Rain, Rain Go Away! It's been coming down all day, the goats are unhappy, the hens are miserable, the bees want to go out now - thank goodness I cut lettuce yesterday for the cafe rather than waited until this morning when it would have been covered in splashes of dirt. I'm trying to make buttermilk today - the milk is heated and held at 180F for 30 to 60 minutes, cooled to 77F, starter is added (from the Dairy Connection in Madison, WI) and now it sits at that temperature for 12-18 hours. I've put it in the yogurt maker (think I'm so smart!!) and will check on it in the morning. It should be great for baking.
The little peachicks are now in a rabbit cage in the henhouse where they are dry and warm with a heatlamp over them and safe from the chickens. They're okay but not really as vigorous as I'd like to see. The pigs are loving the rain, racing here, racing there and having a gay old time being pigs!
