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| Rainbow |
Posted - Nov 13 2005 : 5:36:16 PM
Hi
Thanks for the introduction and welcome. I have just signed on and am new to everything here including the whole E-mail thing. Anyhow I am an Ontario dairy farmer who loves chickens. My daughters and i are Mary Jane fans and are really enjoying her book. We knit and sew I also make cheese with our milk when I have time. I am looking forward to looking up interesting topics and people. Take care.Rainbow |
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| CityCat |
Posted - Dec 09 2005 : 4:31:45 PM
Schomberg, eh? I think you may be the closest one on this forum to Guelph! Well, that I know of... And people in the "know" call Toronto, the T-dot.  Just getting you up to date.  - Cat |
| JO AND AL |
Posted - Dec 07 2005 : 03:59:25 AM
 i wonder brenda, do u put any kind of sweetner in the yogurt when u make it? i like it as is but have no idea how to make it a bit sweeter, so the grandkids will like it, they like the store bought stuff, but i like to make my own everything if i can! my mother in law puts sometimes strawberries ect. in hers, but no matter what i tried it doesn't seem sweet enough!for them. jo!
love is all you need |
| YiberryYadeeKarin |
Posted - Dec 06 2005 : 12:59:18 PM
<<Keep your stick on the ice. Rainbow>>
Hi, Brenda! Are you a Red Green fan?
I was born and raised in Spokane, Washington and have been back since 1991. I was married for ten happy years (and two miserable ones at the end) to a Canadian. We lived in Ottawa (me= very briefly), Whitehorse (YK)(a summer), and Kimberley, BC (1.5 years).
Glad to see you on the boards! Karin |
| Rainbow |
Posted - Dec 04 2005 : 6:52:56 PM
hey Jo, I do make yogurt with our milk, i also make quark (a kind of small curd cottage cheese and kefir which is a fermented and cultured drink much like buttermilk in taste. yummy. they can also be made from pasturized milk from the store. get recipies from the glengarry cheese supply co @ www.glengarrycheesemaking.on.ca/ keep your stick on the ice eh Brenda |
| Rainbow |
Posted - Dec 04 2005 : 6:41:39 PM
Hi anna i have schafer sex links, they are a really pretty auburn colour. I only have 50, in canada thats the most you are allowed without purchasing quota. my daughter and her boyfriend built me a coop, it is really safe and comfy for my girls. tell me about your chickens, how many, what kind, how you market your eggs etc.
take care Brenda |
| JO AND AL |
Posted - Dec 01 2005 : 08:35:41 AM
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Originally posted by Rainbow
Hi
Thanks for the introduction and welcome. I have just signed on and am new to everything here including the whole E-mail thing. Anyhow I am an Ontario dairy farmer who loves chickens. My daughters and i are Mary Jane fans and are really enjoying her book. We knit and sew I also make cheese with our milk when I have time. I am looking forward to looking up interesting topics and people. Take care.Rainbow
Hi Rainbow another canadian gal here, do you make yogurt! with the milk? I have tried it with ordinary milk from the store, turns out pretty good, welcome to the farm gals eh? jo!
love is all you need |
| Annab |
Posted - Nov 30 2005 : 09:47:16 AM
Welcome Brenda!
I'm a chicken kind of gal too. The flock is increasing and so are the coops!
What kind of chickens do you have?
You'll find all sorts of tasty tidbits here. Careful! 'Cause time will fly!
