Finding the beauty in simple farm life and the joy in tending to the good, positive, and pure.

A wooden fence with white handwritten lettering reading 'Crooked Creek Farm 3745'. Behind the fence is a pond or small lake surrounded by green grass and fields, with a colorful sunset sky above. The location appears rural and peaceful.

At Crooked Creek Ranch, we believe that life on the farm is all about fun, family, and the joy of raising cows. And boys. Oh those boys.

We invite you to explore our blog where you’ll find us living life to the fullest. Whether you’re a fellow farmer or just a farmer at heart, we hope to inspire you to not take life too seriously and live a life worth living. It is too short for anything less.

Welcome to the Creek. Where God, family, and cattle reign supreme.

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Sweat, Sunsets, and Summer Hay: Life on the Ranch This Week
Sweat, Sunsets, and Summer Hay: Life on the Ranch This Week

There’s nothing quite like the hum of a tractor, the smell of fresh-cut grass, and the golden rolls of hay dotting the pasture under a wide Alabama sky. But when the hay gets ready to cut right in the middle of the hottest week of the summer, things get really interesting really fast.

Alabama Blueberry Bread: A Farmhouse Favorite Bursting With Blueberries
Alabama Blueberry Bread: A Farmhouse Favorite Bursting With Blueberries

If you’re looking for a tried-and-true Alabama Blueberry Bread recipe that’s full of sweet Southern flavor and perfect for summer baking—this one’s it. It’s chocked full of juicy, sweet blueberries and spiced with a perfect spice blend to make it perfect for holiday gatherings and holiday gifting as well!

Blackberry Cornmeal Cake
Blackberry Cornmeal Cake

A rustic summer cake with a golden crumb, juicy blackberries, and old-fashioned charm. This Blackberry Cornmeal Cake is the kind of dessert that tastes like home — humble, hearty, and packed with summer flavor. It’s the cake you make when the blackberries ripen on the fence line, and your kids come running in with stained hands and scratched up arms from picking.

Brandon and Erin Glover and their boys-the Crooked Creek Ranch cattle-hands.

Meet the Glovers.

I’m Erin, and these are my boys: my husband Brandon (isn’t he cute?!?) and our sons David, Grant, and Logan. They inspire me daily and fill my life with so much creativity and joy. Their laughter, curiosity, and love of adventure are the heart of this blog, and they serve as my muses in everything I share. We cover everything from their wild antics and meaningful life lessons to helpful products, tips, and recipes we enjoy here on the ranch. We want to inspire you to embrace life. Kick off your boots, pull up a chair, and hang out with us for a while!

“The ultimate goal of farming is not the growing of crops, but the cultivation and perfection of human beings.”

— Masanobu Fukuoka

The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.

Psalm 19:1

Curious Black Angus cow in the foreground under a sunny Central Alabama sky.
Young boy enjoying a break on the ranch after a long day of farm chores in rural Central Alabama.
Open hay field with round hay bales scattered across the dry grass, bordered by green trees under a partly cloudy sky.
Herd of cattle grazing in a green pasture with yellow wildflowers and tree line in the background.
Jersey calves in a grassy pasture behind a wire fence on a cloudy day, with a large oak tree in Central Alabama.
Two young boys playing in a sunlit pasture with cattle in the background, enjoying a slow farm day on the ranch.
Cattle behind a barbed wire fence in a green pasture, with a lone cow in the distance under a cloudy farm sky.
Child riding on a brown and black cow in a ranch pasture at sunset, surrounded by grazing cattle under a glowing sky.
Two farm kids in camo hoodies resting in a truck bed, looking out at the open pasture under a bright blue Alabama sky.
A man with glasses and a safety green shirt standing in a grassy field with Red Angus cows around him, some grazing and some looking toward the camera. The background features a green field and a line of trees.
Young calf in a green pasture with adult cows, with a distant herd near the treeline on the rural horizon..

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