PJ Jonas – Page 100 – Teaching Families to Work Hard Together

How To Manage Goat Breeding Season

Many people think that breeding goats is super easy – let the buck live with the does and five months later you will have baby goats! While that is the most important piece, actually managing breeding season when you have 32 does and 7 bucks (3 of which are young and you aren’t using),…

November 12, 2013

Shampoo Bar for Natural Hair Care

Goat Milk Stuff makes a solid shampoo bar as a natural alternative to most store bought shampoos. We do not add any harsh chemicals such as SLS to our shampoo bar because we believe that using fewer chemicals benefits your health and your hair. My boys regularly get “buzz cuts” and have very little…

November 11, 2013

PJ’s Podcast Video

I have a “To-Do” List a mile long. Every time I cross something off, I add another 3 things. LOL So why did I start The Busy Mom’s Survival Guide Podcast? Check out the video and you can find out! I used to do the intro (e.g. “You’re listening to Episode 47 of the Busy…

November 10, 2013

How to Write a Kid Friendly Recipe

I think it is very important that we teach children to cook. My children start learning when they are two years old how to help mom in the kitchen. I give them things to pour and stir and scoop. As they get older, they start learning how to make their own sandwiches and blend their…

November 8, 2013

Feeding Your Family IV – Teach Children to Cook I

Busy Mom’s Survival Guide Podcast Episode 047. My children all learn from a very early age how to cook. I teach them based on their individual maturity levels and abilities more than I do their calendar age. By the time they are pre-teens, they are fully capable of following a recipe and making most meals.…

November 7, 2013

Family Photo Shoot

I’ve wanted to get an updated family photo for many months. But as you can imagine, getting everyone ready is quite an endeavor. We were supposed to do the photo last week, but with the accident, nobody was in the mood. All the girls need hair cuts, so I was going to do that…

November 6, 2013

Hewitt’s Job on the Farm

Hewitt is getting so big and capable! He has a lot of responsibilities around the house, barn, and soaproom, but I think his favorite chore is to take care of the chickens and the rabbits. He is super cute in this video (but don’t tell him I called him cute LOL). Pretty impressive, huh?

November 5, 2013

From Goats to Soap

Ever wonder how we go from baby goats to goat milk soap? First, you start with a female baby goat. Then you feed that baby goat (and her friends) lots of milk. And lots of hay. And lots of trees. When the baby goat is about 7 months old, you breed her to…

November 4, 2013

The Beast Video

Brett introduces our new vehicle – “The Beast” in our latest Goat Milk Stuff video. Although she wasn’t crazy about having her photo on the side of it, Brett has really come to appreciate the presence of the Beast in our lives. Now she just has to get her license so she can actually…

November 3, 2013

November Soap Contest- Now Closed

***Now Closed*** It’s time for another Goat Milk Stuff contest and this month we are randomly choosing 3 winners! Each winner is going to receive 7 full bars of goat milk soap and two lip balms. The winners get to choose the scents and flavors and the approximate value of the prize is $50 depending on…

November 1, 2013

Feeding Your Family III – Food Shopping on a Budget

Busy Mom’s Survival Guide Podcast Episode 046. My food budget is never as big as I want it to be. I would love to buy only organic items or the most expensive and healthiest cuts of meat. But like most moms I have to make some tough choices as to what food to buy for…

October 31, 2013

What Kind of Magnet Are You?

A few months ago, we had some teenage girls staying with us for a week. One evening, I went up and talked with the girls in Brett’s room for several hours. We had a great conversation and a great time. One of the girls said to me, “I wish you could come back to where…

October 30, 2013

Preparing the Garden for Winter

It’s that time of the year when frost is coming and it is time to put the garden to bed for the winter. We keep a close eye on the weather reports and about three days before the first frost is expected, we put the boys to work. Last week Greyden and Colter picked the remaining produce…

October 29, 2013

Learn to Sacrifice. It’s Important.

Many people look at Goat Milk Stuff and think our success was very fast. In a way it was, and in a way it wasn’t. While Jim was able to join the business full time within a year of Goat Milk Stuff’s inception, the foundation for being able to do that was laid years…

October 28, 2013

Goodbye Charlestown, Hello Scottsburg!

Goat Milk Stuff began at our home in Charlestown, Indiana. It was a wonderful location, but what worked well for a fledgling business, did not work well for a rapidly growing one. So we relocated the soaproom, the goats, and the family to nearby Scottsburg, Indiana. In this video, Jim and I talk about the…

October 27, 2013