Goats milk butter on the way

We ordered our cream seperator today as a first step towards on farm butter production from our nigerian dwarfs goats milk. Hunter tested the process by filling a mason jar about three fourths with milk... And walking around for 2 days shaking it vigerously. It actually worked to make a nice mound of fresh butter, white as a cloud. The taste and texture was perfect.

So to make this on a regular basis we ordered a centrifugal cream seperator. This will pull cream from the milk, leaving skim milk. Then we can use a churn to turn the cream into butter and buttermilk.

Stay tuned to se how it goes!

Pork available!

Wehave another round of the famous Red Wattle pork avaible now. This pork is pastured and suplemented with SOY FREE and CORN FREE organic feeds. It should also be a tad on the leaner side.

If you've been waiting to receive some pork, now is the time. Supplies are limited and there won't be any more until the end of the year.

If you have already reserved some, we will be contacting you this week for final arrangements.

Remember we now offer 4 types of curing for bacon and ham (included traditional true nitrate free cures) plus a variety of sausage styles.

Get yours while supplies last!

Summer mornings

One of the best things about living on a small farm are summer mornings. Leaving the window open at night brings nature right inside at daybreak. We can lay in bed and as the day wakes up we hear turkeys softly calling as the roam, a sheep or lamb calling out to the flock, and the obligatory rooster crows. Laying in bed listening to our little world waking up is peaceful and fulfilling. It reminds me of man's greatest calling.... To care for the earth on which we live.

First aggressive rooster

Discovered our first aggressive rooster yesterday. Poor Kaelyn was moving the jeargens to the main coop and twice had to deal with an unfriendly one. Two of the roosters fought back at her. No injuries but she was scared. One even grabbed her nose and refused to let go. We are very thankful she wasn't hurt.

This I'd the first time in over 3 years a rooster has been aggressive. I am suspecting it is in the breed. We are already unhappy with this breed because of a low sturdiness. We lost over half of them to one reason or another.

These sort of genetics we don't need on our farm.... So... Freezer time!

Busy Busy!

Sorry for the lack of posting lately.. believe me it is NOT because nothing is happening around the farm. In fact just the opposite is true. There is a LOT going on, so much we can barely keep up. To make things even more busy, we lost our farm hand to a move out of state, so I am maintaining everything myself now. Summer is normally a very busy time, and we have added so many things this summer that its a bit hard to keep up.

It looks like we are finally getting organized enough to slow down a little bit, at least to normal. I hope to be able to post some of the exciting projects we have going. This summer has been a string of success and failures. More lessons learned, and more new things tried. Part of hte fun of running a small farm these days is exactly that.. the discovery and experimentation. There is so much to learn that we have lost over the last century... so much wisdom and knowledge that just isnt available anymore, that every day is an exploration into the cutting edge. Believe me, my background is in high tech computer stuff, and running a small sustainable farm creating organic nutrient dense food is the most challenging and exciting thing I have ever undertaken. Technology is easy, nature... that is something totally different and complex!