The return of rain shows us that Mother Nature has her own plans
Eliza Blue considers how rare and how vital rain is to ranchers and homesteaders in western South Dakota, grateful for the recent rain there.
Just a girl and her barn bunny
Eliza Blue's barn bunny recently found a new home indoors with her daughter.
After a long winter, spring has sprung
Eliza Blue doesn't remember ever appreciating the splendor of a seasonal change more than she is right now.
Strong-willed lamb survives and thrives
The most unlikely ewe in Eliza Blue's flock has become a mother. Despite being orphaned as a lamb, Dandelion Freya survived to become a devoted mother.
Working with wool
Eliza Blue tries her hand at washing, carding and spinning wool into yarn. It's harder than it looks, even for a South Dakota rancher.
Remembering that it could be worse
When illness coincides with calving things can get a little hectic on Eliza Blue's ranch.
Learning hard lessons from heartache and calamity
Eliza Blue has experienced one of the hardest seasons of shepherding in the last few months.
Keep planting the seeds of hope
Eliza Blue plants 100 bulbs with the hope her efforts will yield better results than she's had in the past.
Seeing the light amid the bleak chill of a South Dakota winter
Eliza Blue learns to lean into the cold winter weather instead of wishing for it to end.
Questionable decisions for the love of lambs
Eliza Blue adopts four orphaned lambs on top of the ones bred on her farm, making it an interesting, hectic and still-manageable lambing season.
