the farm life~the beauty of an 1850's home complete with post and beam barn that is absolutely gorgeous!
the simple life~
together for learning and living, growing and harvesting not only gardens, but souls
the homesteading life~
nurturing our very own...chickens for fresh eggs, hogs for delicious bacon, goats for raw milk, and our newest venture of raw cow milk! We are satisfied with making our own mozzerella cheese, cottage cheese, culturing our own buttermilk, and (drumroll) butter!
Isn't this butter churn beautiful? She's an original from the 1940's, and she works like a charm! A dear friend passed her on to us, knowing that we would use her as we ought . Afterall, this isn't a relic for the shelf...it's meant to be used!
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Oh I love it!! My girls and I were just watching a film on these very things. How very fun to read about it right here.
~Cinnamon
That looks like it would be a blast to use, but were you able to figure it out? :)
Blessings,
Kelsey
I am so excited for you!
Oh neat. My sister makes butter in her Bosch grain mill, but this is much cuter. haha
Raw cow milk - how tasty! Here in PA is not easy to purchase raw cow milk, but once in awhile, we are blessed with a gallon from a friend's farm.
Thank you for sharing ;-)
maria
That is so cool that you have a butter churn! We make butter in the Cuisinart. :)
Elizabeth
You are so very blessed!
So far I only have the chickens but I would love to have all the rest~sounds wonderful. Just need to convince My Brian~
Beautiful life isn't it? My daughters devised their own butter churn ( out of desperation lol) they put a plastic milk crate over the agitator of our wringer washer and then put in a 1 gallon jar of cream, pad well and turn it on. Ta Da! Butter with no effort!
Just curious - does your farm support you or do you also have an off-farm income?
Blessings,
So much creativity!!
Kelsey,
It is "dump and plug in", then Abigail (11) takes over from there with the pressing and rinsing.
Gail,
Unfortunately, my husby still has an outside job. The farm isn't profitable, but the goats pay for most everything. THAT is a blessing!
I wish I lived closer and could purchase some of your raw milk and butter. It is difficult to find where I live.
Oh my goodness. I am so happy I found {Thanks Lynette!} your blog. I just love farmhouses, and learning about farmlife. Maybe you will inspire me to churn some butter someday......
Yes, your butter looks SO yummy. There's nothing like homemade butter on homemade bread/rolls/buscuits. I make our butter about 1/2 of the time - I make mine by putting cream in a tightly sealed glass container & shaking (& shaking...& shaking...) for about 45 mins. If I don't do that, I get Amish-made butter from a local German Baptist farm store.
Blessings from Ohio...Kim W<><
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