We have black weed barrier and then the fluffy white stuff you see is sheep wool. We shear our sheep and use the wool around as many of our plants as I can

@ le but de cela est-ce pour la protection?

Wool helps with weed control but it also holds moisture and keeps the plant from drying out faster. It keeps the roots cooler in the summer so the plants don’t over heat and therefore they need less water and in the winter it gives a bit more insulation and helps protect the roots from freezing.

@ formidable, produit des plus utilitaires. Ça vaut de l’or pour vous! Continuez votre bon travail! Et surtout merci de partager tout votre savoir avec nous.

Thank you. It’s nice to use it as it’s a product we have available after shearing our sheep. Nothing gets wasted.

You can just vacuum seal we do know people that do it but we have never not used the mold inhibiting wax so I can’t personally speak for the longevity of the storage. If there is any moisture in the sealing of the bag (whey still coming out) it will produce mold that will spread through your cheese. As for length of storage. It depends on each cheese, your recipe, how cold your fridge is, what age you like it (mild, medium, strong). For “safety” reasons you should age a minimum of 60 days. The book we recommend in our videos goes over all these steps

Yeah best of luck and have fun!

You are very welcome! Enjoy! Soooo good

I did a triple patch like you. So far so good. I have a 2 cups of whey left. How long will it stay in fridge?

Great job! Whey can last in the fridge for a week or more

Oh and the bread freezes wonderfully

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It’s a two stage vacuum pump. Model 93600. 7 CMF bullet. 1/2 HP

Raw milk should already have the cream needed in it. Store bought milk that’s ultra pasteurized won’t work to make cheese like this even if you add cream back in due to the filtering and pasteurization. If you have access to “cream top” milk it will work for cheese but you will need calcium chloride

They will get as tall as they can. A fence will work for them to. They just might end up flopping over a bit.

One tablespoon per pound of oils

You are welcome. ☺️

Thank you. They are so comfortable! Like wearing PJ’s but they look stylish. ☺️

Here is a quick video of it in action! instagram.com/reel/Ck091h8Pezd/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Thank you so much. I hope it helps

That’s great that it worked for you. I wonder if you could sand down the board a bit so it will stow away properly? Enjoy your hide tanning!

@@connerty_meadows_farm I didn't even think of that! That's a great idea!

Hope it works!

lol that’s not even a 16th of them! 🫠

lol not that kind of herbs 😉

@@connerty_meadows_farm ( 😂 ) I don’t even smoke it. I just thought it was funny. 😅

lol me either! But yup it’s funny

Hope it helps.

If they are starting to mold on the outside then shell them and lay them out to dry. Keep turning them as often as you can remember to so the air can get to them from all sides. The “mold” should wipe off just fine or you can give a spritz of a diluted bleach water and then lay them out to dry turning often, It’s not something that will spread when you plant them it’s dampness mold. So wash your hand well after handling them. Some beans are different colours and shades of brown, so I’m not sure what you mean by tinge of brown sorry.

@@connerty_meadows_farm would diluted isopropyl work instead?

yup that should work fine to

they are actually carpenter bees ☺️ but cute and fuzzy none the less ☺️

What a difference in scenery you are going to have. Enjoy your adventures (and warmth!)

Thank you. Enjoy your cheese ☺️

From the point of the tip to the end of the pipe still attached is 30 inches

Yeah! I’m glad it helped. Enjoy your new milker.

Thank you. They are so comfy.

So for goats milk it easily over heats because of the natural sugars in the milk. When goats milk gets hotter it goes tan or can gel or partial gel. To avoid this happening it is put in the fridge to keep cooler and to keep its more white appearance. If you want to gel your soap or called forced gel and to avoid partial gel you can wrap it and the heat the soap makes will force it to gel. Sometimes gelling it will make natural colours pop a bit more. Some folks prefer their soaps gelled. Most people avoid gelling their soap with goats milk though as they simply don’t want that tan colour. Neither way is wrong it’s just a personal preference. Just know sometimes force gelling goats milk can cause volcanos and heat tunnels as well as the darker coloured soap.

100% using water and trying to make it shelf stable will make it moldy (I’ve tried it ☺️). If I use water I freeze it instead. But my freezer space is at a premium so canning is better for me and it lasts so much longer. Glad it helped you out

Yup a little bit. I think I need to do another farm tour.

