There comes a time in the life of every homesteader when you look at your breakfast plate and you see the homegrown eggs, the garden fresh vegetables, maybe the homegrown bacon, and you start to wonder what life would be like if you had a glass of raw milk from your own cow or goat…
Learn how to safely dry up a lactating dairy cow so that she stops producing milk prior to freshening at the birth of her next calf.
Is it wrong to give a dairy cow feed with grain? The rage is all about 100% grass-fed dairy, but we’re giving our family milk cow grain and here’s why.
This isn’t a ranting post though. More of a rambling one. Though I’m sure if you gave me a minute a topic could come to mind.
The “new thing” I learned this month was how to milk a cow. And care for the cow before and after milking; how to handle the milk; that raw milk is really delicious- and no, I’m not just saying that! I honestly expected to make some huge transition in order to force myself to get…
