“Composting is the natural process of recycling organic matter, such as leaves and food scraps, into a valuable fertilizer that can enrich soil and plants. Anything that grows decomposes eventually; composting simply speeds up the process by providing an ideal environment for bacteria, fungi, and other decomposing organisms (such as worms, sowbugs, and nematodes) to …
Category Archives: Goats
Babies, babies, babies
We have been waiting with great anticipation for Luna’s due date as we all love baby goats. Luna must love them too, because she got an early start, with the babies arriving 4 days before we expected to see them. Early this week I came out for on evening goat walk at the end of …
Goat Housekeeping
When the goats first came home, I set up a routine of mucking out their living quarters about every 2 weeks, putting down a fresh bed of straw after each cleaning. While they were eating mostly milk, and then transitioned to grazing for most of the day in the field behind the house, that worked …
Cheesemaking: Embracing imperfection
If you are a recovering perfectionist, and are looking for an activity that will support and encourage that recovery, cheese making just might be for you! I started my cheese making adventure in 2021 when our mama goat had filled our refrigerator to overflowing with milk. Even after I started making homemade yogurt, we just …
Baby goats!
After anticipating their arrival since early June, the kids are here. It has been a bit of a rocky start, including: Today, having weathered the rough patch, the kids are thriving (and are acting like typical baby goat “jumping beans”), Mama goat is slowly getting back to normal, and I expect to be able to …
Goat Milking Hugs
Izzie is nearing the end of her first milking cycle. At her peak she was giving us a gallon of milk a day, but that is now down to a quart, and I expect it to continue to decline. Even if she is still producing, in 2 months I will stop taking milk and let …
More goats????
Although my mom grew up on a small farm outside of Detroit and was returning to her roots when my parents bought Green Acres Farm, I grew up in Ann Arbor, and the closest thing to farming I ever did growing up was help a little with the large garden my mom maintained when I …
Goat walks
While many people stranded at home by COVID took up hobbies like bread making, gardening or crafting, I got goats. In my defense, when the country shut down for COVID in March, 2020, we had only been on the farm for 7 months, and goats had been on my ‘to do” list even before we …