the-gnole wrote:You'll need to learn butter making then Su.
Are you going to do dry curing and other methods of preserving rather than relying on freezing?
If I had a cow I would (I hate goats with a vengence - pets of the devil!!)
My goal next year is to look at other ways of perserving - not just meats, but veg/fruit too. I know I am too reliant on the 3 freezers we have!!!!
That's what gold top is for Su, supermarkets have all the stuff you need to learn butter making.
Have you a dairy farm near you?
Have you made the trip to Acton Scott, where they filmed some of the "Victorian farm" stuff, they do buttermaking their as part of their daily(?) exhibtions. It is a great place to go and see how things will one day return if we carry on the way we are.
the-gnole wrote:
Have you made the trip to Acton Scott, where they filmed some of the "Victorian farm" stuff, they do buttermaking their as part of their daily(?) exhibtions. It is a great place to go and see how things will one day return if we carry on the way we are.
Some fantastic courses there - I have mentioned it to OH and I will certainly be looking at next years offerings. He quite fancies the green woodworking one. I'm spoilt for choice!!!!
Even a day trip to look around is good for picking up good ideas, and for sussing out their collection of horse drawn equipment.
Also looking at things like their lister engine chugging away producing electric, their kiln for pottery, cycle powered sheep shearing kit and winnowing equipment, milk churning demo, bee keeping, fish ponds for food going back to Monastic times.
Sue, let me know how the pigs go, we could probably do that here with friends - we arent all that keen on pork but could barter and share. The Americans on my homesteading forums reckon keeping chickens for meat is not seriously worth it, unless you live really out in the backhills 100 miles from a shop.
