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If this is the pumpy thing you are talking about... I have one and LOVE it. http://udderlyez.com/goat_milkers.php The only trouble is the handle broke after about 6 months and I haven't had the money to replace it. :( I've never been able to use the inserts either, but overall it really made...

We've got Pygmy goats.... but "one finger milking" ain't for me. lol I have huge hands... the does have tiny teats... I don't think my arthritis would thank me. :P We raise ours for meat. I'm not able to deal with the big goats anymore. I have heard other people swear by the milk from the...

She lives just to the north of me and the storms are just now hitting here......

Not sure how "depending on the neighbors" would play out here in a time of real need. I've only got two neighbors close enough to see from my house. The one below us is my uncle, lives alone, works at a public job so only helps a little in the garden sometimes and will help me catch a cow if...

Happy Birthday! yeah, I know, I know.... I'm a couple a days late and a dollar short.... story of my life. Hope you had a good one!

I've got to churn up a few gallons of milk today or tomorrow. The 'fridge is full again.

Yes it is! I'm enjoying it. :P

Bee, you always remind me of my Pa. Not the age, but just the way you phrase things sometimes. I might not always agree with every little thing you say, but I respect the fact you are blunt and to the point. I always think of a thing he told us kids hundreds of times... "plain talk is easy...

I'm still on BYC too, but it sure is refreshing to see folks like me who can love their animals but understand their place in the food chain too. I've been reading all the old threads... I've got a lot of ideas so far. I'm really enjoying the research.

I know, took me a while huh? I actually fit in better with this crowd I think. ;)

Ummm Cindi...? You can find it. :D Now I'm a nice, respectful, law abiding, upstanding citizen. A regular boyscout. I would never ever sell raw milk. It's plainly illegal to do such a thing. That's just WRONG! :old But if a friend and neighbor happened to show up with a jug....? And...

Hey Cindi!!! :frow

We don't separate ours. I just milk the cow, bring it straight inside and strain it into a clean jug and refridgerate it. You can drink it warm, but I like it better once it chills. Anytime we want a glass of milk we just shake it up and pour. I reckon it's supposed to be deadly as there are...

I ran a search, didn't find a thread asking this and I'm just curious. We have a Jersey milk cow now, but have had both dairy cows and goats in the past. I am just curious who all else uses raw milk. I can't be the only one....

Thanks for the welcome everyone! I missed your post yesterday, but hi there Bee. :frow Deb; the persimmon is I guess American. It's just a wild local persimmon that came up volunteer on the old fence row about 20 years ago or so and I left it when I cleared that area since it was producing...

Thanks for the welcome, and yes Ma'am, it's the same plant. We boil the leaves and tops of the young shoots like turnip greens or mustard greens and the young shoots (under two feet or so) we peel off the hard stringy outer layer and slice it, then bread it and fry it up like fried okra. I can...

The only lard we ever rendered was in a 30 gallon cast iron kettle outside. We would just set a small amount of fat (a few handfulls) in the kettle then set it over a hardwood fire. We have a lard paddle, looks sorta like a narrow boat paddle that we stir it with. That is usually the kid's job...

Thanks. I'm not advanced really, just raised poor and always had to make do. Over the years it has became a way of life. Our garden done poor over all this year. The very early spring planting done great. Had the first crop of tomatoes, peppers of several kinds, eggplant, greens, okra and...

Hi everyone. I've been a member on BYC for years but just now joining here. Looking forward to reading up on the different posts. I already see a few people I know from "over yonder". I'm in the northeast corner of Mississippi, raise a large garden, have fruit and nut trees, a few berries...