I’m Rachael, the owner and author behind Curd-Nerd, and this forum.

I’ve been making cheese for a number of years now and still love the thrills of making a good cheese, and the challenges that can still arise even once you think you know what you’re doing

My favourite cheese to make is Camembert, mostly because I love the process of nurturing that lovely, white, fluffy mold. But also because it’s a cheese most of our friends and family enjoy and we love giving it away to those who still can’t believe we made ‘such a delicious cheese’ at home.

My husband, two children, two dogs, cat and 4 chickens live on 1/4 acre block planted predominantly with edibles and our mission is to grow as much of our own produce as possible. We compost, farm worms, make fertilisers out of seaweed and fish, repurpose and generally just enjoy our little slice of paradise and time as a little family.