Ross Fire 3

 Day 6 of the Ross Fire

We checked on Little Frog Ranch and the cows this morning and found some pleasant surprises.   Yesterday people had dropped off some hay into the pastures, and even left a bag of cattle cubes by the gate!

Moon and Mimi have hay on the other side of their cow shed in a small section of unscorched land, but since it is not visible from the road we wondered if people were worried about them being abandoned. So we moved some hay around to the other side and put a note on the gate they are being taken care of, and also thanking people for the donations.  We will need to get a lot more hay brought in this week, and will continue to provide extra hay for the next few months.  They will eat a large round bale of coastal hay each week without much else to graze on.   Typically we don't need to supplement much until the winter months, but with so little left for grazing, it is important that we monitor the hay levels.  

There is a lot more hay on the other side as well.  They really love the cattle cubes though!

Mimi

Moon

 

We walked around a bit looking at the fire damage. 

Firefighter boot print

The smoke smell still lingers, and the ground has a strange crunch sound when you walk on it.  We could really use some rain to refresh the land.  The Ross Fire is still only at 31% containment.  Still we are thankful for the hard work of so many battling this fire, and for those who saw the cows and stopped to make sure they had food.