Mom, Brett and I had just gotten back from Walmart when I saw that there were 2 chickens out of the pen. Since I had to take some stuff into the barn anyway, Mom dropped me off, and she headed back to the house. I decided to take the stuff inside first, before catching the […]
One of our favorite breakfast recipes is baked oatmeal. Its easy- all the kids are capable of cooking it. It can also make a good vegan recipe if you replace the butter and egg with applesauce or olive oil. Before Emery started he pulled out the kid friendly recipe, got out all the ingredients, and […]
We’re big believers in using soap to wash your hands – and not just because we make soap! With a farm family of ten, there are lots of opportunities to pass germs back and forth. Regularly washing hands with soap is the easiest way to keep us all healthy and prevent the passing of germs. And […]
We have been getting a lot of eggs from our chickens lately. One of our favorite things to cook when we have an excess of them are egg sandwiches! They are super easy, which makes them great for the kids to cook. First, Emery washes his hands with our goat milk soap: Then he drops […]
It’s that time of year again. Time to list all of the things that happened in 2013 that we are thankful for. Our new house Our new barn The dogs (Thor and Baxter) The soaproom New rabbits Baby rabbits Chickens and Fresh eggs That God is with us Christmas party with friends NMX trip to […]
We generally don’t make a big fuss about birthdays around here, but we do have several traditions that are important to us. One of our birthday traditions is to start the day with Breakfast Birthday Cake. Emery has been trained to safely cook, and usually volunteers to make it the day before it is needed. We usually make […]
Now that construction is complete, we have been able to offer Farm Tours. Our main tour guide is Fletcher. He is responsible for our tours unless we have very large groups and need everyone to pitch in. The tour starts in the retail room. And continues throughout the rest of the soaproom. Then you head […]
Greyden (10 years old) makes most of our crock pot meals. This morning I asked him to make split pea soup. He has been trained on this meal and is capable of making it by himself. First he washes his hands with our goat milk soap (of course). Then he removes the kid-friendly recipe I made […]
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?
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 […]
Because we have a business, we’re very careful with our paperwork. We don’t store customer credit card information or share it with anyone. If we don’t need to keep paperwork for our records, Jade is in charge of shredding it. So what do we do with all the paper shreds? We put them in the […]
We love our new milking room. We have room for 5 milk stands and have set it up really well. The goats come in. The boys milk. When they are done, they sweep up the floor. And feed the spilled oats to the chickens. Then they hose down the milk stands and floor. Everything has […]
Many of you know that we drive a large Sprinter we affectionately call “The Hulk”. While the Hulk has served us well for the past 5 years, the mileage on it is getting higher. Since Brett is a new driver, we decided it was time to invest in a younger vehicle. We love the […]
The reason that I first got dairy goats was so that we could have a source of healthy, raw milk. Later on I would use this milk to create our goat milk soap and launch Goat Milk Stuff. But in the beginning, the goat milk was simply a food source. We drank it, we made […]
When we have a full day of work ahead of us, we all get our hands dirty! I’ve talked before about how we implement the “youngest person rule” where the youngest person capable of doing a certain job is the one who does it. Here are just a few ways we put that rule to […]