Monthly Archives: May 2013

Milk, Milking Updates..

Posted on May 23, 2013 by Just another day on the farm

Amazing wonderful milk, this is Girls official first day of Milk, that past couple days have been classified as colostrum milkings (the first five milkings). I am thrilled I am totally overwhelmed So lets talk about the colostrum first off, … Continue reading →

Posted in Famiy Mik Cow, raw milk | Tagged Butter, Cheese, Cream, Family Milk Cow, Farmers cheese, Raising a calf, Raw Milk, small Farm, yogurt | 9 Comments

Lilac Jelly

Posted on May 22, 2013 by Just another day on the farm

Its that time of year to make lilac jelly or syrup.. collect your flower bunches, don’t cut the branches to do this, just break off the flower clusters only, you will need to pick the flowers themselves off the stems, … Continue reading →

Posted in Life moves on daily | 6 Comments

Our first butter- Colustrum Butter.

Posted on May 21, 2013 by Just another day on the farm

So, I have a lot of plans for the fresh extra colostrum that Girl is producing, and while I like making the slow cooked cheese’s/puddings, the issues is that they are cooked and we lose so much of the best … Continue reading →

Posted in Life moves on daily | Tagged butter made out of colustrum, Colostrum butter, Family cow, Family cow butter, Homemade butter, Homemade colustrum butter | 3 Comments

Starting the Milking Routine -by DH

Posted on May 21, 2013 by Just another day on the farm

Appropriately enough, the start of my week’s vacation coincided with the birth of Glenda the calf and our new milking obligations. After yesterday’s experimentation, we resolved that we’d set the milking schedule at 7 AM and PM; thus, we set … Continue reading →

Posted in Critters | Tagged Milking Girl, Milking Routine, Milking the family cow | 11 Comments

Rhubarb, Apple-Mint, Spruce Tip Crumble Recipe

Posted on May 21, 2013 by Just another day on the farm

The crumble was around eight to ten cups of rhubarb, one cup of cleaned loose leafs of apple mint (that I then sliced) and about half a cup of small spruce tips cut into bits one cup of sugar (depending on … Continue reading →

Posted in Food Production and Recipes | Tagged mint, rhubarb, spruce tip crisp recipe | 5 Comments

Opps, Glenda has Arrived! -Healthy new Heifer calf…

Posted on May 20, 2013 by Just another day on the farm

What a morning its been.. Glenda has arrived.. things are so far going very well.. still getting the hang of this standing thing! Girl is a awesome momma and did it all by herself. Been up, walked, had a nurse, time … Continue reading →

Posted in Life moves on daily | 11 Comments

Dandelion Flower Fritter Balls Recipe

Posted on May 19, 2013 by Just another day on the farm

Ok so Dh had a busy morning, it had started to rain, I had made the bread, another batch of nettle tea, had the lilacs in their jars or in the drying trays, same with the spruce tips, and hoping … Continue reading →

Posted in Food Production and Recipes | Tagged Dandelion Flower Fritters recipe, Dandelion Fritters, Dandelions | 4 Comments

Garden Friday Report May 8th to 16th 2013

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Just another day on the farm

Well, Its a good thing I am writing things down in the farm book to help keep track of these things for this post but wow, I can see that in true harvest time, this is going to be a … Continue reading →