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| Rainbow |
Posted - Nov 18 2005 : 4:38:00 PM
Hi Frannie,Ellen and Meg I,m glad to hear from all of you. Meg I loved your wedding! It was so elegant and down to earth all at the same time. I really enjoy living were we do. We are in the country but only a 45 min drive from Toronto(Trana if your a local). Toronto is a large city 3 million I think and the capital of Ontario.(lots of theatres, shopping and all that stuff.)The weather is much like the north USA snow in the winter, hot/humid in the winter. Lots of lakes for cottagers and the coastline of Lake Ontario is being/been restored or improved in most places so it's really pretty. I hope to travel into the states some day and see all the great places you people are from. My daugher jenny mae has done some traveling down the eastern seaboard and through the smokey mountains, so beautiful I can't wait. now making cheese is not so easy. the process is different for each cheese but they all start out much the same. I warm the milk to a specified temp and then add bacterial culture depending on the type of cheese. it is left to ripen here again for a specified amount of time. This creates flavour next add renet and leave it to set 30 to 45 min Renet causes coagulation After it is set it is like a soft jello now it needs to be sliced into pieces in the pot. a long knife is used for this. now i cook it raising the temp very slowly 1 degree per 5 min to a specified temp while stirring it to help the whey release from the curds when I'm done I have curds and whey just like little miss muffet. The curds are then made into cheese by packing them in a press and the whey can be used for many different things from animal feed to baking and cooking. thats a rough idea its quite a process but really worth it. Frannie your rag dolls sound like fun do you dress them in little coveralls? wouldn't that be fun. I am knitting socks right now because i want to hang handmade gifts on the christmas tree just like the pioneers did i am not a fast knitter so i may be in trouble here but i'm going to try. I sew whatever needs to be sewn mostly for my children or items for our church bazaar(craft sale) Thanks for expressing an interest I'd really like to hear about you ladies too. Brenda |
| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - Nov 16 2005 : 5:13:09 PM
welcome brenda .. oh do tell us about life in canada and how to make cheese! I have it on my 'to do in this lifetime' list to learn to knit! what do you sew? i make 'rag dolls' .. but that is about the extent of my sewing abilities. (rag dolls are SO forgiving of crooked seams!)
True Friends, Frannie |
| Lavender Cottage |
Posted - Nov 15 2005 : 05:00:28 AM
Welcome Brenda! Um, cheese - good thing I had breakfast. Can't wait to hear more about you. I'm a fellow newbie here too.
Ellen
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| Meg |
Posted - Nov 14 2005 : 5:30:08 PM
Hi Brenda and welcome to the forum!! Mozzarella is my favorite anyway! Mmmm, I bet it's just delicious. We are so glad you've joined us.
MaryJane's daughter,
Meg
megan@maryjanesfarm.org |
| Rainbow |
Posted - Nov 14 2005 : 2:21:46 PM
HI Still not to sure how this all works but... My husband and I milk in and around 40 Holstein cattle in a tie stall barn. I am the feed and calf rearing specialist.(nifty title eh!)(the eh part is Canadian) It's pretty busy, but my true love is the chicken coop were I keep 48 Shaver hens. They are free range to a point they have a coop and then a fenced in area to run. They escape regularly to eat my father-in-laws raspberries, very bad. I sell the eggs and people seem to be really excited to get fresh eggs. I like to make cheese but its tricky and time consuming. I make mozzarella mostly because it's the easiest and doesn't need to age. We eat it the next day. I have tried with no success to make cheddar. It's the cheddaring process that messes me up. I also enjoy making Gouda and Edam. Some sucess with camembert and cambozola. well have to go now. Keep your stick on the ice. Rainbow |
| Julia |
Posted - Nov 14 2005 : 1:02:39 PM
HI Rainbow! Glad you found us. What kind of cheese do you make, any fun ones?
"...the setting sun is like going into the very presence of God." Elizabeth Von Arnim |
| mollymae |
Posted - Nov 14 2005 : 12:40:05 PM
Welcome Rainbow Brenda
Molly
http://mollymaequilts.tripod.com
"This is love: to fly toward a secret sky, to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment. First to let go of life. Finally, to take a step without feet."~Rumi
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| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Nov 14 2005 : 10:33:11 AM
Welcome Brenda...I am sure glad you found us! You sound really interesting! I would love to know more about CAnada and will sure be asking you for hints when my cow (my first, a jersey heifer named Mona) calves in a month or so. I want to make cheese for sure!!
Jenny in Utah
It's astonishing how short a time it takes for very wonderful things to happen...Frances Burnette |
| lonestargal |
Posted - Nov 14 2005 : 08:38:04 AM
Hi and welcome to MJF!! I too would like to hear more about your farm. |
| BlueApple |
Posted - Nov 14 2005 : 05:37:29 AM
Welcome Brenda! Can't wait to hear more about your farm!
Julia
BlueApple Farm |
| MeadowLark |
Posted - Nov 13 2005 : 5:40:20 PM
Hi Rainbow! Welcome to the forum! We have lots of Canadian farmgirls here! Tell us more about you and your farm! Glad you found us! I love your screen name! Jenny from Kansas
If I keep a green bough in my heart, the singing bird will come. |
