Calving Season 2023
Note: This post was written by a real person–me. All photos by me unless otherwise noted. March Fifth, Calving Season Begins
Cows, Calves, and Cranes – Swoope Almanac March 2018
Earth awakens from the cold during the month of March in America’s legendary Shenandoah Valley. Days lengthen, migrations begin, chloroplasts awaken and absorb the energy from the sun’s photons – photosynthesis begins….pastures slowly turn from brown to green. Life’s energy is on the move.
Calving Season: Swoope Almanac – March 2017
Calving Season Begins March 1st Green grass emerges from its brown, dormant cloak of winter. Northern Harriers glide and teeter, close to the ground in search of anything that moves. In the vast grasslands of Swoope, Virginia, the headwaters of the Shenandoah River it’s voles they hunt. American Plum pushes...
Swoope Almanac – March 2015, Winter Storm Thor and a New Border Collie Pup
Swoope Almanac March 2013: Snowquester, Special Spots and Short Eared Owls
This past week Swoope bore the brunt of the Snowquester, a.k.a. winter storm Saturn. It gave us almost two feet of snow – unwelcome weather for cattle farmers during calving season. A calf born in this weather can perish quickly. We were lucky. The storm left no casualties among our...
