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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A Little Goat We Called T-Shirt
Last night I couldn’t sleep. I kept thinking about things and couldn’t quiet my mind. Does that ever happen to you? You just lie there, thinking about all the things you’ve done wrong, the apologies you’ve left unsaid, the moments you could go back to and change so you’d have a different outcome. Wondering why … Continue reading A Little Goat We Called T-Shirt
“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
Broken Coops and Healed Hearts
Christmas 2020 came, and we were able to play host to our entire family just days after we moved in. But despite the joy that the holiday season can bring, getting to that point wasn’t all that blissful. Because we owned two houses for a matter of ten days until we closed on the sale … Continue reading Broken Coops and Healed Hearts
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
Goats.
Goats are just a whole ‘nother animal. Since COVID, there have been a lot of people who have become backyard chicken farmers. That’s how I kind of got started on this whole journey myself. Chickens are a wonderful starter farm animal. They’re pretty easy. They need a coop, enough space for the number of birds … Continue reading Goats.
“Hubby, I’ve been thinking…”
After being a couple for over twenty years (and married for nearly fourteen of them) at this point, my husband knew that he was about to hear something intriguing, but I don’t know if he knew it would be this. A little insight into my husband: He has always been adventurous, ready and willing to, … Continue reading “Hubby, I’ve been thinking…”
Chickens are the gateway farm animal.
I say that in jest, but it’s the truth. If you’re thinking about chickens, be prepared to shake up your entire life. Now, maybe there are some who could have a few chickens and a handful of fresh eggs and be satisfied staying in the same neighborhood that allows backyard poultry, but apparently, I’m not … Continue reading Chickens are the gateway farm animal.
It all started amid a pandemic.
My husband was on stateside military orders to attend a school at an Air Force base on the coast. The kids and I stayed home in Alabama. We had just come back home after spending a wonderful beach-side Christmas with my soldier for a blissful three weeks. It was January 2020. If we had known … Continue reading It all started amid a pandemic.
Blessed Roots Farmstead 