Friday, April 4, 2008
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The long winter is over and spring is here (at least according to the calendar).  Of course one just needs to peek in our barn and see the goats are celebrating spring with…babies!  There are singles, twins and triplets in shades of black, brown, white and tan.  I just love cuddling a baby goat.  They’re so soft and friendly.

The does are so productive and the babies are so healthy from all that goat milk that we have too many babies.  We have over 40 little does and expect more soon.  It’s very hard to decide who should stay to join our milking herd and who should be sold to other farms.

We now sell all our milk at the farm store and have a wide variety of cheeses available.  The store has been open for about a year and a half and we are continually adding new healthy products and have a selection of items from other local farmers, bakers and artesians.

We work extremely hard to keep our prices low but, as I’m sure you’re well aware, from grain to gas the price of everything keeps going up.  We’re being forced to improve our marketing skills and are trying to be wise in what changes we should make.  I suppose it’s not just about the goat dairy, a business.  Farming runs much deeper.  It’s about our home, our relationship with others, our lives.  It’s who we are.  We are farmers.

Lena