We have new babies – both Nubian bucks. We’re beginning to milk the doe. She’s not too happy about it – but loves the grain involved!
We have two more does due soon. These does will kid Nupines – a pleasant blend of the finest Alpine/Nubian genetics – with “airplane ears”. Then we’ll be back to fresh milk and no more frozen milk.
This will be the best time to be making cheese. Mozzarella is awesome when made from fresh spring pastured goat milk. Signed up for the 3rd cheese class for this season yet? Hurry, they fill up FAST!
I can’t wait for spring and pasture. Flowers, herbs, setting the starts out of all the heirloom and organic seedlings. The garlic is showing signs of growing – even in all this ice and cold. I’ve even seen some bulbs poking out and the fruit trees in the orchard are getting ready to leaf out.
We are adding emu/ostrich oil back into all of our products that we can. We love what we have found that these oils do for skin. We stopped adding them since they are trans-dermal and would take fragrance oil deep into your skin along with the beneficial ingredients. We will also be adding honey again to most of our products.
The new blueberries are on order and should be here in March-May. We bought much older plants this year so that they can be producing faster. If you signed up for the raised bed classes then you will be helping us by getting some of the beds started for these new plants as well as the continual building of our soil in the market garden.
I hope you’re staying warm and safe!
The Goatwoman