Hello from Southern Indiana

[innerspacesuit]

I've been making cheese for a little over a year (most were successful and others a learning experience).
I obtain approx 2 gallons of raw milk through a cow-share program each month and sometimes do more cheese with store-bought milk when I have free time.
I'm very excited to have found this site!  I've already had several questions answered by just searching the forum!

Other food-related things I'm interested in: beer-making, bread, fermented foods, edible mushroom cultivation/hunting and gardening.

Glad to be here!

[Captain Caprine]

Welcome Jeremy,
Great to have another among the fold.
CC

[Captain Caprine]

Jeremy,
What varieties of mushrooms do you grow? 
CC

[innerspacesuit]

Hi CC,

I've grown oyster and portobello mushrooms from kits.  A little less than a month ago, my girlfriend and I inoculated poplar logs with shittake plug spawn.  The logs were down in her back yard after a bad ice storm during the winter.  Hopefully we'll see some results this fall!

[innerspacesuit]

"cheesetake"?? hah! That's a weird spell check quirk.  I actually typed s-h-i-t-t-a-k-e.

[Zinger]

Welcome Jeremy, it's always good to have a fungi on the forum. (Sorry for the pun - I couldn't resist.) I musty admit that I was wondering what cheesetake plug spawn was. I will be interested to hear about your mushroom adventures as well as your cheese making.

[Cheese Head]

Howdy Jeremy and welcome to the forum.

I'm also the Administrator and am trying to keep this forum PG-13 and had some problems in past which is why through the forum software I've flagged a few words that get auto-converted and I chose "cheese". Looks like you inadverdently found one of those .

Anyway, looking forward to your input!

[MrsKK]

Welcome, Jeremy!  Great to have another member who uses raw milk on the forum.  I have my own cow, so usually make 5-gallon batches at a time.

I also enjoy bread making and gardening.  I look forward to getting to know you better and hearing about your cheesemaking adventures.

[DeejayDebi]

Hello Jeremy welcome to the forum. Raw milk is wonderful to work with. I just found a source recently and love it!

I like the cow share program. It seem to be becoming rather popular I have seen it alot lately. Nce to see people going back to the ole ways.

[Captain Caprine]

Good luck with the shiitakes, I have done them on oak logs before and had really good luck. 
CC

[Tea]

Good morning Jeremy and welcome to the forum.

[Cartierusm]

John mentioned problems in the past...did he mean me . P.S. Actually proud.

[Cheese Head]

You should be very proud of many of your cheeses and posts but sadly(?) it wasn't you that was cussing!

[Cartierusm]

I know but the bad boy thing goes a long way with the ladies  .