Last night, Kalon invited us to attend a Feast in the Field, a fundraiser for The Mountain Roots Food Project in Crested Butte. He was cooking the entire meal, including two of our lambs, over open fire. Spectacular does not describe the experience. Kalon is truly a master, and his team, superb. Kalon is the … Continue reading
The man spent a lot of this and last month haying in Paonia, having mowed and baled three places, with one more cutting to go. The last three days were perfect haying weather for here, with the rains to begin next week, so we wanted to get it done. We have never cut our hay … Continue reading
but the man wanted me to be. He is a real lumberjack and yes, all you Monte Python fans, that song is stuck in your head now as well. 😉 Our stack of wood from last year is getting frighteningly small. The man usually gets wood after we hay in the summer, and I go … Continue reading
Today I went with the man to Paonia, so he could cut out dead wood from very neglected fruit trees before all of their leaves fall off, which would make it hard to tell what was dead until next spring. No, the trees are not the only things neglected there. Most of the trees seem … Continue reading
ok, since it was such a long time since an update, I may as well continue with today. coffee and raw cream, check. Thank God, as it really is the only reason for getting out of bed, except for the thought of ending the evening with wine. milking, check. hurry, we gotta go to the … Continue reading
After Mr. Zimmerman strained out the curds from the huge copper pot, he put them in a draining box lined with cheese cloth. The box had a sloping lip on the front for the whey to drain in a pail. He then scooped out some whey to pour on top of the curds in the … Continue reading
We were delighted to be able to see a demonstration of how cheese has been made for centuries using traditional equipment. I had never seen a wood burning oven like this and was so curious how the huge copper pot would be lifted on top of the burner. Arnold Zimmerman was the Swiss man who … Continue reading
Water, water everywhere, and not a drop to use. Â We irrigate our meadows with water from the river which is diverted into ditches through a head gate and onto the land. Â The pioneers who came to this valley in the mid 1800’s created this system and we are very lucky that our water rights are … Continue reading
I am learning, but it does take a while. This is only our second steer we raised to have been processed into beef, not including Elsa, and I try to be as careful as I can with instructions to our processor as to what to keep. Siegfried hung out at about 540#. I always ask … Continue reading
“MaaaaMaaaaa!!! I don’t want to be put in this pen with all these other babies!” “And there’s chickens in here!!!” “I also don’t want to be in here with you screamers!” It has to be done, putting in ear tags and also banding the little males. “But I don’t want to have and ear tag … Continue reading
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