What did you do in the garden today?

[Sueby]

No I haven't made a Burrata. Mozzarella is difficult to make consistently. Trying to make mozzarella consistently is what made me give up on cheesemaking.
3-4 years later I decided to try making Cheddar skipping the so-called beginners cheese Mozzarella. Cheddar is 100 times easier to make for me.

Yea, I don't know why they include mozz in the little make at home boxes - it's not easy to make!

 

[akroberts1085]

I use glue traps for mice. I'm not afraid to bash them in the head to end their life so I don't have to deal with those snap traps.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Hey Gardeners garden is froze now nights in the 30's.
Been dealing with DH in the hospital so garden took back seat.

 

[LaurenRitz]

Greenhouse got too cold. Squash are dead, potatoes likely dead. Everything else looks like it may recover.

 

[Molpet]

Hey Gardeners garden is froze now nights in the 30's.
Been dealing with DH in the hospital so garden took back seat.

Prayers for swift healing

 

[WthrLady]

I use glue traps for mice. I'm not afraid to bash them in the head to end their life so I don't have to deal with those snap traps.

I use tip traps around the garage and shop and inside the house.They work amazingly well. The mice caught in those are hen food.
https://www.amazon.com/Kness-Tip-Tr...ocphy=9024701&hvtargid=pla-523990842167&psc=1

 

[CatInTheHenHouse]

Got some progress made extracting the sweet basil seeds, but not as much as I’d like. Too cold and rainy out to winnow them outside and I didn’t especially want to blow seed head fragments all over the inside so it’s waiting for drier weather. Not complaining though, I’d rather have the rain!

 

[dirkandlorie]

https://cheesemaking.com/products/home-cheese-making-book
And Gavin Webber on Youtube.

Thank you, just ordered that book. Been wanting to make my own cheese for a long time. Nice to start out with a recommended book instead of just blundering through with online e recipes that may or may not work.

 

[chickengr]

https://cheesemaking.com/products/home-cheese-making-book
And Gavin Webber on Youtube.

thank you. waiting for my goats to grow up and breed. sheep milk will be available too.

 

[BirdsBeesTrees]

Thank you, just ordered that book. Been wanting to make my own cheese for a long time. Nice to start out with a recommended book instead of just blundering through with online e recipes that may or may not work.

The Traditional Cheddar recipe in that book is the only one that don't recommend, it is missing some steps.
The other recipes are great, I especially like the Farmhouse Cheddar and the Stirred Curd Cheddar, fyi.
Do you have raw milk, or will you be using pasteurized/homogenized?