What is a PoshRanch?

Ranch: a very large farm in the western U.S. or Canada, where cows, horses, or sheep are kept (Macmillan)

Poshranch: A quasi-ranch where the amenities are plenty, but the land is usable for things mentioned in the ranch definition (or similar). (My own definition).

Micro poshranch: A quasi-ranch where the amenities are plenty, but with a much smaller than real ranch acreage.

I’ve been thinking about my definition of a ranch versus the actual ‘ranch’ where I will be living when we move to Cheyenne. I want to clarify a few differences between the original definition versus my definition of a poshranch. I really have no idea what a real ranch really is, just my idea of what I think it is. Have you ever seen The Ranch on Netflix? It’s a great show and actually takes place in Colorado, but is it true to life? I really have no idea.

Ranch: 160 acres

Micro Poshranch: About 5-ish; just enough to be separate from neighbors, but still in a neighborhood.

Ranch: Cows

Poshranch: Bernese Mountain Dogs

Ranch: Branding irons

Poshranch: Curling irons and flatirons (for hair, not the ones in Boulder, CO)

Ranch: Farming corn, or wheat, or ??? (actually that’s really on a farm, but whatever…)

Poshranch: Greenhouse to grow tomatoes and beans

Ranch: Barn

Poshranch: Large outbuilding for storage or hobbies (such as knitting or other crafts, though I’m NOT crafty so Pintrest may become my new best friend; and I’ve always wanted to learn how to use a Cricut)

Ranch: Ranchers

Poshranch: Um…city people who want some land??

Ranch: Grazing grass

Poshranch: Grass that needs to be mowed with a mower due to lack of actual animals that graze

Ranch: Whiskey at the corral

Poshranch: Red wine on the patio

Ranch: Tractor

Poshranch: Some kind of lawnmower and snowplow, but at this point I have no idea how to mow or plow a larger plot of land than I have ever had.

Ranch: Horses

Poshranch: Go Carts

Ranch: Shed

Poshranch: SheShed and/or Man Cave

Ranch: Hay

Poshranch: Allergies!

Ranch: Pigs

Poshranch: Bacon (yum!)

Ranch: Cowgirl boots (AKA sh*tkickers??)

Poshranch: Trendy leather boots that hurt your feet when you wear them too long (my friends and I used to call these types of shoes ‘ow’ shoes because when we used to wear heels in Vegas our feet would hurt so much!)

Ranch: Good friends

Poshranch: Good friends

There you have it; my thoughts on living in the country, on a micro poshranch. I’m sure once we actually are living there I will have more comparisons to write about. I’m thinking I’ll also have to come up with a fancy ranch name (any ideas??). Those of you who currently live on an actual ranch, or did at some point in your life, may scoff at my comparisons, but please educate me on what it’s like to wake up at dawn, raise animals and manage a ranch because the poshranch that I’m talking about I’m sure is nothing like a real ranch.