tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post7315431599572575232..comments2024-03-28T19:35:24.365-07:00Comments on Rural Revolution: Homesteading Question #2Patrice Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06012022335047974670noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-56226573628566616522010-04-14T15:20:10.907-07:002010-04-14T15:20:10.907-07:00That's the way my W.V. grandmother did it as w...That's the way my W.V. grandmother did it as well Patrice. A can of oats or whatever to keep her happy and calm during the milking process. The rest of the time they spent out in the hills eating grass.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03259932556508705087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-75706887430859755892010-04-14T08:49:53.064-07:002010-04-14T08:49:53.064-07:00Look forward to the articles in Backwoods Home on ...Look forward to the articles in Backwoods Home on cheese making as my husband is just about finished making my cheese press.<br /><br />I have made mozzarella before but want to try hard cheese. Any one have first hand experience on creating a "Simple" cheese cave?<br /><br />TinaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-53573872103271341212010-04-13T20:17:44.653-07:002010-04-13T20:17:44.653-07:00That is so great! I am finding that I trust less a...That is so great! I am finding that I trust less and less the "conventional" farming ways, and benefit so much from learning about the real experiences of real people. <br /><br />How wonderful to be able to finish beef without grain. I have always heard that the flavor can be really off if they don't have grain. But then I thought, what did people do before we have the giganitic corn industry? Large amounts of grain are certainly not what cows were created to eat! They were made to eat grass. <br /><br />I'm kind of sweet on our Dexter bull too..."Tonka" is his name. So far, he's been really gentle, but we are cautious just the same. I love your bull's name. Its perfect!Shawnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13573908493081781618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-29800679942543012542010-04-13T17:52:07.476-07:002010-04-13T17:52:07.476-07:00I like Dexter bulls because they have a good dispo...I like Dexter bulls because they have a good disposition (for a bull, that is).<br /><br />We never grain our animals. They're raised and finished exclusively on grass or grass hay. We provide a mineral block, of course, and I give Matilda (our Jersey) a little grain as a reward after milking, but that's it.<br /><br />- PatricePatrice Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06012022335047974670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-24802723694520995302010-04-13T16:33:21.837-07:002010-04-13T16:33:21.837-07:00Thank you Patrice! We keep a Dexter bull who has b...Thank you Patrice! We keep a Dexter bull who has bred our Jersey cows. We've not yet raised a calf up to butcher yet. <br /><br />I know I have probably officially exceeded my maximum number of allowed questions...but here's one more. :) How do you finish your Dexter beef? On grass alone? Hay, or a combination of hay/grain?<br /><br />I really look forward to reading your cheese article!Shawnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13573908493081781618noreply@blogger.com