Sunset Creek Farm LLC

Today I'm talking with Katie at Sunset Creek Farm LLC.

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00:00 You're listening to A Tiny Homestead, the podcast comprised entirely of conversations with homesteaders, cottage food producers, and crafters.  I'm your host, Mary Lewis. A Tiny Homestead is sponsored by the Homegrown Collective, the best option for organizing a responsible and regional food system for America.  You can find them at homegrowncollective.org. Today I'm talking with Katie at Sunset Creek Farm LLC. Good,  well, I guess it's evening, Katie. How are you? I'm good. How are you?

00:27 I am good. I usually record in the morning  and so I'm always saying good morning  and when I do them in the evening, I'm like, ah, it's not morning anymore.  Yes, it is a dreary afternoon here for sure. Yeah. And you're in Georgia, right? Yes, in Trine, Georgia. Yeah. It's not dreary here cause it's not raining, but it's been gray  all day. Yes. And I'm in Minnesota if you didn't know. So. Yes.  Okay.  So tell me all about yourself.

00:57 and Sunset Creek Farm.  Okay,  so  like I said, we're located in Trine, Georgia.  We have been here about six years. So my family actually owns part of the land and then we took a little bit of it and then we had actually built a barn so that way we could get married in it. So it all started from there.

01:22 And so then  last year, and we've always had, I rodeoed my whole life. And so I had, I've had horses and cows my whole life. But then whenever me and Caleb  got married, then of course we had planned to build here and everything.  And then last year we ended up getting Kiko goats. So that was really kind of how we got started.

01:47 in having our own little farm.  It had always been a dream of ours to have our own farm.  And  luckily we had the acreage.  And so then from there,  of course, the goat supply just kept coming. So we ended up, we have about 13 nanny goats.  And so,  and we've got a couple of billies that we're keeping separate. That way we can keep the.

02:16 the lines going and then  in December, I decided that I needed a milk cow.  So I  do a lot of research before I do anything. Me and my husband are both that way. And so I got to look in and you know, we didn't need a full size cow because we didn't need that much milk just for our family.

02:40 And so I ended up doing a lot of research and discovered that the mini jersey was probably our best option. So we get anywhere from one to two gallons of milk a day,  just depending on how much I'm milker. So  I do have a full-time job. So this is our hobby on the side. And so  luckily we do have a bottle cap.

03:06 that he helps me milk her during the week and then I milk on the weekends so that way we have enough milk to get us through the week and I like to you know make the different cheeses and I've made feta and mozzarella. I haven't tried hard cheeses yet.  I'm a little intimidated but I'm trying to build myself up to there but then we like to do butter and yogurt and you know different things that I can make with the milk.<