The Dusty Boot Ranch is a multi-generational family property. In 2017, we moved in and began exploring uses for the land. Over the last several years we have had bees, chickens, guineas, cows, goats, and gardens — all with varying degrees of success. In 2024, we began shifting our primary focus to restoration of native Blackland Prairie habitat, with a particular effort toward encouraging our native and migratory bird populations.
The original Dusty Boot Ranch was the Kenagy family home on 25 acres of pastureland near Leander, Texas, when Robyn and her brothers were growing up. We shared the ranch with cows, horses, chickens, bees, dogs and cats. As the city surrounded us we sold the property and home that were Dusty Boot Ranch, but sustained idea of the ranch in our lives. In late 2016, Neil and Karen proposed to Aaron and Robyn that the two families look for property near the Austin area where they could both live and pursue various agricultural endeavors. In January, 2017, we found that property east of Georgetown.
It will take time for all of our goals for the Dusty Boot Ranch to be realized, but we are excited to restore and improve our little slice of prairie.