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I am a homeschooling mom to two busy boys & a baby and beef cattle rancher in British Columbia. My passion in life is family and all aspects of agriculture. My hope is that this blog gives you some insight into our ranch life while being a homeschooling mom. I would love to hear from you about your journey in agriculture, raising children and/or homeschooling!! Click here to read more about me.

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What a busy week and it’s not over yet! Between

What a busy week and it’s not over yet! Between hauling square bales, moving sheep fence, helping the boys with their show projects, checking hay, running the boys back and forth to the tractor for their “turns” baling hay, beef deliveries, tending to the garden, and doing all the other mom tasks, every day has been full. But I wouldn’t have it any other way. Being a mom on the ranch to three incredible boys is so special. Watching their keenness, enthusiasm and love of life is the reason why I do what I do. However. I have to admit, I am not sure how to keep up to their energy level sometimes. They don’t tire out!

We check the cattle on our summer pastures on a re

We check the cattle on our summer pastures on a regular basis throughout the entire summer. This is important so that we can ensure that the animals are healthy and have adequate water and salt. It is also very necessary to check the condition of the pasture to help us determine when the cattle need to be moved to maintain, and often to continue to improve, the land and the grassland ecosystem.

Recently I got stuck trying to figure out how to s

Recently I got stuck trying to figure out how to stop some predators from continuously trying to take our lambs. I felt like I was constantly getting discouraged as we couldn't stop the lambs from getting out of their fenced pasture. Then, I reflected on what I have been learning on social media by watching other sheep producers. This gave me a fresh outlook and I was able to figure out a new solution for all of the sheep to help better manage their large pasture and keep the lambs contained. Everything changed, and all it took was a new perspective. I didn't need to continue doing things the way that I had been. Sometimes we just need a new perspective. Do you agree?

I will be the first to say that I was a bit scepti

I will be the first to say that I was a bit sceptical about using electric fence for our sheep as I haven’t had the best experience in the past. However, I am now 100% confident in using it while increasing our grazing potential for sheep on our operation. We currently use 2 sets of the electronet with the energizer from @fencefast_ . I was amazed with how well it is keeping the sheep in, even when it is placed within tall grass. It is helping to protect the ewes with lambs from predators and allowing us to rotational graze the pasture. We are resting some areas of the pasture that have been grazed heavier and grazing areas that have a lot of grass that needs to be used.

You know what’s on my mind today? Summer! If I h

You know what’s on my mind today? Summer! If I had to pick my absolute favourite thing about summer, it would be: the flexibility of summer days! Some days we are checking cows on pastures and other days the boys and I are delivering meals to hayfields. Luckily, summer is here! How about you? What is your #1 favourite thing about summer?

Hello! If you’re new around here, I am Kari Lynn

Hello! If you’re new around here, I am Kari Lynn! I am a mother to three amazing boys and the third generation on my family ranch, @ogilviestockranch . I’m here to give you a glimpse into ranch life as a mother. There’s nothing I love more than answering your questions about how to balance motherhood, ranching and all the other responsibilities of life on the ranch. I’m so happy you’ve found my little corner of the internet! Here on Instagram, you can expect posts showing our daily life and how I try to balance everything. I’m so happy you’re here! Now please tell: when and how did you first hear about me?

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