Preparing for Milk
For my birthday this week, Mum bought me a milking pail, milk strainer and two 5 litre cans, so I am ready to start milking. I will chill the can in an esky full of freezer blocks and water, then strain the milk into the can as soon as I finish milking. Chilling the milk as quickly as possible reduces any goaty taste in the milk. The cans fit in the vegetable crisper so when they are down to temperature, I can put them in the fridge before bottling for drinking or making cheese. At 18 weeks of her 21 week pregnancy, Midge apparently still has 4 weeks to go, but it seems her udder is getting bigger by the day. I had a dream that her udder kept growing and was almost touching the ground by the time she had her kids. 
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