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Priorities
My life is crazy busy. Between the family, the business, the farm, and homeschooling (just to name a few areas), I always have more goals I want to accomplish than I can possibly achieve. Because of everything that competes for my attention, I am very careful to make sure that I am constantly re-prioritizing how…
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Sarsaparilla and Serpent
We sent Fletcher out to check on the goats before going to bed. We didn’t think anyone was going, but during Kidding Season, we always check anyway. Well, five minutes later, the call of “Babies!” went ringing through the house. Everyone scrambled to make it out there, and we quickly discovered that there were two…
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Alexander and Angelica
It was February 3rd and my family was feeling a little lost. We were expecting babies starting the end of January, and it had been a week or two of waiting, and waiting, and waiting. Friday afternoon, I was getting ready to eat lunch when the long-awaited call finally came. “Babies in 20 minutes,” Mom…
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Do The Next Thing
For my family, February is all about one thing – baby goats. That’s because February is kidding season, when the vast majority of our goats have their babies. As a result, February is our favorite time of the year. It is also the most exhausting. February brings: The births of baby goats. The deaths of some of…
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Havarti and Hero
During kidding season, there’s a rush of adrenaline every time the phone rings. Even before you answer, you’re already finishing whatever you were working on and getting ready to bolt for your coveralls. This time was no exception. I was in my office, responding to an email, when Mom’s face popped up on my cell…
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Processing Jewelweed
Last week I talked about how we harvested jewelweed to be used in our jewelweed soap and jewelweed salve. Once Greyden and Emery collect all of the jewelweed, it’s time to process it. Jade does “quality control on it first”. She sorts through and makes sure to remove any weeds or items we don’t want to…
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Second-Guessing Decisions
Have you ever had a difficult decision to make? You agonize over it. You pray about it. You don’t sleep well thinking about it. And finally you make a decision. If you’re at all like me, the relief you feel is tremendous, simply because the decision has been made. What you decided isn’t as important…
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Conflicted
I have some difficult “big picture” decisions that I have to make regarding Goat Milk Stuff. Nothing earth shattering (things like retail room hours and whether or not to do Farmer’s markets next year with our cheese), but they are decisions that will affect the family. They’re difficult decisions because I’m feeling very conflicted about…
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Why We Don’t Like Johnson Grass
Here at Goat Milk Stuff we try very hard to feed our goats the best food available. This is the main reason we grow our own hay. Although many people erroneously believe that goats can (and will) eat almost anything, one thing they shouldn’t eat is Johnson Grass. If consumed in large quantities, it can…
