Connerty Meadows Farm is a small family farm located south of Ottawa, Canada's capital city, near Kemptville, Ontario, Canada. We do a lot of things on our farm from making soap, gardening, animal husbandry, homesteading, raising kids, homeschooling and life in general. We try very hard to make sure our content has some learning features in every video. We also ensure our videos are safe for kids to watch and learn about farm life as well.
I'm interested in getting a steam canner, because mine can't do anything larger then a pint. And sometimes I'd like to do more, and don't want to get a HUGE pot. I'm not sure it would even fit on my stove with my microwave above it.
They will be fine. I live in Canada. We get negative 40 deg C and my chickens are always fine. Chickens need a draft free place to live with good ventilation
100% safe to eat. We put poop on the garden every fall and spring. It’s just “compost”. If the poop is too “hot” or fresh it will burn the seeds and they won’t grow. So if a plant volunteered it means that the poop was composted enough to be safe and that makes whatever fruit it bears safe to eat. We take our compost from one of two poop piles to apply to my garden or in my garden beds. Seeing volunteers to me means it’s breaking down beautifully and will mean an amazing garden next season
We do live on a farm and the milk comes from our cow. But it certainly isnt free. Feed, care, vet, etc for the cow is expensive. Milker, pumps, filters for milking is like $5000. Culture, renet, pots, etc is also not free. So regardless if you have your own cow or not it’s still expensive. The difference is we know exactly what goes into our cheeses ☺️
They should be cut when dormant (Ontario, Canada) that can be between December to early March. Once they start to break bud they have a harder time transplanting. So you can’t cut in like June and try to use the same method. In June you would be better off digging it up to plant/transplant. You generally can’t cut and plant simply due to the amount of cold/snow and frozen ground. I have tried to cut and keep in the fridge and plant in June but none took because it was too hot and they didn’t grow roots.
I'm actually realy happy you made this video im starting a berry farm and my soil is mostly the same as what your working with ..... great canadian shield lol needs some work but this simplified my thoughts
Yeah the soil around here is totally hit and miss! Good luck and I’m glad I could help. I’ve shown videos of how big these plants have gotten on my IG and FB pages. So you know I’m not just making things up ☺️. Same farm name if your interested in seeing them
I"m a huge fan of Elderberry Tree. I have 9 on my property and I live in the suburbs....not a lot of land but they provide a very nice canopy, create shade and are so easy to trim to whatever shape suits your garden. Your video is amazing. I'm going to follow your advice and share with others. Thank you so much!!!1
lol yup! My fault though for not double checking the latch, I don’t really blame her for wanting to eat the good stuff! On the bright side it could have been much worse.
Rhubarb juice is one of my favourite things to make every year. But I've never tried adding mint to the mix. Instead, I used some whole cloves which added that next level of flavour. Delicious. But I'll bet mint AND cloves would be the best of all. Thanks for waking me up to mint.
Thank you for sharing your recipes and showing us how to make the soap. I have watched probably 10 different RU-vid videos on making goat milk soap and yours is the only one that actually showed me how to do it step-by-step. I also was able to buy the oils needed at the grocery store just like you said. again thank you. I decided to subscribe to your channel because I wanted to watch videos from someone who is willing to share their knowledge and experience.
Awww thanks for the sub. I believe in sharing knowledge not hoarding it and I love teaching others skills to do things on their own. If we don’t teach how can others learn. It’s not like a big secret or anything though many treat it that way. Good luck with your soap making if you have any questions feel free to ask
Thanks for joining us. We love the Cackellac! I’ve had a few families come out to see it before ordering it for themselves (always nicer to get your “hands” on a bigger purchase before actually purchasing as it’s always hard to tell quality these days online). In fact I had a family here today looking at it! I am always happy to send business their way!
It really is! We did this exact same thing at our old farm and in 7 years the pastures were so lush and thick and healthy. We are hoping the same will happen here.
Hi this is so awesome!!! We are currently trying to find a way to get a surge belly milker, but struggling to find one online that isn’t $2000+ Do you know the make/model of your vacuum pump?
