Dairy Farm News

We have been really buzy here at the farm.  There is not much sleep going on around here.
We have a new round of babies on the ground so we have 16 babies here ranging from less than one week to about four months. We can't wait to see them grow up to see the volume of milk they will be producing.
In the meantime, they are really cute!  We were lucky this year and were blessed with colorful babies and hope to have pics posted soon.

We have been busy painting around here color cordinating everything.  We hope to have new pics soon, our company sign has been ordered and will be here shortly to add to the front of the cheese kitchen.

We are starting a new market next week in Crosby and are hoping to see some of our customers from that area attend.

Our garden is in and we are now getting blooms on the tomato plants. The borage is growing nicely and we hope it keeps the bugs off the tomato plants like we were told, if not it will end up in my salad bowl.

Until next time....Julie

Dairy Farm News

Today is our second time this month that weather has been really cold and icey!  I have the goats bedded down with extra shavings.  They have extra hay to munch on to keep their body temperature warm. It has been raining all morning as the front moves through with temps dropping 40 degrees in a very short time. 

We are really excited with our new babies that are just a few days old. The new babies are in the living room since this type of weather they would not survive.  They are really cute!~!  They already have their own personalities and are starting to jump around.  Warm weather better get here soon or I might not be able to contain them. The babies and moms are doing great!  Scarlet O'Hara, Snowflake, and Jennifer are milking really nicely and are proud momma's. Snowflake is a first time freshener and is showing to be really nice. Jennifer did not do well last year as a first time freshener but this year is showing some promise with increased production over last year.  We are very proud of her development and am really glad we did not sell her last year.

Cheese, soaps, and lotions:
We are working on some new types of cheeses and hope to introduce those in the near future!
Our soap production continues to rise with an increase in production.  Lavender and Lavender Mint are back in full swing.  We had a short time where getting Lavender Essential oil was difficult. The Lavender Oil is now back in stock and the soap is on the shelve curing.

We are now growing our own Apple Mint for the mint in our soaps with no pesticides used on the live mint keeping it as natural as possible.

We purchased a Dorsett Apple and an Anna Apple tree this year and hope they do well here on the farm.

We hope to see you at some of our markets, come by and say hello we always love to talk about our goats, products, and more.....

Until Next Time,
Julie