It has been a long year

Despite all that continues to go on in the world around our farm, the days keep rolling along, the daffodils are blooming, and the chores just keep having to be done.

We have had the pleasure of milking three of our does this past year, averaging around 20 gallons of milk each month. That is far more milk than we can drink, so we have taken this past year to learn all the other things we can do with fresh and delicious goat milk. We have made sour cream (on purpose), chevre, yogurt, ricotta cheese, paneer cheese, butter (we bought a cream separator), ice cream, caramel coffee creamer, and cajeta (yummy!). And we have only scratched the surface of what you can do with your own daily supply of goat milk. One of these days we want to try hard cheeses.

Sadly this spring will not be greeted by the birth of baby goats in the barn. We had to make the decision this past fall, that because of all that continued to be happening around our little farm, we were not going to be breeding this year. But we will be hatching out so more of out barn yard mutt chickens, planting our garden, and finally landscaping our front yard.

So here’s to all the adventure of farming, goat wrangling, and finding uses for all that goat milk.

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