How often do you hear people say things like, "I would rather eat the unhealthy food and be happy then eat food that tastes terrible and be healthy", or "eating healthy is overrated...we're all going to die anyways, so we might as well enjoy our food,". I could go on and on listing some of the so … Continue reading Jessica’s Health Journey
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Spoiled Cows, Happy Family, and Good Food
Talk about a busy summer! Between grazing the cattle, fencing, haying, bee keeping, marketing, sales, and all the other miscellaneous work around the ranch; time has flown by this year. I thought it'd be fun to share some of our fun stories and exciting news from this past summer. I'll start by telling you about … Continue reading Spoiled Cows, Happy Family, and Good Food
K Creek Ranch Wine Dinner
Mixing my ranching skills and culinary tricks together makes for a fun job! I recently had the pleasure of preparing my first ever K Creek Ranch Wine dinner! The five course menu included both pork and beef off our ranch, I'll tantalize your taste buds by giving you a preview of what the menu looked … Continue reading K Creek Ranch Wine Dinner
Spring Is In The Air!
At this point in the year I'm sure anybody who lives in the Midwest is bursting at the seams in anticipation for that "sunny and 75" we are all so fond of! Spring fever starting setting in sometime in January for me. The beautiful weather we were having in the middle of the winter made … Continue reading Spring Is In The Air!
What It Really Means To Be Organic
What's the first thing that comes to your mind when I say the word organic? Perhaps you picture an image of two old farmers wearing ripped overalls, with their hair a ratty mess and blacked out teeth, standing in a green field holding a pitch fork. Or maybe you think of a group of protesters … Continue reading What It Really Means To Be Organic
Another Successful Ranch Party!
We did it again! Our K Creek Ranch pasture party was a big hit! Here's a recap of the fun we had. We started out with a nice long trail ride through some of the prettiest parts of our ranch. The trail riding always seems to be the highlight of the day! Here is a … Continue reading Another Successful Ranch Party!
Honey…I’m home!
One of our goals here at K Creek Ranch is to get to a point where we are growing/producing most of our food needs right from our own land. That is why we have cattle, hogs, meat and egg laying chickens, and goats...and now our newest project...bees! Jordan has had a serious interest in bee … Continue reading Honey…I’m home!
Cattle Drive Time
An ole west tradition that we are proud to carry on is driving our cattle home on horse back every year. We've had cattle drives for the past 4-5 years and at this point our cattle have the drill down. I think if we would just open up the gates they would walk themselves home. … Continue reading Cattle Drive Time
Cover Cropping
It seems to happen every year about this time, I end up getting so caught up in the ranch work that I neglect my blogging duties! I think it's about time that I get another post up here for my wonderful readers 🙂 So here goes a long overdo blog post. Today I'm going to … Continue reading Cover Cropping
Take It From A Chef
Beef is in stock here at K Creek Ranch! I repeat We have beef in stock! If you or someone you know is looking for some of the finest beef around we have just what you are looking for! Today is a very special day for my readers! I am going to share one of … Continue reading Take It From A Chef