Latest Artisancheese Podcast Episodes
Raising Goats to Make Your Own Cheese - Part 1
Peaceful Heart FarmCast - January 14, 2023 20:57 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsRaising goats to make your own cheese is a great goal. Today I’ll go over the basics of how to get started. Making the cheese is another topic for later. Let’s just start with what it takes to raise and care for the animals that make it happen. First let me take a minute and say welcome to all...
Knitting is My Favorite Winter Activity on the Homestead
Peaceful Heart FarmCast - December 16, 2022 22:16 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsHave I mentioned that knitting is my favorite winter activity? Things have slowed down and I can have some time to catch up on my knitting projects. The garden has been put to bed. I’m still making cheese, butter and yogurt, but canning is done for the season. I have even gotten all the frozen f...
I'm Back From My Podcast Vacation
Peaceful Heart FarmCast - November 11, 2022 23:01 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsI’m back from my podcast vacation. It has been three months since I recorded anything. We were both very, very busy and the things that keep the homestead financially solvent become front and center. It’s good to be back in front of the microphone. Let me take a minute and say welcome to all t...
Multitasking on the Homestead
Peaceful Heart FarmCast - August 04, 2022 22:19 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsMultitasking. How do I get so much done in one day? This is a question I get often. I do a lot of multitasking on the homestead. I didn’t just wake up one day and do this. There was a process that I went through to get from a scattered, unfocused, ineffective person to one who can just get thing...
Homestead Musings
Peaceful Heart FarmCast - July 12, 2022 01:21 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsToday I’m doing a little bit of Homestead musing. More “a day in the life” sort of podcast. I’ll make is a short one and I hope you like it. I love sharing my life with all of you. I want to take a minute and say welcome to all the new listeners and welcome back to the veteran homestead-loving...
Raising Animal Protein
Peaceful Heart FarmCast - June 15, 2022 21:57 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsRaising animal protein for food on the homestead. What are some of the options? And what are some of the factors to consider when making your choices. As you may know our choices for raising animal protein on the homestead currently includes cows, goats, sheep and poultry. In the very near futur...
Planting the Garden
Peaceful Heart FarmCast - April 01, 2022 14:54 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsPlanting the garden this year is a little tricky. Each year I have to determine what vegetables I want to grow. I don’t plant everything. After years of just planting everything that caught my eye, I am now choosy about what I plant. There are quite a few farm updates to talk about. Before I g...
Producing Your Own Food: Planning
Peaceful Heart FarmCast - February 21, 2022 21:14 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsToday I will be continuing the conversation on producing your own food. There is a lot to cover and what I can include in this podcast will only whet your appetite for more. Growing food for you and your family is one of the most satisfying occupations in the world. That is of course in my humbl...
Seed-Starting Basics
Peaceful Heart FarmCast - February 05, 2022 00:53 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsToday, I’ll follow up on the basics of getting started with gardening with an intro to seed-starting indoors ahead of planting in the garden when the weather warms. But before we get to that, more homestead updates are in order. I’ll be talking about our beautiful livestock guardian dogs for the...
New Year, New Projects
Peaceful Heart FarmCast - January 29, 2022 00:48 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsI’m back, finally with a new year, new projects. Hope you are doing well. I hope you had wonderful Christmas and New Year celebrations with your families and friends. It has been four months since I’ve talked with you all. It takes a great deal of time, energy and money to make this podcast happ...
Homestead Update and Health Update
Peaceful Heart FarmCast - September 30, 2021 22:32 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsIt has been a while so how about a homestead update and health update. I republished a couple of podcasts. I hope you got a chance to listen for the first time or relisten if you were interested in the topic of cheese. It’s going to be close, but I think I can get this podcast published today....
Cheese Makes You Happy
Peaceful Heart FarmCast - September 08, 2021 15:01 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsHow Cheese Makes You Happy! Today’s Show Homestead Life Updates Cheese and Nutrition Nutritional content Cheese tastes good Facts about fat content Lactose intolerance Why cheese makes people happy Cheese Fondue Recipe Homestead Life Updates Scott is working hard on getting t...
A Cancer Diagnosis
Peaceful Heart FarmCast - August 12, 2021 19:53 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsA cancer diagnosis is causing temporary changes to the podcast. We have had a cancer diagnosis and that will affect what I am able to do on a daily basis. I will be caring for Scott and picking up a lot of tasks he normally handles. In the end, it looks like he will be fine. However, getting to ...
What I Love About Homesteading
Peaceful Heart FarmCast - July 29, 2021 21:46 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsToday I want to talk about what I love about homesteading. Quite a few of the previous podcasts have contained lots of information about animal predator issues we have been having. I know it has been a real downer. As for me, it has definitely been a downer and I want to do this podcast to bring...
A Day in the Life on Our Homestead
Peaceful Heart FarmCast - July 15, 2021 18:19 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsA day in the life on our homestead. My brother-in-law says we are always working. He is so right. And we love it. There is never a dull moment around here. For sure, sometimes it seems like just too much and wouldn’t a life of leisure be preferable. No, not really. As I imagine that life, I can ...
