Blackbird
Goat Whisperer
Welcome Frosty!
I guess I should introduce myself.--something to say
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Frosting
Lovin' The Homestead
Wow, I go do milking and chores and come back to a busy thread! 
To those who envy the farm life, I can't imagine not having the farm so, I can understand.
My DH isn't allowed to touch the garden. I do everything from hauling the manure to tilling to planting to harvest and putting it up. Speaking of gardens, I should visit mine again. It's so busy here I haven't been out to it in a couple of days. I wonder if the green beans I replanted last week have come up? They seem to be a hard thing to grow this year as everyone I've talked to keeps replanting them. :/ Potatoes should probably be hilled and then mulched. The rest of the garden is mulched so I don't have to worry about the weeds.
freemotion, most of our milk gets sold to a cheese factory but, I do make yogurt and have tried cheese curds and mozzarella. The cheese curds were different than I'm use to and I have a new recipe but, haven't tried it yet. The mozzarella did not turn out well either. Oh well, I will try again! I've made buttermilk too. But, I don't bake much this time of the year so, I don't have any going right now.
Thank you for the welcomes.
To those who envy the farm life, I can't imagine not having the farm so, I can understand.
My DH isn't allowed to touch the garden. I do everything from hauling the manure to tilling to planting to harvest and putting it up. Speaking of gardens, I should visit mine again. It's so busy here I haven't been out to it in a couple of days. I wonder if the green beans I replanted last week have come up? They seem to be a hard thing to grow this year as everyone I've talked to keeps replanting them. :/ Potatoes should probably be hilled and then mulched. The rest of the garden is mulched so I don't have to worry about the weeds.
freemotion, most of our milk gets sold to a cheese factory but, I do make yogurt and have tried cheese curds and mozzarella. The cheese curds were different than I'm use to and I have a new recipe but, haven't tried it yet. The mozzarella did not turn out well either. Oh well, I will try again! I've made buttermilk too. But, I don't bake much this time of the year so, I don't have any going right now.
Thank you for the welcomes.
big brown horse
Hoof In Mouth
Howdy Frosting!
My cousin Scooter worked at a cheese factory in WI when we were all teenagers. (By then my dad moved us all to TX, we still haven't forgiven him!) We always teased him because his job was literally to cut the cheese....haha!
Anyhoo, welcome. Can't wait to "milk" you for info! (<-lame I know.)
My cousin Scooter worked at a cheese factory in WI when we were all teenagers. (By then my dad moved us all to TX, we still haven't forgiven him!) We always teased him because his job was literally to cut the cheese....haha!
Anyhoo, welcome. Can't wait to "milk" you for info! (<-lame I know.)
freemotion
Food Guru
Wow, that flatulence theme is infiltrating so many threads today! Whew! Someone light a match!
Sorry, Frosting, this is how it is here.....gets a bit "barnyard...."
Sorry, Frosting, this is how it is here.....gets a bit "barnyard...."
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Frosting
Lovin' The Homestead
Don't worry, I've read the flatulence in other threads today. It's kind of fun.freemotion said:Wow, that flatulence theme is infiltrating so many threads today! Whew! Someone light a match!
Sorry, Frosting, this is how it is here.....gets a bit "barnyard...."
big brown horse
Hoof In Mouth
Frosting you get up sooo early!!
That was one weird thing about moving to the west cost I'm the last one to go to bed and the last one to wake up.
That was one weird thing about moving to the west cost I'm the last one to go to bed and the last one to wake up.
Dace
Revolution in Progress
You and me both!big brown horse said:
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big brown horse
Hoof In Mouth
WOW! Even with the 2 hour time difference that is still early!
How many cows do you milk each morning? What is a typical morning like for you?
Dace, what time does the sun set about this time of year for you? Here it is 10:30! I have a hard time getting my daughter to sleep at night at a decent hour! Then the sun is up by 4:30 in the morning!! I don't know how my poor chickens get any sleep at all!
It is so strange!
How many cows do you milk each morning? What is a typical morning like for you?
Dace, what time does the sun set about this time of year for you? Here it is 10:30! I have a hard time getting my daughter to sleep at night at a decent hour! Then the sun is up by 4:30 in the morning!! I don't know how my poor chickens get any sleep at all!
It is so strange!
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Frosting
Lovin' The Homestead
I'm up by 4:30! Get up. Make DH's lunch and head for the barn. DH usually does morning milking while I do the chores. We're normally back in the house by 6. Make breakfast and send DH off to work. During the school year it's get the kids ready for school and then off.
Afternoon/Evening chores and milking DH is gone for so they are mine except when the kids are out of school. Then I get help with chores!
Now as the kids are getting older I'm getting back into the fields more. I have had neighbors, in the past before the kids, tell me to stop and let them catch up with me. I was wearing them out just watching me.
We are a small dairy farm. Numbers of cows milking vary as they dry off and come in but, usually right around 30. 30-70 is common for a small operation here. Then there are the big operations that run over 100. There are a number of farms within a 20 mile drive of us that are in the 200+ range.
I suppose I better go make some lunch and get back to work.
Afternoon/Evening chores and milking DH is gone for so they are mine except when the kids are out of school. Then I get help with chores!
Now as the kids are getting older I'm getting back into the fields more. I have had neighbors, in the past before the kids, tell me to stop and let them catch up with me. I was wearing them out just watching me.
We are a small dairy farm. Numbers of cows milking vary as they dry off and come in but, usually right around 30. 30-70 is common for a small operation here. Then there are the big operations that run over 100. There are a number of farms within a 20 mile drive of us that are in the 200+ range.
I suppose I better go make some lunch and get back to work.
