch at Midas though, so hopefully that helps everyone's state of mind. This afternoon they are going to shoe a bunch of horses so I'll get some pics of that for a post this weekend.

Meanwhile, here in the trailer I used up my last batch of frozen zucchini from last summer's garden and made zucchini bread....the recipe called for raisins and nuts, but I left those out and put in chocolate chips instead. Also, I replaced the oil with organic virgin coconut oil, which leaves a very light coconut flavor, a nice addition.

I also made a batch of padishka's, (what my mom always called them). I use a pizza dough recipe, but basically make small single serve calzones full of ground beef, corn, green beans, a little tomato sauce, seasonings, and grated cheese. Brian takes them for his lunches. They are a great alternative to a lunchmeat sandwich. I used the leftover pizza dough to make a pesto, onion, and feta cheese pizza we'll have with our dinner. Yummm!