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Today I'm talking with Katie at Sunset Creek Farm LLC. A Tiny Homestead Podcast is sponsored by Homegrowncollective.org. Muck Boots Calendars.Com If you'd like to support me in growing this podcast, like, share, subscribe or leave a comment. Or just buy me a coffee https://buymeacoffee.com/lewismaryes 00:00 You're listening to A Tiny Homestead, the podcast comprised entirely of conversations with homesteaders, cottage food producers, and crafters. I'm your host, Mary Lewis. A Tiny Homestead is sponsored by the Homegrown Collective, the best option for organizing a responsible and regional food system for America. You can find them at homegrowncollective.org. Today I'm talking with Katie at Sunset Creek Farm LLC. Good, well, I guess it's evening, Katie. How are you? I'm good. How are you? 00:27 I am good. I usually record in the morning and so I'm always saying good morning and when I do them in the evening, I'm like, ah, it's not morning anymore. Yes, it is a dreary afternoon here for sure. Yeah. And you're in Georgia, right? Yes, in Trine, Georgia. Yeah. It's not dreary here cause it's not raining, but it's been gray all day. Yes. And I'm in Minnesota if you didn't know. So. Yes. Okay. So tell me all about yourself. 00:57 and Sunset Creek Farm. Okay, so like I said, we're located in Trine, Georgia. We have been here about six years. So my family actually owns part of the land and then we took a little bit of it and then we had actually built a barn so that way we could get married in it. So it all started from there. 01:22 And so then last year, and we've always had, I rodeoed my whole life. And so I had, I've had horses and cows my whole life. But then whenever me and Caleb got married, then of course we had planned to build here and everything. And then last year we ended up getting Kiko goats. So that was really kind of how we got started. 01:47 in having our own little farm. It had always been a dream of ours to have our own farm. And luckily we had the acreage. And so then from there, of course, the goat supply just kept coming. So we ended up, we have about 13 nanny goats. And so, and we've got a couple of billies that we're keeping separate. That way we can keep the. 02:16 the lines going and then in December, I decided that I needed a milk cow. So I do a lot of research before I do anything. Me and my husband are both that way. And so I got to look in and you know, we didn't need a full size cow because we didn't need that much milk just for our family. 02:40 And so I ended up doing a lot of research and discovered that the mini jersey was probably our best option. So we get anywhere from one to two gallons of milk a day, just depending on how much I'm milker. So I do have a full-time job. So this is our hobby on the side. And so luckily we do have a bottle cap. 03:06 that he helps me milk her during the week and then I milk on the weekends so that way we have enough milk to get us through the week and I like to you know make the different cheeses and I've made feta and mozzarella. I haven't tried hard cheeses yet. I'm a little intimidated but I'm trying to build myself up to there but then we like to do butter and yogurt and you know different things that I can make with the milk. 03:34 And so, so that's one thing that, you know, the mini Jersey, we have loved having her. And so in the, the buttermilk or the, excuse me, the milk is very rich and has a lot of butterfat. And so that lets us that I don't have to have as much milk or cream as I need to make the butter. So that makes it, it makes it easier for me to be able to produce butter when I want to. 04:04 That's really enjoyed it. Yes, yes. you know, really, it's been nice to be able... So the main reason that we started... So I had breast cancer in 2023. So that made me start looking at what chemicals that are in our food, what chemicals are in the shampoo, the conditioner. 04:30 the body washes, the even, you know, the different laundry detergents that you have, all the chemicals that are unnecessary to have and to put on your body. And so that was whenever we really started looking at what is the best way to be able to grow our own food and to be able, you know, to have our own milk and, and take those chemicals that we can. Of course there's chemicals around us all the time, but to 05:00 but to take what I could out of our lives for what I could. Yeah, because your skin is your biggest organ. Not everyone knows that, but your skin is exposed to everything. whatever you can do to cut back on what you're putting on your skin that's going to get absorbed that's bad for you is a grand and glorious thing. Yes. And that was one thing that got me started in the soap. 05:28 making was because you know, I only have you know, five different ingredients in my soap. And if you look on the back of a body wash, I mean, there's all these ingredients, I can't pronounce. ...