Kristie Wheaton

I'm sorry to tell you this Fred but your last post only has three deer....the middle one is a buck with his antlers growing.it is however NOT an elk.

One content momma!

Last night we had the very first piggies born on the lab! 8 healthy little babies in all

This Tims idea of a skiddable hay feeder for our crew...thanks to mike an violet for their help on it before they left!

Not only are Tim an I making burger from our own cows....sausage from our own pigs....but now we also are making cheese...butter...cream ...an the whey off of cheese for fermenting pig food even further! Also these are the cheese presses that Tim built for me.

Yesterday the kids an I worked on gingerbread houses ...

Well I don't know how many of you have heard of the magazine called GRIT ...but they have done a article on rocket mass heaters...there is an article online here http://www.grit.com/farm-and-garden/rocket-mass-heaters-zm0z15jfzreg.aspx?SlideShow=4 ...an they chose to print a few of my pictures. So I thought you all would like to see! Enjoy!

We are finally in a good spot with our milk cow an are getting plenty milk. We have played around with some soft cheese making an are starting to make ice cream too. But I would like to start making cheddar cheese now an so any recipes you may have....an that you would like to share would be greatly appreciated!

Digging holes for the posts