Canning Peas
Peaceful Heart FarmCast - July 01, 2021 00:42 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsCanning peas is great fun. We have been shelling peas for several days. That is also quite fun. I’ll be talking all about that and more in today’s podcast. I want to take a minute and say welcome to all the new listeners and welcome back to the veteran homestead-loving regulars who stop by the...
Cheddar Cheese
Peaceful Heart FarmCast - June 17, 2021 01:46 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsToday’s topic is cheddar cheese. That’s right. It’s time for another trivia podcast and this one is all about cheddar cheese. Is your mouth watering yet? I must say that I make a fantastic cheddar cheese and I hope you get to try it one day. I want to take a minute and say welcome to all the n...
Honey! Fun Facts
Peaceful Heart FarmCast - June 03, 2021 02:22 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsToday is going to be all about honey. How sweet is that? Honey is a yummy treat that has lots of health benefits. But what is it really? And how is it made? What’s the best way to store it and how long will it last? All of these questions and more will be answered in today’s podcast. I want to...
Livestock Guardian Dogs; Let's Add to Our Homestead
Peaceful Heart FarmCast - May 21, 2021 01:23 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsLivestock guardian dogs is a natural follow-on to the previous podcast about coyotes. At that time, we weren’t really willing to make that step. However, after speaking with other sheep herders, we’ve decided it is time. This is a really big step for me. I truly still feel quite uncomfortable ab...
Coyotes on the Homestead
Peaceful Heart FarmCast - May 07, 2021 00:16 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsCoyotes are a plague when you have sheep. Today’s podcast is going to be all about coyotes. Probably more than you ever wanted to know. Some things about coyotes might surprise you. I want to take a minute and say welcome to all the new listeners and welcome back to the veteran homestead-lovin...
What is a Freemartin Heifer?
Peaceful Heart FarmCast - April 22, 2021 20:57 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsWhat is a freemartin heifer? That’s today’s topic. It is related to one of our cows having twins. Stay tuned for those details. In other news, “is that a skunk?” That’s what I thought yesterday when I was walking out to get the cows. You never know what you are going to run into on the homestead...
Spring Birth on the Homestead
Peaceful Heart FarmCast - April 08, 2021 00:58 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsSo much going on with spring births on the homestead. And abandoned lamb was the immediate task to take care of today. A quick trip to town to get supplies and now I’m late getting to this podcast. That’s what it’s all about on the homestead. I have so much to share with you today and most of it...
We've Learned a Lot About Homesteading
Peaceful Heart FarmCast - March 26, 2021 00:46 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsWe’ve learned a lot about homesteading and living the homestead life over the past 16 years. Today I want to share some of that with you. If you are looking at moving to a rural setting, dreaming of it or simply respect those who do make that choice, there is always so much to learn. One of the ...
Fun Facts About Milk
Peaceful Heart FarmCast - March 09, 2021 23:37 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsFun facts about milk. Anybody up for some trivia. “Fun facts about milk” is my topic for today. We have fresh milk again and it is always a treat. There isn’t much milk at this point because Rosie is quite a small cow and it’s her first calf. I’ll talk more about that fun fact in a bit. I want...
Flavored Cheese
Peaceful Heart FarmCast - February 24, 2021 21:48 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsHave you considered flavored cheese in your home cheesemaking operation? Likely most of you are not making your own cheese. You’ll want to seek out some flavored cheeses from your local markets for a real treat. There are so many possibilities here that I couldn’t possibly cover them all in this...
What is Flocculation when making cheese?
Peaceful Heart FarmCast - February 10, 2021 23:53 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratings© Copyrighted
Prepare for Disaster
Peaceful Heart FarmCast - January 14, 2021 23:57 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsPrepare for disaster is a motto I grew up with living in rural Michigan. Back in the day, when the power went off due to a winter storm, it could be off for several weeks. Today we have much better electrical systems and our current provider has kept us in good shape. We have never been without ...
Pickled Quail Eggs
Peaceful Heart FarmCast - December 23, 2020 00:04 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsLet’s get back to the quail and pickled quail eggs. So much has happened. Many changes since the last time I talked about them. Ten jars of pickled quail eggs that have been completed. And so much more to talk about, especially the creamery roof. I want to take a minute and say welcome to all ...
Our Raw Milk Cheese Creamery Progress
Peaceful Heart FarmCast - December 11, 2020 00:34 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsOur raw milk cheese creamery was the center of the day today. The construction is moving along nicely. Our state inspectors made an appearance and helped us out with details on safety measures. We work with them every step of the way to make sure all safety concerns are addressed. I want to ta...
Thanksgiving Tradition
Peaceful Heart FarmCast - November 27, 2020 01:05 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsThanksgiving tradition is the topic today. I try not to date my podcasts, and today is no different this will be appropriate today and for many years to come. I promise. Let me take a minute to say welcome to all the new listeners and welcome back to the veteran homestead-loving regulars who s...
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