Later in the season it’s completely normal for them to get it and then turn brown and look dead. The leaves will all fall off and you will think it’s dead. Not to worry come spring it will leaf out beautifully again. Some varieties are much more prone to it. There’s no need to treat it or worry about it. It won’t spread to other things in your garden. It’s just the way they are.

Yeah I’m so glad! Enjoy working with it.

That’s great! Keep on learning ☺️

I could try to give you pricing but we live in Canada and a lot of what we used was stuff we had on hand from previous projects. The rest of the lumber we used was rough cut from our local sawmill. You can always pause the video to look and count the lumber that was used.

You can though if it’s thick you may need to dilute it with water and then freeze it.

They are amazing! Good luck!

It is milkweed! ☺️

I will have to go digging for the list but I might!

The benefit is consistent cheese year round in taste, texture and colour also stronger curd. If you are using raw milk it is generally not needed in the beginning of the cows lactation. As the cow gets further in their lactation you need it to help set the curd. If you are using store bought milk you need it to help set the curd.

You are welcome

I live on a farm so stirring the curd with my hand is not something I would ever do because no matter how clean I think I could get I would never feel clean. A master cheese maker suggested the whisk to us so for the last 10+ years that we have been making cheese we use the whisk. So long as you do beat the curd it’s perfectly fine, stir gently and slowly it’s no different then using any other utensil. I don’t know where you live but where we are our well water is perfect. And we have a UV light and two other micro filters and a charcoal filter that our water goes through. It’s perfectly fine to consume. Also we can’t sell any of our products anyway as we live in Canada and it’s illegal so the cheese is for our own use only. We’ve been making cheese for 10+ years now this way and it’s always prefect.

It adds up to 100% including the pine tar as you need to enter pine tar into the soap calculator to make sure you get the right amounts for the lye. I have written 5% super fat so when you input it into a soap calculator you know to specify that it’s a 5% super fat. That 5% is not a separate oil. Good luck!

@@connerty_meadows_farmdo we get to see the final product?

Gosh I thought it was in the video. It’s been a few years since I made this video. Maybe I need to do another one just to update it a bit.

Thanks! ☺️

Soooo good!

You could look into outside propane stoves (camp stoves) I know many canners use them and it keeps the kitchen cooler while canning

@@connerty_meadows_farm I have one on the BBQ but it's always so windy it takes forever to cook.

Yeah you really need a covered area to use them

Thank you for watching. I love the design as well. So easy to use and pack away!

Thank you

They will be fine. I live in Canada. We get negative 40 deg C and my chickens are always fine. Chickens need a draft free place to live with good ventilation

100% safe to eat. We put poop on the garden every fall and spring. It’s just “compost”. If the poop is too “hot” or fresh it will burn the seeds and they won’t grow. So if a plant volunteered it means that the poop was composted enough to be safe and that makes whatever fruit it bears safe to eat. We take our compost from one of two poop piles to apply to my garden or in my garden beds. Seeing volunteers to me means it’s breaking down beautifully and will mean an amazing garden next season

In my experience you need sh1t to get a good harvest.

Exactly!!

We do live on a farm and the milk comes from our cow. But it certainly isnt free. Feed, care, vet, etc for the cow is expensive. Milker, pumps, filters for milking is like $5000. Culture, renet, pots, etc is also not free. So regardless if you have your own cow or not it’s still expensive. The difference is we know exactly what goes into our cheeses ☺️

It may very well be, but we know exactly what is in our cheese right down to what the cow is fed. And that matters to us.

It's also unique

There’s no way it’s more expensive to make your own cheese!

If you account for the care and feed one has to put into a cow it may be more expensive in the beginning. But yeah I agree overall making your own cheese is less costly then purchasing it

To ensure air flow as well as to have different pressure points.

@@connerty_meadows_farm hos long should you do it after making the cheese?

A couple times a week for best results.

@@connerty_meadows_farm Thank you :)

You are very welcome.

They should be cut when dormant (Ontario, Canada) that can be between December to early March. Once they start to break bud they have a harder time transplanting. So you can’t cut in like June and try to use the same method. In June you would be better off digging it up to plant/transplant. You generally can’t cut and plant simply due to the amount of cold/snow and frozen ground. I have tried to cut and keep in the fridge and plant in June but none took because it was too hot and they didn’t grow roots.

Yeah the soil around here is totally hit and miss! Good luck and I’m glad I could help. I’ve shown videos of how big these plants have gotten on my IG and FB pages. So you know I’m not just making things up ☺️. Same farm name if your interested in seeing them