This is a great cheese for beginners to try because it requires no special equipment or ingredients. It is a traditional Mexican cheese, and it does not melt, because it contains no rennet. We like to cube it, lightly brown … Read More
Last year after a speaking engagement in a Seattle suburb, a woman asked me somewhat sheepishly, “Don’t you think this sort of thing just puts women back into a traditional role in the kitchen?” It took a minute for me … Read More
Were you absolutely sure that goat was pregnant, but she never kidded, and now she doesn’t look as big as she did last week? It is possible for a doe to get bred and stop cycling and even to get … Read More
We have now had 8 sets of quintuplets on our farm, and one of the most popular questions is, “Can the doe feed that many?” I never say “never,” but I will say it is highly unlikely that a doe … Read More
Most ricotta recipes call for using whey and have a very low yield. I discovered this variation one day when I was in the middle of making queso blanco and a goat went into labor. I had just added the … Read More
A few years ago when my husband realized I was intent on making cheese with goat, sheep, and cow milk, he asked if I was going to get buffalo someday because their milk is used for real mozzarella. It is … Read More
by Alison Jones Did you know that Velveeta is not cheese? According to Chicago Business, several years ago, “the FDA issued Kraft a warning letter saying some versions of Kraft Singles Pasteurized Process Cheese Food and Velveeta spread were misbranded … Read More
by Christy Hemenway The best and most important features of a top bar hive? Is what goes on inside the hive… Honeybees make “brood comb” to raise babies in, “honey comb” to store food in, and all this comb … Read More
As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. If you’ve been thinking about beekeeping with top-bar hives, The Thinking Beekeeper by Christy Hemenway is a great reference. It is the first book I’ve read on top-bar beekeeping, and it … Read More
by Alison Jones Bees pollinate many crops that we enjoy eating! According to 10 crops that would disappear without bees, “more than $15 billion worth of crops are pollinated by bees each year just in the United States alone. Put … Read More
Thrifty Homesteader was created in 2012 after the publication of my second book, Ecothrifty. The name was coined by one of my followers because I said that I didn’t want anyone to think that they had to be rich to homestead or live a greener life....
