.... trinity basin ranchin' at its finest!
Ranch Newsletter!  oljim & MsJudy |
 ....from our home to yours |
Merry Christmas! |
 Reed Ranch Family |
In This Issue:
- next available
2006 hog, varmint, and fishing fun
weekend! April 21-22-23, 2006! read
more...>>
- update!
hunting club members fall 2005 deer season report! read
more...>>
- 2006-07
reed ranch hunting club memberships! annual invitations coming soon!
read more...>>
- order
msjudy's homemade soaps! we have the best smellin' home on the block!
read more...>>
- partial
club membership available! read
more... >>
- 10 ac reed ranch fishing lake renovations! read
more...>>
- oljim and grandaughter anna wins awards
in 5k jingle bell jog - corsicana ymca! read
more...>>
- reed ranch rain report! read
more...>>
- lots of 
new
photo's to share! read
more...>>
- i r a
senior citizen! read more...>>
- and, if you must, how to unsubscribe to this
newsletter! read more...> >
The
full cost is $200 (2 nights/evenings) per person beginning
Friday evening and lasting through Sunday morning. Spouses
and supervised youth (under the age of 16) come at no additional
charge. See the Hog,
Varmint, and Fishin' Fun Weekend link for more information.
This'll be the 6th year that we've been offering these great
hunts and those big ol Texas hogs keep coming back for more! Looking
forward to having everybody out! See our frequently
asked questions webpage for even more cool stuff about
these exciting hunting and fishing weekends! Gonna be fun! 
Click here to see Reed Ranch photo albums from 2003, 2004, and 2005 hunts!
 Club Member David Melton Scores A Nice One! |
 Club Member James Reed Shows Off Mr. High Antlers! |
Go to the Club Member 2005 Deer Season Report for more details and see all the pics!
Hunting Club Memberships - Annual Invitations!
January
is the month that annual invitations are issued
for 2006-07 hunting access on the Reed Ranch. We're
looking forward to visiting more with everybody
that's making contact with us about signing up!
We have a great club membership, lots of fun times,
and great huntin'. We sure are proud of everbody!
This is the year that olJim will be turning over
the reins of the hunting club to son JimmyG and son-in-law
JimmyK. They're gonna do a great job!
If you've received an email confirming that you've been added to our contact list, you'll be receiving an email in the next couple of weeks or so - asking whether you're still interested in something or whether you've already found something else. If you're still interested, JimmyG and JimmyK will be matching any available spots we have, with new club member invitations.
If
you've not received a confirmation email that you've
been added to the list, feel free to remind us
of your interest, ok? Confirmation emails can be
sent to olJim at oljim@reedfamilyranch.com.
Thanks!
Remember, if all the full hunting club
memberships have been taken, there's still a partial
club membership available! Visit
the Club
Member webpage for more information about club
memberships! Thanks!
Partial Hunting Club Membership Available!
There's
two types of hunting club memberships available
on the Reed Family Ranch. The full hunting club membership
extends for all 4 months of deer season (gun, first
part of October thru the end of January) - and includes
the hog, varmint, and fishing fun weekends! Partial
hunting club memberships include all the fun and
exciting hog, varmint, and fishing fun weekends!
Visit this Ranch webpage for more information about a partial club membership! You'll love these fun and exciting hunts. They're a hoot!
A new Celebration
Sample box has been added
to the collection. Check it out! You can pick and choose
from your most favorites soaps. All you have to do is to check
and order what you want and we'll provide all the shipping
and delivery. We live in the Texas county of Navarro, in Corsicana.
Local pickup is available for those of you close by.
