Wood fired boiler from recycled parts for cheesemaking

DJ improvises to avoid buying 600+ gallons of propane a year to pasteurize milk for cheesemaking. The result is a wood fired boiler made of spare parts. Wood is plentiful and cheap in the area and is free on government land with a low cost permit.

And it heats the milk faster than propane [...]

Expanding our business

Pouring the slab for the new 16 x 16 cheesemaking room

My wife and I raise dairy goats.  Last April, after two years of making cheese in our kitchen, we decided to “go pro” and get our cheesemaking license.  This required a new building with specific characteristics like plastic walls, floor drains, and a [...]