I feel sorry for people who regularly eat at chain restaurants. Don’t get me wrong, I understand why people (myself included at times) do; especially when traveling. If I have my history right, chains like Denny’s or Cracker Barrel, or Colter’s favorite, TGI Fridays became popular as our culture become more mobile. As more families […]
Everyone was working around the barn when we heard Greyden yell out “BABIES!!!!” We all sprinted to gather towels and all the necessary stuff for helping Pandora. Parsley was already on the ground and being taken care of by her mom when we got there. She was small, but she was healthy and doing well. I helped get […]
During the month of February, we received a good amount of snow. While on my way back to the house, I found Emery and Greyden hard at work shoveling. Turns out they decided to make an “igloo”! They made it so big, they were both able to fit inside! And of course, they always love hiding. The boys […]
Over the last two days we knew that Zaphire was very close to going. Tesla just finished giving birth, we were busy feeding her babies, and getting the stalls ready when Zaphire was looking like she was ready to get her kids out. How did we know she was ready to get her kids out? Because […]
We get asked lots of questions when we’re doing farm tours, selling soap at craft fairs, or simply running errands. Since most of those answers are heard only by the person who asked, we decided to share some of the common questions here on the blog. And of course you can ask a question of your own! Hewitt, how many […]
Yesterday was Mom’s birthday! The last time we had a birthday blog post for Mom was in 2009, when she wrote a blog post called “Happy Birthday To Me”. It’s been a while. LOL One of my favorite parts of our birthday celebration is that we get a picture of the birthday boy/girl with everyone […]
People often question why we breed our goats so that they kid in the middle of the winter when it is usually very cold. We do it mostly because we find it is better for the goats. We raise Alpine goats, which are seasonal breeders. That means the female goats come into heat and the […]
The first two weeks of kidding season are tough, but very exciting. The overnight shifts and lack of sleep start catching up once the adrenaline of delivering baby goats wears off, but we were off to a great start when Tesla was ready to go. She is one of our quieter, “under-rated” goats and wasn’t […]
I could write about Zap and Zeus’s birth, or I could just post a link to the video that we got of the birth and let you watch it for yourself! For those of you who don’t want to see what some could call a graphic video (we don’t think it’s graphic – we think […]
Emery came out to the barn at midnight, to relieve me, and started checking the goats as I packed up my laptop, hot chocolate mug, and various cords. “I’ll probably be calling you tonight – Secret looks like she could go,” he warned me. “How soon?” I asked. “Probably in the next couple of hours,” […]
When we first decided to register our goats with the American Dairy Goat Association (ADGA) for the purposes of maintaining a quality herd and continuing to improve its genetics, we had to come up with a herd name. Since we had a history of moving around, we didn’t want it to be geographically tied (like […]
I was feeding Vashti when someone came running into the milk room. “Zipporah is having her babies!” Vashti’s stomach was full enough that I decided she was done for now, so I set her down and grabbed a stack of towels for Zipporah’s birth. She was in kidding pen A, with half of my family […]
A couple of weeks ago, it snowed. A lot. And while the humans didn’t really enjoy the snow that made all of our jobs harder, the baby goats had a blast! Aren’t they adorable? Which picture is your favorite?
When I got the “babies!!” call, I ran from the soaproom – but by the time I got there, our newest baby, a girl, was already being licked off by her mama, Vanish. We took her into the milk room to dry her off and spent the next ten minutes trying to decide a name […]
I’m regularly asked if our goat milk soap will be better for someone’s skin than the soap they are currently using. I’m a bit biased, but my answer is usually a laughing, “Of course!” I then qualify it to say that everyone’s skin is different and I can’t predict how their skin will react to […]