Thank you Thistlebloom and skeeter9! Cant wait to try my hand at making different kinds of cheese! I made a lot of ice cream and yogurt this past year! Thistle, what kind of cheese did you make? Do you have any tips for me?
skeeter, twins and tripletts will usually always grow to the same size...
My goats milk tastes wonderful! No different than fresh cows milk. Creamy and rich. If my picky 21 year old son drinks it, you know it's good!! LOL! I just started milking last year. We drink it, make it into ice cream, yogurt and soap. So far I have not made cheese, but that is on the agenda...
Lesa, Lot's of goats milk for Ice cream, yogurt, soap and soon cheese.
Sorry about the large picture! I resized it but dont know why it turned out so lg.
One week later..Cocoa gave birth to twins.. Cocoa Chanel,(doe) and Cacoa, (buck). When Cocoa Chanel was born she was weak and could not stand, suckle or swallow. I brought her inside to bring her body temp up, rubbed top of her throught to get her sucking reflexes going, and gave her drops of...
I have been growing heirlooms for many years now! I would never be without them. So many to choose from. I usually grow around 60- 90 different varieties every year. I have favorites that I grow every year also, and some years those favorites do really well, and other times they struggle. A lot...
Thank you Catjac. Unheated, the GH still gives me about a three month extension on my growing season. I have yet to grow greens all winter, but plan on starting some from seed in about a week to see how they do this time of year. We just raised one side of the bed slightly, and filled with...
LOL! Sort of.. The GH is unheated, so I start all tomatoes from seed in my house! The seedlings are then moved into the GH and put in a cold frame (which I also drag into the GH come early spring).. I just put in hot water bottles and cover with blankets at night..Till planting time!!
Thank...
I have been growing Heirloom tomatoes for the past 20+ yrs. Every year I add new to me varieties. Last year I planted over 80 different varieties, but my large garden was pretty much a bust. The ones in GH did fantastic. Some will come back to give another try. New to me Heirloom tomatoes I will...