Cheese both hard Cheddar and soft Chevre

Its been a busy time of the year with kiddings and preparing the spring garden

Wow! Time has flown. Seems just like I was on here posting yesterday, but looking at the dates, ouch!
We have made it through another year of successful kidding with 63 kids on the ground this year. Now with weaning time approaching, which means more milk for me to play with! Tonight I am making my first cheddar cheese. We will see just how that turns out!

Our Spring garden is well on its way as well. We are already picking yellow squash and zukes. Our garden is organic.

What is still surviving in our winter garden?

Our cabbage is now starting to make cute little heads and the oninons are beginning to show some growth. The very cold snap we were having made them just sit still.

Mild Florida Winters....

This winter has been a hard one for sure. With 8 days of below freezing temperatures, 3 nights at 11*F, we did all we could to protect our citrus trees. This is a picture of a Japaneese plum tree that we "HOPE" we were able to save by making it warmer wrapped in ice.

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

Wow! Look at the snow! No, its not here, but feels like it should be. This was about a week ago in Richmond, VA. We were visiting our daughter Patricia and son in law Chris before Christmas.

Richamond didnt expect this much snow and the town couldnt handle it, so they were literally closed!!!

Smoked Ham

I experimented this year for our Christmas Ham. I wanted to do it on the big grill, so I turned it into a smoker and it turned out wonderful. It came out so good, I turned around and made a smoked turkey. I used a small bit of oak wood, but mostly pecan.

Williamsburg, VA

Wow! Just look at the snow on the garden!