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Monday, February 20, 2006 - I Did It!

Posted in Goats

Before last week, I had never milked an animal before in my whole entire life. This morning I milked Daisy the Wonder Goat with both hands at the same time. Maybe you seasoned farm people cannot imagine my excitement. I really can get faster and better at milking. I thought maybe I would forever be taking the entire allotted time for milking (i.e. the amount of time it takes one goat to empty one small dish of goat chow) just to get 2/3 of a cup of milk. This time: 1 and 2/3 cups!

A related note (are you paying attention, Amber?): I also made my first goat's milk kefir over the weekend. It's delicious! I had to mix the goat milk with cow milk, though, because I didn't quite have enough. If you don't have any kefir grains to make kefir out of, you should really track some down. Here's a tip on acquiring kefir grains: I suggest you ask anyone but me. Just kidding. If you send me a message here at HSB, I'll give you the e-mail address I sent to for my kefir grains. I don't know if they can be shipped anywhere in the world, or anywhere in the country for that matter, but you could always ask!

Blessings this Monday!

Amey

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Monday, February 20, 2006 - Good work!!

Posted by spinninggrandma

Soon you will be speedy gonzalas and fly through. I DO rember my first times!

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I'm a midwestern gal, living my dream life on 7 acres in the country. I love Jesus, my husband, three children, Daisy the Wonder Goat, and our chickens. I'd still love to someday have a miniature jersey milk cow.

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