BARTER A system of exchange by which goods or services are directly exchanged for other goods or services without using a medium of exchange, such as money. It is distinguishable from gift economies in that the reciprocal exchange is immediate and not delayed in time. Bartering is one of those things that one might hear about, but never try. We…
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Goat Cheese is one of those things that I never gave much thought to until we started our goat share last year. Then, with an abundance of milk on hand, there was only so much of it we could drink straight, so much of it went into the freezer to make soap with and the rest was often made into…
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When we first began our short adventures in Goat Sharing last year, I had no idea how much I would grow to love goat cheese. I knew I liked it, but I wouldn’t have guessed it would become one of my favorite things and that I would crave it regularly. Now, I am by no means an expert in…
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After several months of getting to visit with and milk four lovely goats as part of our goat share, we received an email last week from the goats owner stating that the goats were going to a new home. Here is the email, in part… After much consideration, I have decided to pass my goats to a new home. I…
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With the exception of a few times after Baby got hurt, milking and feeding the goats over the past several months has been a breeze. Baby cooperates, her sister, mom and kid cooperate and everything goes rather smoothly. When we got to the goats yesterday, however, the were riled up! All four were pushing each other around and talking to…
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I mentioned in December that we’ve been freezing our leftover goats milk every few days in preparation for eventually making our first few batches of Goat’s Milk Soap. Well, the day finally arrived and we jumped into making soap for the very first time! As with anything new, there was definitely a little learning…
