Before I went out, though, I had to get this Traditional Swiss in the press. The new press is very nice. It was pricey but being awakened by 40-50 pounds of cast iron barbell weights hitting the floor in the middle of the night because the cheese is pressing on an angle is a bit disconcerting.
When I went outside, I fired up my new Johs handmade danish pipe. My beloved bought me this for Christmas. The picture doesn't really do it justice.
Here is a "before" shot of our garage.
After:
The back part is a woodshed.
Here is the bull calf, Porter House, in his new stall.
Here are some of the ewes. Annie the bottle lamb is nearest the camera.
Bunny the favorite. She likes to be scratched behind the ears. The others don't like human touch.
Da Boyz.
Sugar, laying down chewing her cud. I had a snowflake on the camera lens in this one. We got 2+ inches last night and it's still spitting.
Here's another shot of Sugar when she followed me outside. The OAD milking is going great.
Here is the homemade stanchion where we milk. I may have posted this before. I built it on the Sunday morning after Sugar freshened when I stayed home from church because I was afraid of milk fever.
This is what I did when I came back inside - waxed a gouda. That sounds kind of funny doesn't it?
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