When I first began this dairy goat operation, I knew I wanted to get into soap making. I’ve always been both fascinated and impressed with the idea of soap. I had wanted to get into it for years, but I just didn’t know where to begin. Well, step number one was buying a dairy goat. … Continue reading Soap Making 101 and Coexisting Antonyms
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“Her Name was ‘Lola.’ She was a Show Goat.“
In my last post, I gave some advice on buying goats. All the research I spoke about, I did. I knew I wanted large breed dairy goats - Nubians, specifically - and I found my breeder. She taught me most of what I know, and since learning from her, I have stumbled across other sources … Continue reading “Her Name was ‘Lola.’ She was a Show Goat.“
Goats 101
I knew when I wanted to buy goats and create a sustainable life, I’d need to learn some things before I just jumped in. For anyone who thought I threw myself wholeheartedly into goats, they’d be right. But whoever thought I did it without forethought - well - they’d be wrong. That’s not to say … Continue reading Goats 101
Moving to the Country
The last several months of 2020 were some of the wildest, craziest, jump-in-with-both-feet-and-don’t-look-back days of my life. We had decided we wanted to sell our starter home, find some land with a farmhouse, move the chickens, get some goats, plant a garden, and otherwise live that rural life. But it wasn’t exactly easy in the … Continue reading Moving to the Country
Blessed Roots Farmstead 