The Ader's Ranch started out as a dream for generations of farming.
On my husbands side of the family they were all farmers all though the generations. My husband grew up on various farms. He had his very own pony & cart. His dream was to farm.
My family, I am the 5th generation farmer on our land on my Dad's side. They were dairy farmers. They sold the cream & traded for food & supplies. They also raised turkeys & had big family gatherings to help butcher for the holidays. This land is dotted with memories for generations. Our piece that we have, a portion was donated to the Okanogan School District...until abandoned, then it would revert to the original owners. When my husband & I bought this land from my Uncle & he gave the money to my Gramma, we had the land reverted back to us. I am writing a book on my family. They are great story tellers...I have the best stories wrote down. My Gramma told me her life story & we worked together to get the information down. It makes my family come alive even the ones that have died before I met them. ...in fact I was thinking for awhile I had really met some of them & it was just from hearing the stories. The best part is I get to share the book with all my cousins & family.
We are living in open space, we have to have agriculture animals. We grow dryland grass & cut & bale it. We bought a small herd of goats, found some chickens & ducks & rabbits & we were in business. I chose goats because I LOVE goat cheese like feta cheese. My Aunt taught me how to make cheese & she had that passed down though generations from Russia. My dream was to have a milk cow.
2009 we bought our first milk cow. She is 43 inches tall & she was 2 years old & just bred to a Dexter bull. She was due to calve in April...but she calved in May. We have learned a lot since getting her. She was not trained to milk & I trained her to milk. She was so easy, my Dad said that he never seen such a gentle cow! I am Blessed!
On our farm we have two horses & an investment in our grand-kids'(a 3/4 shetland black appy with a white blanket & black spots pony):) I don't have grand-kids & probably wont for 5 or so years; But, we do have four mama goats, & their babies, a barrowed buck, a mama duck, a daddy duck, 28 laying hens, two roosters, six barn cats, Jack a doggie our kids gave me cause they love me(dashhound) Our cow Annabelle & her calf Beth whom will calve this spring, a couple bull calves & a steer I named pumpkin.
Larry is my husband, my name is Dianne. We have been married for 25 years. We have three children. Rosemary, Patrick & Bessie. Bessie is still at home & the others have flew the coop.
On my husbands side of the family they were all farmers all though the generations. My husband grew up on various farms. He had his very own pony & cart. His dream was to farm.
My family, I am the 5th generation farmer on our land on my Dad's side. They were dairy farmers. They sold the cream & traded for food & supplies. They also raised turkeys & had big family gatherings to help butcher for the holidays. This land is dotted with memories for generations. Our piece that we have, a portion was donated to the Okanogan School District...until abandoned, then it would revert to the original owners. When my husband & I bought this land from my Uncle & he gave the money to my Gramma, we had the land reverted back to us. I am writing a book on my family. They are great story tellers...I have the best stories wrote down. My Gramma told me her life story & we worked together to get the information down. It makes my family come alive even the ones that have died before I met them. ...in fact I was thinking for awhile I had really met some of them & it was just from hearing the stories. The best part is I get to share the book with all my cousins & family.
We are living in open space, we have to have agriculture animals. We grow dryland grass & cut & bale it. We bought a small herd of goats, found some chickens & ducks & rabbits & we were in business. I chose goats because I LOVE goat cheese like feta cheese. My Aunt taught me how to make cheese & she had that passed down though generations from Russia. My dream was to have a milk cow.
2009 we bought our first milk cow. She is 43 inches tall & she was 2 years old & just bred to a Dexter bull. She was due to calve in April...but she calved in May. We have learned a lot since getting her. She was not trained to milk & I trained her to milk. She was so easy, my Dad said that he never seen such a gentle cow! I am Blessed!
On our farm we have two horses & an investment in our grand-kids'(a 3/4 shetland black appy with a white blanket & black spots pony):) I don't have grand-kids & probably wont for 5 or so years; But, we do have four mama goats, & their babies, a barrowed buck, a mama duck, a daddy duck, 28 laying hens, two roosters, six barn cats, Jack a doggie our kids gave me cause they love me(dashhound) Our cow Annabelle & her calf Beth whom will calve this spring, a couple bull calves & a steer I named pumpkin.
Larry is my husband, my name is Dianne. We have been married for 25 years. We have three children. Rosemary, Patrick & Bessie. Bessie is still at home & the others have flew the coop.