We just dried up our last goat for the season – that means no more fresh milk for the winter. Now for those of you who doubt, goat milk is great – no, not the nasty goat milk you can buy at the store. Real milk. Fresh from the goat.

We have 9 goats, 8 of them females. That means that we could have LOTS of milk come spring (at their peak they can give anywhere from 1-2 gallons a day).

But of course, they all need to be bred and have babies. Last year we only had 2 goats have babies. And no babies means no milk. So we’re praying for lots of babies. Our buck was just a youngun last year. But this year he’s super studly (at least for a goat).

Normally we don’t drink any milk for the winter and just use dried milk for baked goods. But this year we’re buying milk for Indigo. She’s so tiny that we try to give her as many calories as we can. Since she loves her milk and asks for it, we decided to buy her some. Last time I bought a gallon of milk it was $1.99 – it is now over $4 a gallon! Oh my! Talk about sticker shock!

My milk costs me less than $1 a gallon. Thanks, God, for my dairy goats!