PJ Jonas – Page 85 – Teaching Families to Work Hard Together

Ball Chairs

When we first started Goat Milk Stuff, we needed an office to work from. Jim set one up for me and surprised me with this ball chair*: I admit, I was a little unsure of this chair when Jim proudly presented it to me, but after one week of using it, I was hooked. The…

September 23, 2014

Emery Crowing

I’m not a big fan of our chickens in general, but I really don’t like roosters. Our biggest rooster is a Barred Rock and he is particularly annoying. He likes to run, as fast as he can, towards anybody that he thinks is inferior to him. Basically, anybody other than Dad and Colter. I recently…

September 22, 2014

Ask A Jonas – PJ’s Thoughts On Family Time

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! PJ, when do…

September 19, 2014

Hang 10 Episode 2: The Jonases Invade New York City

We LOVE to travel! We don’t get to do it as often as we would like because of the goats, but we always take advantage of every opportunity that comes our way. Normally it takes a LOT of time to plan a vacation for the ten of us. We have to figure out sleeping arrangements…

September 18, 2014

Goat Collars

We mentioned the new goat collars in the post about our goat photoshoot, but we didn’t explain why the collars all look different, and why that’s important. When we were talking about getting collars for our goats, we realized that we could use them as a tool. We figured out a system, and now, just…

September 16, 2014

Washing the Beast

We’ve had the Beast for a while now, and it was getting really dirty. Because of the wrap (the pictures) we can’t take it to a car wash – not that it would fit in there anyway. So Dad told the kids one hot summer day that it was time to clean the Beast. “First…

September 15, 2014

Ask A Jonas – Colter’s Thoughts On Having Seven Siblings

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! Colter, what’s it…

September 12, 2014

Hang 10 Episode 1: How I Met Your Mother

We’re starting a new series of videos that will help you get to know our family better. We’re calling them “Hang 10” since there are ten of us in the family. If you’ve ever wondered how Jim and I met, this is the video that reveals how it all started! What did you think? Bet you…

September 11, 2014

Meet The Goats – Zuzu

Our dairy goats are not only foundational to Goat Milk Stuff, but they are a big part of our family as well. Each of them has a personality and during this series we’re hoping you’ll get to know more about them. Zuzu was one of the first goats we got when we rebuilt our herd from scratch – she’s…

September 10, 2014

Sunflowers

We have a pretty awesome garden here at Goat Milk Stuff. We love it so much, we wrote an entire blog series about it! Last year we planted a whole bunch of sunflowers in our garden. This year, we didn’t plant any. But we still had sunflowers – volunteers from last year’s dropped seeds. Aren’t…

September 9, 2014

Indigo and Jade

If you’ve been around our blog a while, you’ve probably discovered our Youngest Person Rule. I was looking through the camera* the other day and found these pictures of the Youngest Person Rule in action. For those of you who don’t know, the Youngest Person Rule means that the youngest person capable of doing the job…

September 8, 2014

Ask A Jonas – Emery’s Thoughts On Being Barn Manager

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! Emery, what is…

September 5, 2014

Gallons and Gallons of Milk

Every year we have lots of new baby goats born. Lots of baby goats drink lots of milk. As baby goats get bigger, they drink more, which makes them get bigger, which makes them drink more. It’s a never-ending cycle! At least it’s a never-ending cycle until the babies are weaned. When the boys finish milking the goats, we send…

September 4, 2014

Dry Ice

The other day, we had a delivery (Graeter’s ice cream, yumm!!) that included some dry ice. After making sure the kids understood that they couldn’t touch the dry ice, they were allowed to do what they wanted with it. They wanted to touch the fog, to feel how cold it was. They wanted to pour it…

September 2, 2014

September 2014 Soap Contest – NOW CLOSED

*** NOW CLOSED It’s time for another Goat Milk Stuff contest! This month we will be giving away some of our latest products. There will be 3 winners that will each receive 1 salve and 4 bars of goat milk soap. (approx $45 retail value). The winners get to choose the type of salve (arnica, comfrey, jewelweed) and the soap scents. The…

September 1, 2014