A MOTHERS LOVE

My girls are SO SWEET!!  This is a photo of my queen dairy goat Lady and her 1.5 year old daughter Joy. 

We do have a couple of new additions to the farm.  Carmela is the proud mother of TWO bucklings.

The boys are Kiko Boer cross.  I will post some kid photos later.  My Mother  has a herd of "meat" goats.  We have

yet to sell one for meat and I am not sure what we will do when the time comes. 

WELL, MY BRIBE WORKED!!!!

My "little" 6 year old nephew in the tub with suds on his hair from my  goat milk soap.  You really can't tell how well it lathers because he has really blond hair.

I have been using it on my hair for over a year and my hair is a lot thicker.  It has to be from the soap.  I think it is just simply cleansing my hair follicle.  I sent some home with my brother today to see how it works on his hair.  It doesn't work over night but after a couple of months I really started to noticed a difference.

By the way isn't my SHY nephew adorable?  I did not ask him for the monster face, it was his idea.

Photo Bribe

Can you believe I actually had to bribe my 6 year old nephew for a soap lather photo?  Well, I did and it worked!  He has a MAJOR sweet tooth so off to Buehlers, the grocery store noted for their bakery section, I went and it just so happened that Buehlers had his favorite on sale CREAM STICKS buy 3 get one free.  I  thought well if one doesn't work 4 will and I also added rootbeer.  Rootbeer and cream sticks are his absolutely favorite thing in the world.  Notice the maple that has maybe a bite left.  It also happens to be one of my Mothers favorite.

Goat Races in Australia $10,000 purse YES $10,000

http://www.abc.net.au/local/videos/2010/05/05/2891455.htm

The Tree of Knowledge Festival goat races are now the richest in Australia, with $10,000 in prize money they're drawing competitors and spectators from across the state.

Recipe for homemade Buttermilk

It's very easy. You should try it.


All you do to start off with is to buy some buttermilk from the store.

Here's the recipe:

How To Culture Buttermilk


1 quart whole goat milk

2 tbsp. cultured buttermilk



Warm the milk to 72 degrees. Stir in the cultured buttermilk. Allow

mixture to set, covered, at room temperature for 12 hours or more. When

thick, refrigerate.



Use store bought cultured buttermilk or a buttermilk culture from a

cheesemaking supply company to start your first batch. When purchasing from

a grocery store, be sure to get the freshest you can. Check the expiration

date.  Be sure to save some from the previous batch to reculture the next one.

Just like yogurt, buttermilk can be kept going for a long time.

My neighbor is a very talented photographer

Vera Wang tring to flick a dandelion seed off her head.   She is precious!!  After  EVERY milking before she gets off the milk stand she gives me tons of hugs and kisses.  She will not get off the stand until we exchange XXXOOO.  She is the one that used to be really distant and didn't care whether she got attention or not.

Edible Wild Mushroom

Sponge mushroom is the common name for an absolutely scrumptious wild mushroom found in woods of

Ohio.  This is a big family event every spring to see who can the find the most and the biggest.  This spring was pretty sparce as far as mushroom finding went, for my family anyway.  The mushrooms are only out a couple of weeks during the spring and they don't seem to repeat in the same area each year. 

We soak them in sea salt and then saute them in butter.  They are great with steak, eggs just about anything cooked or grilled.  This is not a mushroom that  is eaten raw  or on salads.

My Latest Adventure Growing Shiitake Mushroom and Herbs

I have always wanted to grow mushrooms along with medicinal and cooking herbs.  Well now I am .  It has been a lot fun.  We had some shiitake mushrooms last night and they were EXCELLENT.  All I did was saute them in butter and OH what flavor.  I will also be involved with growing oyster and hen of the woods mushrooms.  I will show the mushroom growing process on my blog as time goes on.

The herbs are still at the seedling stage but they are really shooting up and will need to be transplanted soon.  I have a deep heart felt desire to make and create things that make people feel better and improve their quality of life.  The mushrooms are and herbs are grown chemical free.  My goat milk soap and salve, soon to come, are also make as natural as possible.  My salve that I am working on is for people with severe skin problems.  I will talk about that more later.

I will be selling my herbs and mushrooms from the farm.  So you will be able to stop by or order fresh from the farm products.  I will also have a basil garden for fresh pesto, pepper patch for salsa, tea garden for fresh or dried teas.  The medicinal herbs will be listed on the website when they are ready.