Sampler boxes now available are:
| Fruits
and Nuts This sampler is reminiscent of delightful time spent in your grandmother's kitchen. From apples to coconut. What's not to love? Included are individual scent bars of applejack, ginger lime, valley fruit, applemint, isand coconut, and orange calendula. |
Down
Home Think "comfy and cozy" when you smell these soaps. The kitchen fabric reminds MsJudy of her Iowa farm roots. Included are individual scent bars of tea olive, green goddess, chocolate mint, goatmilk oatmeal lavendermary, brown sugar and spice, and peppermint stick. |
| Flowers
and Herbs This sampler has us all but "swooning." Some of MsJudy's own herbs are ground fine and added to these lovely floral soaps. Included are individual scent bars of lavender rose, tea olive, lilac, lavendermary, rosemary expression, and lemon eucalyptus. |
On
The Water We love to visit the Texas coast from Galveston all the way down to South Padre Island. Check this offering for a clean fresh scent of the surf. Included are individual scent bars of beach breezes, haight ashbury, cucumber melon, chilly mist, vetivert, and almond amaretto. |
| The
Outdoor Life Take a long walk through the woods on the Reed Family Ranch and you'll smell that fresh, crisp clean air. A sampler for all you outdoors folks. Included are individual scent bars of anise fisherman, misty woodlands, plain jane, bugs don't like this soap, gardeners soap, and desert sage. |
Holiday Our signature Christmas soap "frankincense & myrrh" pulls together other scents of the season for gift giving. Included are individual scent bars of chocolate mint, brown sugar and spice, applejack, welcome home, peppermint stick, and of course, frankincense & myrrh |
Celebration
Pick-and-Choose This popular box of soaps can be all you want! Pick and choose from all of the 31 soap scents from MsJudy's kitchen! |
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Each sampler box of soap is comprised of six different scents that bring together the theme of the collection of soaps. Colorful fabric is used to line the box and is wrapped around each bar of soap. The price of each box is $16 plus tax and any necessary shipping. Tell your friends! Makes wonderful, personal gifts, too! Substitutions available for out-of-stock items.
Check out MsJudy's Home Page and view all the 31 beautiful and sweet-smellin' soaps made by hand especially for you. Also, don't forget to ask to be added to MsJudy's Homemade Soap Newsletter!
Logon To MsJudy's Order Page Now!
Another
great 5K award winnin' run by olJim and grandaughter Anna! They
were a'smokin'!
Way to go!
Check out the pics!
You're gonna love 'em! 
Two
docks have recently been added to our 10 bass lake! One dock
- which also has a boat ramp spot - is on the south side of the
lake and the other has been built on the east side of the lake
on the dam. The east side dock will also support the pump that'll
be used to prime the gravity-flow water distribution system.
Gonna have lots of good use for these two docks.Check out the photo's taken as they were being built! We shore are proud of 'em!
 Is It Raining Yet? |
The average
rainfall in Navarro County, where the Reed Family Ranch is
located, is about 39.5". This year, thru the end of
November, we've received 24.1". That's about 8.4" under
the average of what we oughta be receiving for the year!
Things are mighty dry right now, and it's certainly having
an effect on the way we manage things. Ducks don't like this
at all! Here's some rainfall records for you to take a look
at - going back to the awful rainfall accumulation of '99.
If it don't rain at least 2.7" before the end of the year,
we'll have the worse rainfall record since 1999! 
The average for the 6 year period - amongst the 1999 and 2004 years shown below, was 39.2".
1999 - 26.7"
2000 - 46.0"
2001 - 42.7"
2002 - 38.0"
2003 - 27.4"
2004 - 54.2
2005 - thru the end Nov - 24.1 (8.4" under average for the
year)
Come see all the Ranch's
fun
pics! Loads of new photo's have been added since this
last newsletter!
Enjoy!
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If
you can't be a good example to a young
'un -- then you'll just have to be a
horrible warning!  |
Hey, I wanna brag agin about the Reed Family Ranch being a holistically managed ranch. Click on either of the sites shown here for more information about Holistic Management principles and concepts. The Ranch is managed by the Reed Family group, Jim and Judy Reed, Jimmy Gene and Ashley Fugate, James and daughter Kaylee, Lori Arnett and daughter Madisyn, Traci and Jimmy Keele and son Hagen and daughter Anna.
For more information,
feel free to send 
to olJim or MsJudy. We lika tha email!
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Reed Family Ranch 2005