Dahl Ranch & 4 Heart Creamery

05/29/2026

I have lots of rhubarb but for some reason I'm not feeling inspired to use it this year.

What are some of your favorite ways to use it or favorite recipes?

05/28/2026

Garden season is in full swing around here! 🌱

We put in some new raised beds where the grass was getting too hard to control. It’s still a work in progress, but these will be our berry beds for raspberries, strawberries, and blackberries. We still need to get chips put down, but we did fertilize the beds with potash from our wood stoves and raw milk.

Did you know raw milk can actually be great for soil? The natural sugars, proteins, enzymes, and beneficial bacteria can help feed soil microbes and improve overall soil health. Healthy soil grows healthier plants, and we love finding ways to use what we already have here on the farm. ❤️

05/27/2026

We welcomed Arnold's babies last weekend.

While she was farrowing and we were babysitting her we had another supervisor.

Lolo somehow knew Arnold was having her babies and showed up at the pig house door.
Then she worked her way into the building and just outside her pen and just hung out.

I love my livestock guardian dogs. Their instincts are incredible.❤️

05/18/2026

Memorial Day weekend calls for something good on the grill 🔥

One of my favorite ways to cook country style pork ribs is marinating them in peach preserves before grilling them low and slow.

They turn out sweet, smoky, sticky, and so tender.

I just shared the full recipe on the blog including:
🍑 The peach preserve marinade
🔥 Grilling tips
🥩 The perfect internal temp for tender pork
☀️ Easy summer side dish ideas

If you have some of our pork in your freezer, this is a recipe you need to try this weekend.

I just shared the full recipe on the blog,

https://dahlranchmt.com/blog

05/17/2026

If you are looking for amazing local cheese give Veronica Champer a call.
Her cheese is soooo good and made with all A2 milk.

EDIT: Red pepper sold out, a few Dill and Black Pepper Gouda left.

Small Batch, Raw, A2/A2 Cheese Drop!!

Dill gouda, red pepper gouda, black pepper gouda, buttercheese (soft paste type cheese, my kid's favorite 😍)

$2/oz, wedges of varying ounces

DM me or text 419.631.39zero two

05/10/2026

Happy Mother's Day to all the amazing moms out there.

We are blessed to have a lot of good moms here on the ranch that keeps things going.

05/05/2026

We welcomed this little guy last night!

He’s out of a really nice Normande bull and our Holstein, Faith. And yes… he is pretty dang cute.

I’ll be honest though—I was really hoping for a heifer to add to the milking herd.

Before anyone jumps on me, don’t worry—we raise all our dairy bull calves and he’ll be cared for just like the rest.

So yeah… It’s a little disappointing when it turns out to be a bull. There's a lot that goes into a calf like this. Hours studying genetics, picking the right pairing, paying to get the semen shipped in (which somehow costs more than the semen itself), watching cycles, timing everything just right, and doing the AI breeding ourselves.

Then comes the waiting… hoping she doesn’t come back into heat, and then 9 months of hoping for a healthy heifer that fits the vision you had from the start.

So yeah… it’s a little disappointing when it turns out to be a bull.

But that’s part of raising and breeding cows...

At the end of the day, he’s healthy, he’s strong, and he’s already pretty hard not to love.

Doese any one need a Holstein/ Normande cross breeding bull in the future?🤣

05/04/2026

If you’ve been skimming the cream off your milk to make butter…
don’t waste the rest.

That skimmed milk is perfect for making yogurt.

It’s:

High in protein
Filling
And honestly… pretty easy to make

We’ve been using our Instant Pot, and once you do it once, it becomes part of your routine.

Plus—you also get whey, which you can use in smoothies, baking, or even cooking.

Nothing goes to waste.

I put together a simple step-by-step guide here:
Don’t waste the rest.

https://dahlranchmt.com/blog

What is your favorite thing to do with yogurt?

04/30/2026

If you’re buying butter at the store… you might not need to.

If you’ve got cream-top milk, you’ve already got what it takes to make your own.

It’s simple:
Let the cream rise
Skim it off
Mix it

That’s it.

You’ll end up with:
✔ Real butter
✔ Buttermilk you can cook with

We put together a step-by-step guide to show you exactly how to do it 👇
https://dahlranchmt.com/blog

Once you try it, it’s hard to go back.

If you’re buying butter at the store… You might not need to.ilk (in a good way).

04/29/2026

We have oregano plants for sale.
They are perennial , raised organically, and have survived multiple winters.
$5 a pot