Apple Jack Creek

Living on a small holding in rural Alberta, raising kids and animals, growing stuff, creating things with fibre, and living with PTSD. See more at www.applejackcreek.com.

30 May 2014

Another day ...

... another three litres of milk. And a litre of cream. (that's about 2-3 days worth of cream) For anyone tracking Dexter mi...

29 May 2014

Time for Mackenzie

Time is running very short for Mackenzie the Great Pyrenees guardian dog. He has been limping, resting a lot, and licking at his paws and as...

28 May 2014

Half a pound of butter and a cheese cave

Today I made just a half pound block of butter – I wanted to use up the cream I had, even though it wasn’t going to make a full block. I...

27 May 2014

Dairy.

We have milk. Oh, do we have milk. Sasha is giving me about 4 litres a day now – at two weeks into her lactation. Zoinks! And the calf i...

25 May 2014

Butter

The cream was overflowing the fridge, so I decided it was time to make butter. I tried using the blender, as I’d read about online, but ...

24 May 2014

Med Report: Month Four

It’s been four months since I started on medication for my PTSD, and I have to say, it was a really good choice for me. I coped for three ...

18 May 2014

Milk

Sasha and her baby Jerky are doing really well! The calf was pretty wobbly for the first few days but he is happily running around the past...

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