Hello from New Mexico

[CedarLove]

I am so glad I found this Forum. (Although all etheric roads seem to lead here if Cheese is in the search).
I am pretty new to this. Have made a few soft cheeses, one Gouda and a Cheddar. I built my own Dutch press using ideas supplied here.
My lady friend makes sausage (and raises pigs). We both make mead. I keep bees. We are part of a loose community of folks sharing food, labor and resources here in the semi-rural part of Albuquerque and I want to expand my skills. Plus I love cheesemaking the same way I love gardening, it is a fascinating process.
I wonder; did we domesticate the milk animals and the molds and bacteria, or did they domesticate us?

[sigurdur]

Hi there CedarLove.
Welcome to the forum.

[smolt1]

Welcome!  How about some photos of your press and cheese results....and pigs..... and garden.

[Al Lewis]

Welcome!!

[sofusryge]

Welcome!  How about some photos of your press and cheese results....and pigs..... and garden.

And bees!

Welcome 

/Sofus

[Lycorys]

Welcome. I am brand new here, too. Even after a only a couple of days reading through threads I have expanded my knowledge considerably. Cheers.

[Tiarella]

Welcome!  Love the idea of a loose community sharing labor, skills and trading crops......have 118 acres of land here in the Northeast that I hope gradually becomes something like that with my vision being a neighborhood of folks that like that lifestyle and join efforts when it makes sense, share tools, etc.  Look forward to your cheese posts.

[stinkymccheese]

Welcome!