Celebrating a wonderful Fathers Day at Hope Haven with a cheese creation inspired by my sweet husband. Originally from Canada, and his favorite flavors are nutty, honey and salty. He also loves pesto. So this was posing quite the challenge.

​First I made a lovely batch of plain chèvre to use as my canvas.

Then I slow roasted chopped pecans, with our goat milk butter, and added a bit of brown sugar, maple syrup and Himalayan salt for balance.

I blended the plain chèvre with a bit of honey and more Himalayan fine cheese salt.

Finally rolled it together with freshly harvested basil washed with lemon juice.

The resulting cheese is fantastic!!!!!

Happy Fathers Day!

How do you use or recycle your egg shells?

if you have chickens, it’s great to feed them to hens. It aids in calcium development of future eggs.

Just collect then dry them in a oven at 200 degrees for 10 minutes then crush. After they cool; place in a jar. Their purpose is to sprinkle at the base of plants like peppers and tomatoes to prevent blossom rot and it’s great for pests as well.

start seeds in them; right in the carton. If carton is cardboard, just cut apart and plant directly. Easy peesey.

​Do you save your egg shells? Share your ideas below.

Hope Haven Farms - a division of our collective efforts on this beautiful acreage granted to us.  In addition to our farm, we also board horses, teach riding lessons, train ground manners in horses of all ages, and now we HOST WEDDINGS and Other Special events.  Check out our website for upcoming news and events.
Wedding venue
Gorgeous farm, located in Dorchester County; 15 minutes from Summerville. Now booking for weddings and other special events. Over 50 huge pecan trees, 100 year old farm house, all on an Equestrian Center and Goat Dairy.

Gorgeous living room for bridal party preparation. Separate groom prep area. Open to all catering companies.

Contact us today as dates with our introductory pricing, will not last long.
Chestnuts are Falling!!!!!
Gorgeous Organic Chestnuts for Roasting
$20/lb

Image: marthastewart.com
How to Cook Chestnuts - Roasting Chestnuts in an Oven

• Preheat your oven to 400ºF (205ºC).
• Cut an "X" shape into the flat side of each chestnut.
• Place the chestnuts on a baking sheet.
• Roast the chestnuts for 15-20 minutes.
• Crush their skins.

Our Cheese
Any cheese made from cow milk can be made with Goats Milk. The production of goat cheese follows many of the same basic cheesemaking steps as other types of cheese:

• Gathering the Milk as a Grade A Goat Dairy: We own our goats and do the milking ourselves. This ensures top quality product from breeding, to feeding to milking to cheesing.
• Pasteurized or Unpasteurized: Our aged cheese are made with unpasteurized milk and aged for at least 60 days before it is sold.  Soft Cheeses (not aged) is always made from pasteurized milk. 
• Acidification: Starter culture is added to the milk to change lactose (milk sugar) into lactic acid and alter the acidity level of the milk. This kick-starts the thickening of the milk into curds. Rennet is then added to further encourage curds to form. If you're making goat cheese at home, you can use a short-cut method without rennet and starter, instead use lemon juice or vinegar.  Vegetarian cheese is available, using vegetable rennet.  
• Separating Curds and Whey: For very soft cheeses,  the curds might just be wrapped in cheesecloth and hung so moisture drips out of the curds. For most other cheeses, the curds are cut using a knife or a tool that resembles a rake. Cutting and pressing the curds further encourages them to expel liquid or whey. Soft cheeses are cut into large curds;harder cheeses are cut into tiny curds so that as much moisture drains out as possible.
• Salting: This adds flavor and acts as a preservative.
• Shaping: The curds are put into some sort of form (basket, mold, ring, etc) to form a shape. Cheese comes in many different shapes such as logs, pucks, crottins, or pyramids.  We sell our soft cheese unformed in a container. Semi-hard or hard  cheese is sold in wheels.
• Ripening: Fresh goat cheese ripens (ages) for only a few days or weeks. Other types of goat cheese age for many months.

Aged Cheese - Preorder for the Hoidays!3 lb Wheel - $40    5lb Wheel - $50

• Cheddar 
• Swiss 
• Provolone 
• Colby
• Gouda

Please RSVP or book your tickets to these events on our website.  September 21 - Volunteer work day - Starts at 8 am - Farm Open Day
       Work Day - Fencing, Picking up Debris, Burning Piles and some demolition.  Please wear work boots, eye protection and bring gloves. 
      (Free coupon for Hayride event)  
September 22 - Cheese making Class 2 pm
      $10 Class Tuition
September 28 - Fall Event - Hayrides, Roasting Smores and Farm Tour 
      $5/pp

One last thing - The Holidays are Coming Soon!Shop with us!!
Gift Certificates, Riding Lessons, Goat Milk Soap, Cheeses, Home Décor and other Antiques and Art!  Shop Online Today!!!  New items added daily.
Happy to help.Please contact us with any questions or homesteading suggestions.  Something you want to see in our newsletter?  Just drop us a line!  We would love to hear from you!





