🤔 Think I see where this is going :lol:
Tractor you can use right away. Heifer, you've got about a year to hug & wait for milk. You just like her looks☺️
Same here -- just me. But I grow veg, can, freeze, buy only discounted meats. Occasionally raise a pig or send a goat to butcher. Some yrs I butcher a couple young, excess roo. This yr hatching so prob will be fall freezer fill. I keep & milk goats to have milk, cream, cheese, etc. pretty...
I buy from ForJars...nice product. It's not the lids, just what gets between lid & glass rim. People have been successful canning with fats in product. 😊
Still overcast & all day, off & on drizzles...thru Fri. Be glad to see the sun!! Actually had some clearing late day yesterday, with...
So next time you make broth, just cool it, remove the tallow reheat broth & pressure can. Same with tallow, reheat, strain, jar it. 😄 Then you have the best of both to use together or not ☺️ I reduce the "oils" in my broth that way. It's a consideration when the canner causes venting. If...
Coffee is up. Couple light chores and off to work. Overcast, cool 57 out & rains predicted for later.
It's been a really cool May around here. Esp late in the month. Odd really.
😁 Honestly, I'd be happy to milk for an owner while on vacay. I really only want the cream for butter. The goats give me all the milk I need, smaller to handle, easier to clean after. 🙄 I just buy butter! Goat butter is bland, unlike from cow cream.
I heard alarm, mumbled and turned it off. Went back to 😴 a friend called be & woke me back up. Fine. I'm up and at the coffee pot. Need to get out and moving.....things need to be done. Being home means I still have work to do. :old
Watch for pork sales. Boston butts here....I'll have them cut one into 3 "steaks" for me, vac seal at home. Sometimes I don't want to cook a full one. When loins go on sale again, I'll buy & slice into chops. Couple $ a# less than any already cut.
I have some I need to plant....garden, pots, whatever! Garden still not tilled, up & working. I'm a month late!! Thankfully, my growing season is long. Actually some things liking warm wouldn't be getting planted until now.
Gosh, it's 46 outside...very cool here for late May. Plus it's only 66 inside 😵💫 that one little 3" opening in the kitchen window. Brrrr. Wasn't expecting the chill. So coffee sure seemed s.l.o.o.o.w. making. Could hardly wait. Had slept until 7, another surprise.
But the sun is shining. The...
Shop prices on the milk powder. You save another few $$$....even a 50#bag. You could always split with Godchild if too much at once. 😊
I keep a small bag of powdered "in case" even tho I have milk goats & some canned. Ya never know!
Today's economy makes knowing & doing older methods a good thing. Never knew or thought about the cob syrup. 🤔 Might have to give some a try -- curiosity !! Then, I don't use corn syrup. Plain old sugar. But if sweetener was around ??? I drink my coffee straight. Milk is always here, on...
@CrealCritter I want a milk cow but simply to make butter....otherwise my goats provide excellent milk in quantities I can use. The Saanen girls give 1-2 gal a day of excellent milk. Goats like a friend, herd animals & goats have an escape personality. Honestly, my milking Saanens have the...