I have a full video all about my pump just a few videos away from the surge one ☺️. I always source my surge in parts vs a full one they are always less expensive that way.
No I am not. Maybe you have different names for things where you are but here in Canada many sell them as Mr. and Mrs. and if you listen carefully I call them male and female “for teaching purposes”. Clean your ears out
Hi thank you so much for your video and recipe. Could I ask a question re measurements. Is the milk weights the frozen measurements or before its frozen? 😊
Hello I am from SoCal.. I did not know they eat each other's eggs. Tropical milkweed is most prevalent here and some people have narrowleaf which I find are harder to grow.
@@connerty_meadows_farm I worked for a family farmer and dealt with other farming families, I truly appreciate what you do, you're a dying breed unfortunately.
Nice farm. Unless you live over 5 miles from your beehives the bees will always find their way back if they are field bees. If they are worker bees they will find their way back from front of hive. Not a good idea putting boxes flat on ground. you pickup dirt on the edges and also crush bees. Best to put box on it's side. Use a cloth over supers when taking them to the honey house. You are attracting robber bees from other hives including wild hives and may trigger a robbing situation. 😊
Thanks for the tips. We lightly brush all the bees off each super frame and put it into a new frame with a bee escape on the top to bring back to our house, we drive them back with a ATV so we are moving fairly quickly. So far we have never had a bee in the house while spinning honey! And that is a good thing because i am allergic.
I’m new to soap making. Two batches so far and I’m excited to try pine tar. 6:55 why can’t you just put all of the sodium hydroxide into it? Does the soap smell better than pine tar out of the can?
If you just dump the sodium hydroxide in all at once you will scorch the milk. If you were using water you would pour it all in at once but not for milk. Never all at once. May I also suggest you do a few more batches before pine tar. Pine tar is a very advanced soap to make, a lot can (and usually does) go wrong. If you dont know what to expect or how to correct it you could be in a tight spot. Try to get at least 30-40 batches down before doing pine tar. It is in no way a beginners soap, esp with the addition of goats milk. The smell does eventually mellow out, I find it smells like a campfire by around 8+ weeks
Very interesting! You have it down to a science with all the equipment, pots & tools! It was nice seeing the 2 of you doing this together! Thank you (from New Jersey, USA)!
Thank you. We have been making cheese for 12ish years now together. All things are better together. Some of our pots and supplies are from a restaurant supply store and some are from outlet stores. Some are from cheesemaking supply stores. We’ve just kind of gathered things through the years that work best for us.
Loved the photographs!! Thanks for putting the time that they begin! Would be great if you could do a copy & paste of the photos and put into a separate video 😊
I can’t tell you how many times we have wondered this to. Like do different cheese just come about by someone screwing up another kind of cheese? Seriously it’s fascinating!
Cheesmaking supply store. This is the place I purchase all my cheesmaking supplies from and the book I reference to glengarrycheesemaking.on.ca/collections/stainless-steel-tools/products/stainless-steel-cheese-ladle
Hi, thanks for the video, i am new to beekeeping, one winter under my belt. This is the first video i've seen where you put the honey back into the feeder as apposed to leaving a super on for them. Interesting. How much honey did you put in the ensure it lasts them through the winter??
So we start by feeding them one whole feeders worth of honey then move onto sugar water. Whatever is not consumed before it gets cold gets taken back out. They move down into their hive what should last them the winter. You don’t leave liquid on the top for the winter. You put insulation up there. Usually if there a nice day in Feb or March we throw some fondant on just to make sure they have enough resources to get them through that last bit till things start to bloom
What part? The electric netting? You purchase it at any local feed store. Then you simply need a solar powered fencer. The one in this video is by Gallagher. There’s a green ground wire and a red live wire. You attach the red wire to the fence. You pound a metal rod or three into the ground and attach the green wire and your turn it on and your done. That’s it. It’s that easy. (For this unit). We do have a few have made units if those are the ones you are inquiring about?
It’s super refreshing. You can even pour it into popsicle molds and make popsicles to be even more refreshing! And yes contain your mint and never let it go to flower 😂