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 2015 PLEASURE SHOW

6/20, 7/18, 8/22, 9/12, 10/17, 11/14, 12/12



Start Time: 8:00am

Entry fee: $7/class Pre-Registered

Day of Show $10/class

Trophy Class Fee: $15/class

Unlimited Ride: $50

Credit, Cash or Check

www.HopeHavenEC.com

Judge: ARIELLE CHRISTMAN


T1 TROPHY HALTER

1 Open Halter*

T2 TROPHY SHOWMANSHIP

2 Sr. Exhibitor Showmanship*

3 Jr. Exhibitor Showmanship*

4 Novice Showmanship*

5 Youth Showmanship*

6 Lead Line*

7 Lead Line - Pattern*

8 Lead Line - Off Lead*

SCHOOLING BREAK - 10 MINUTES

T3 TROPHY BREED TYPE ENGLISH W/T PLEASURE

9 Open Breed Type English W/T Pleasure*

10 Novice Breed Type English W/T Pleasure*

T3 TROPHY BREED TYPE ENGLISH W/T Equitation

11 Open Breed Type English W/T Equitation*

12 Novice Breed Type English W/T Equitation*

T3 TROPHY BREED TYPE ENGLISH W/T/C PLEASURE

13 Open Breed Type English W/T/C Pleasure*

14 Novice Breed Type English W/T/C Pleasure*

SCHOOLING BREAK - 10 MINUTES

15 Youth W/J Pleasure*

16 Jr Exhibitor W/J Pleasure*

17 Youth W/J Equitation*

18 Jr Exhibitor W/J Equitation*

19 Youth W/J/L Pleasure*

20 Jr Exhibitor W/J/L Pleasure *

LUNCH BREAK (30 MINUTES)

21 Miniature Horse Halter*

22 Miniature Horse Showmanship*

23 Miniature Horse In-Hand Trail*

T6 TROPHY W/J TRAIL

24 Trail W/J*

25 Trail W/J/L*

26 All Day W/J Pleasure*

27 Novice W/J Pleasure*

28 Sr. Exhibitor W/J Pleasure*

29 Open Western W/J Pleasure*

S7 SUPERIOR W/J PLEASURE

30 Novice W/J Equitation*

31 Sr. Exhibitor W/J Equitation*

S8 SUPERIOR W/J EQUITATION

32 Open Western W/J/L Pleasure*

33 Novice W/J/L Pleasure*

34 Sr. Exhibitor W/J/L Pleasure*

S9 SUPERIOR SR W/J/L PLEASURE

35 Western Horsemanship W/J/L*




9 Division High Point Awards (Champion - Reserve)

* Mini Horse * Lead Line * Youth * Novice * Jr Exhibitor * Sr Exhibitor *

* Open Western Horse * Novice Breed Type * Open Breed Type *




Superior Division

-Open to All Ages (horses and riders) -End of day Highpoint award given to the

horse/rider combo who accumulates the most amount of points in the ‘SUPERIOR” titled classes.

TROPHY awarded 1st-2rd place in each trophy class

High Point award Valued at $100

HOPE HAVEN CLUB MEMBERSHIP
Series End Awards
Membership Fee: $25.00

Come on out and enjoy a great show day at HHEC.  We now have dates for the following series!!!

Combined Training (Jumping is Derby style with XC Elements)
Dressage at Dawn
Jumper Night
Hunter Nights

Please check out our horse show page for more information!!!

Santa Claus is Coming to town...and Hope Haven Equestrian Center in Harleyville on Dec 20 at our Hunter Jumper Schooling Show.  Come and have fun at the show and get a free horse portrait with Santa!  

Hope Haven Equestrian Center's Dec 20 Hunter Jumper Schooling Show will include Christmas Costume classes and a visit from Santa.  We will even have Santa Christmas portraits for you and your horse.  HOHOHOHOHOHO - Merry Christmas!!!

Hi, our October show is coming up fast.  We have great show planned with new classes.  We are adding a costume contest, we are adding regular english pleasure and a lead line pole class - showing off young ones half seat ability.  We also have some donated prizes to offer and beautiful division champion trophies.  

Early registration Classes are $10, late registration or at the show $15

Register early and online - save time and money!