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How To Break In New Cowboy Boots

Posted on February 18, 2015 by The Goat Cheese Lady

When we lived in the city, I considered myself an urban farm girl.  I milked goats, made cheese, gardened, canned, pulled goat kids out of their mamas, gave shots to goats that needed them, slaughtered chickens, autopsied rabbits.  But I … Continue reading →

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The Freeze – uncut

Posted on October 7, 2014 by The Goat Cheese Lady

If it hasn’t happened yet in your neck of the woods, The Freeze is looming.  It’s the bane of the end of summer, or the benefit of the end of summer, I go back and forth depending on the year.  But in … Continue reading →

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Video: Supplies You Need To Make Cheese At Home

Posted on September 18, 2014 by The Goat Cheese Lady

Now, I’m not going to say this is the highest quality film making, but heck…it’s my first one.  Just because my Great Aunt Ramona and my Grandfather worked at Alexander Film Company 272 years ago does not mean I inherited … Continue reading →

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What We Do With Egg Shells:

Posted on June 11, 2014 by The Goat Cheese Lady

1.  Get a basket. 2.  Put it under the sink. 3.  Every time you use an egg, put the shell in the basket…even with the stringy, sticky egg whites still sliming it. 4.  Leave them there until they pile so high … Continue reading →

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Bring On The BEES! Part 2

Posted on May 29, 2013 by The Goat Cheese Lady

Continued from Bring On The BEES!  Part 1: 8.  Then Get Them:  Here’s where it gets interesting.  I was teaching a class last Saturday morning and noticed a message on my phone around 9 am.  I listened to it around 2 … Continue reading →

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Bring on the BEES! Part 1

Posted on May 27, 2013 by The Goat Cheese Lady

I found out a couple of days ago…we do bees the same way we did goats: Think about it for a while, talk about it, not do it, then do it, talk about building their home, then start it, then not … Continue reading →

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Who Guessed Dottie???

Posted on April 16, 2013 by The Goat Cheese Lady

If you guessed Dottie…YOU WERE RIGHT!!! Congratulations!  You win an all expense paid trip to the barn tonight to take care of her!  And her baby! Yes, 4 days of labor is long.  She wasn’t in full-on labor the whole time, … Continue reading →

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Mozzarella, Mozzarella, Why Dost Thou Fail Me? Part 1

Posted on February 17, 2013 by The Goat Cheese Lady

I have, to date, taught over 500 people to make mozzarella in The Goat Cheese Making Class. (See Annie below stretching raw goat mozarella).  In EVERY SINGLE CLASS, I tell students that you can make mozzarella with any kind of milk, … Continue reading →

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Lessons Learned: Part 3

Posted on February 5, 2013 by The Goat Cheese Lady

The pictures contained herein are potentially vomit-causing if you are faint hearted or light of stomach.  Proceed with your eyes open or with your eyes closed, whichever you choose.  I am not too faint of either organ, so I find … Continue reading →

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Should I Make Cheese Making Videos?

Posted on January 11, 2013 by The Goat Cheese Lady

There are lots of cheese making videos on YouTube, so why should I add more?  Do we need more cheese making videos in the world?  I don’t know. But, I just kind of want to do it.  We’ve been thinking about … Continue reading →

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