MA Pesta's Custom Cattle

MA Pesta's Custom Cattle Selling cattle.

Finally getting some hay put up.
06/11/2025

Finally getting some hay put up.

41 hot banana peppers, 31 super sauce tomatoes, 44 mild banana peppers, 30 mini cucumbers. Tomorrow I'll finish up plant...
06/01/2025

41 hot banana peppers, 31 super sauce tomatoes, 44 mild banana peppers, 30 mini cucumbers. Tomorrow I'll finish up planting luffas. If it all grows I will be very busy canning.

Happy Easter!
04/20/2025

Happy Easter!

03/08/2025

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Collected sap today and Running it through the reverse osmosis system to concentrate it and remove excess water. Maybe n...
03/01/2025

Collected sap today and Running it through the reverse osmosis system to concentrate it and remove excess water. Maybe next weekend if the weather isn't too bad I'll boil another batch. It's now my busy season where I'll be working 12 hour days at work. Hopefully i can keep up with syrup making too.

Dusty has had a big boy! We will call him Brutus.
02/25/2025

Dusty has had a big boy! We will call him Brutus.

Another baby born. Midnight had a beautiful little heifer.
02/23/2025

Another baby born. Midnight had a beautiful little heifer.

Coolio and Rufus have other friends being born every day too. Dad's cows have been having calves too.
02/22/2025

Coolio and Rufus have other friends being born every day too. Dad's cows have been having calves too.

Out checking cattle today and figured out Opals is in fact a bull calf unfortunately. I feel like I need to call him Ruf...
02/22/2025

Out checking cattle today and figured out Opals is in fact a bull calf unfortunately. I feel like I need to call him Rufus. Ashlee will probably hate that name lol.

Well well Opal had a beautiful baby. Since it was all cuddled up in the hay with mom and dad watching over it we decided...
02/21/2025

Well well Opal had a beautiful baby. Since it was all cuddled up in the hay with mom and dad watching over it we decided to leave it be for the time being. So we will find out if it's a bull or heifer later. But one thing is for sure it sure is cute!

Well the maden voyage was sailed today. Boiled down about 20 gals of black walnut sap to make one 8oz bottle, four 1.75o...
02/10/2025

Well the maden voyage was sailed today. Boiled down about 20 gals of black walnut sap to make one 8oz bottle, four 1.75oz bottles, and I saved the pectin I strained out of the syrup to try to make 2 jars of jelly. I think the syrup was successful. I'm hoping the jelly comes out good too lol. This was a lot of work for so little product. When we run a second batch I will reach out to the people who requested bottles.

For those who are curious about the black walnut syrup here are some tidbits of information. I'd like to start out by sa...
02/03/2025

For those who are curious about the black walnut syrup here are some tidbits of information. I'd like to start out by saying I have no clue how much I will get from the trees. There are a lot of variables in syrup making. The not every tree gives the same amount of sap. Some can produce a give decent amount while others only give a few drips. The weather is very dependent on how much the tree gives also. Temperature has to get above 40°F during the day and below freezing at night for optimal sap flow. With that said Black walnut trees only give 1/3 the amount a Maple tree gives. That's why it's rare and expensive. That's why you don't see it on your grocery store shelves. Our prices will be in line with the current market. I see that last year's prices are at $320 per gallon some are saying this year it will be $360 a gallon. Below are some examples of what we will be pricing our bottles at and some other information. Thank you all for your support and interest!

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