For one month we will stay at Whitt's End Rancho with Travis and Lisa Whitt. The Rancho is towards the bottom of the Baja Peninsula in Mexico (the strip of land that comes down from California).
We are out in the middle of nowhere, 2 hours from the closest city, in a desert, on the coast of the Sea of Cortez. This rancho has goats. I'm in heaven.
We've been here for one week and have already know how to milk and care for the goats, make lots of flavors of soft cheese, greek yogurt, and mozzarella.
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| Genie and Blondie |
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| Gigi - one month old |
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| Dima, our room mate, feeding Louise, Blondie, and Genie |
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| Kyle milking Ethel (Lucy's in the pen) |
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| Goats love to play and climb. |
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| View from the roof. The blue on the left is the Sea of Cortez, and the mountains on the right Sierra de Laguna. |
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| We start milking at 7pm so we get to see this sunrise every morning. |
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| After milking, the milk is stored in large bins for 2 days before making it into yogurt or cheese. |
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| The cheese fridge. The red rounds are delicious aged cheddar. |
The Soft Cheese process is actually very simple.
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| Weighing the cheese |
Whey dripping out of the yogurt
Hi there,
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking about WWOOFing at Witt's End and I was curious about your experience there. Would you recommend it? Please email me at PaigeMH@gmail.com. Sounds like you've had some great adventures. Thanks!