Country Lifestyles
“How you do one thing, is how you do everything” — All for My 5
By Jessica Crabtree
In 2011 Amy Binder and her husband Cy welcomed their fifth and final child into the world. “That was in April and here it was, we had five kids and began thinking about the Christmas season, bills and providing for all of our children,” the mother of five explained. Binder’s profession is a teacher and coach, choosing teaching as a way to spend the most time with her kids, and coaching because she is passionate about athletics and competition. Binder considered her options. With little time on her hands, she resorted to what she knew, being inventive and using her artistic ability.
October of 2011 the Muenster native began painting glass Christmas ornaments, adorning each with names, initials, school or college logos. That year Binder sold approximately200 ornaments, acknowledging it was purely a source to help provide for her family. As popularity grew, customers began challenging Binder with different requests. Admitting the quality of her work improved through experience, the entrepreneur and artist has gained knowledge of paint and the process of assembly. Every year since, Binder has hand-painted around 200 glass Christmas ornaments per Christmas season. “Due to the success of the ornaments and the confidence I gained through selling my artwork, I realized that with five growing children, I could help ease the financial burden of a large family by continuing to paint throughout the year,” Binder expressed.
Afterward, Binder began creating family trees on canvas. The base of the tree uses the matriarch and patriarch names and the tree then is formed on up by all family members’ names. It is a unique display, one that combines a handmade, personalized touch. Once the family tree canvases took off, Binder started incorporating wood. “I love the family trees, but canvas is not forgiving. With wood, you can sand it down, re-paint and redo if you mess up; wood is so forgiving,” acknowledging wood as being her favorite material to work with and paint on.
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Binder’s family includes her four sons, Mason, Brennan, Dax and Titan, daughter Jada and husband Cy. (Photo courtesy of Amy Binder)
Binder aside “Sweet Mother of Pie” owner Betti Jo Weber, with The Pie House sign Binder handmade. (Photo courtesy of Amy Binder)
Custom painted skillet by Binder. (Photo courtesy of Amy Binder)
Here Binder is shown with her mother, late grandmother and daughter, completing four generations. (Photo courtesy of Amy Binder)
By: Martha Crump
Most cattle producers can tell you quite a lot about balancing cattle diets for energy, protein, vitamins, and minerals based on the specific needs for their herd and type of operation.
A key factor, and one that is often overlooked, is that how your animals perform is also directly affected by their water intake.
Now many of you may already be thinking “well of course water is necessary, anybody knows that!”
In many years, as September marches into October, we are beginning to experience some return of rainfall. But as many of us know, that is not always the case. Often we are still experiencing hot and dry weather, and water supplies are dwindling.
When we find ourselves experiencing those types of fall conditions, it is critical to not only understand the daily water requirements for cattle, but also the impact that the quality of water can have on herd health and development.
To read more, pick up a copy of the October edition of North Texas Farm & Ranch magazine, available digitally and in print. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
By: Annette Bridges
A friend and I were recently talking about our husbands. She made a comment that I felt also perfectly described me and my hubby.
“He slows me and I hurry him. I’m sure that is why we do well together,” she said.
“Precisely!” I thought. Why?
Because when two different worlds collide, it can be magical.
No matter what those two different worlds are- a man and a woman with very different personalities, beliefs, or backgrounds, two partners with contrasting passions, strengths, or talents, or when a country boy marries a city girl.
To read more, pick up a copy of the October edition of North Texas Farm & Ranch magazine, available digitally and in print. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
Watauga, Texas, a suburb of Fort Worth, is known for its rich history as a railroad stop, but over the course of the last year, one teen girl has put it on the map for agriculture as well. Emma Harvey has lived in Tarrant County her entire life. Despite being highly involved in her local 4-H chapter, she still felt there was more she could do. In the spring of 2023, she stepped up to the plate to take over the title of Tarrant County Teen Miss Agriculture USA.
“It all started when I put in an application for the teen title here in Tarrant County,” explained Harvey.
The Miss Agriculture USA program is a national non-profit, age-inclusive pageant program that offers both competition and non-competition titles to women dedicated to the promotion of agriculture.
Read more in the October issue of North Texas Farm & Ranch magazine, available online and in print. Subscribe to our newsletter to receive NTFR in your inbox each week.
Photo by Hannah Claxton.
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