Healthy & homemade..In our house, we look for all the opportunities to make room for our favorite guest at the dinner table- BUTTER! This being said we have it stock piled in our freezer and lathered on just about everything, one of our favorites being homemade bread. After all it is a health food. It's actually true! Butter is a healthy source of: saturated fat (that has a protective effect against heart diseases and stroke), Vitamins- A, D, & K-2, and rich in fatty acid (oleic acid) … [Read more...] about How to make Butter
Archives for May 2020
But first, Coffee.
C is for Car and F is for F-itGosh so my avid friend ADHD is always faithful to make sure I'm aboard the crazy train at all times- which turned me into a dog breeder. Long story short, Copper B Farms has blessed me with an abundance of new friends across the U.S. anddd one more thing to tend to. We are now up to 4 breeding dogs and with the stud dog (old papa bear the baloney pony) located a solid 3 hours away, I'm spending countless hours driving the pavement with a hairy/ready to get some side … [Read more...] about But first, Coffee.
Handling Raw Milk
Steps to safely handle and store raw milk.And just when your fingers are about to fall off after a 20 minute milking session, back to the grindstone ya go! Having a dairy animal is -yes- a lot of work to milk but rewarding if you can put the milk to full use (cheese, butter, yogurt). You can check out how we prep and hand milk our family milk cow here.Now, lets get this milk to the house!Place a milk filter into your strainer.Place the strainer on your jar and pour the milk into the basin of the … [Read more...] about Handling Raw Milk
How to Milk a Cow
This is either going to make you quit drinking milk or buy a cow.This is Barley, our 2nd milk cow on the homestead. She is 5 years old- a 3rd time calving Jersey cow. After milking our first cow, Brie I'm growing to love the challenge of identifying what each cows quirks and preferences are for milking. Brie was very spoiled, demanded grain in her face thee entire time. If you took too long she would kick the bucket. Barley is a pain to move, it's all that hornage, horning up into my back. It'll … [Read more...] about How to Milk a Cow