As with any endeavor, plans change. Last year this time, the plan was to grow the goat herd to begin production of soap. We were going to drink the Nubian milk and make soap and butter from the Nigerian milk. Well, after attempting to milk Sage, and really feeling the difference in the two breeds- I decided that Nubians were the only way to go. The children were also key to the soap plan and they didn't have much success with milking either. Yesterday, we decided to list Sage and her daughter on craigslist and in 30 minutes we had a couple lined up to come get them.
Congratulations to Crystal and Brian- the proud new owners of 2 Nigerian Does. They are very nice and are new to the adventure of milk goats. Hopefully, they will all get along well. They may also be interested in one of Scarlets bucklings when they get old enough to go. Awesome!
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| Last picture of Sage and Peppermint |
In other goat news, I milked Ebony last night and she was a dream to milk. A little apprehensive at first, but settled into her grain quickly. Hooray for two milking goats!
The garden is doing well- we've had an abundance of rain and nice sunny days. Seems like everything is about 3 weeks ahead this year. That's good for now since my freezer is about out of corn and blueberries frozen from last year, but his summer may be pretty miserable in the weather department.
Now we're off to celebrate Memorial Day with the family!
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