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Making Goats Milk Soap For The First Time

by Nana | Jun 24, 2022 | Goat Milk Soap

Memories of “you’re gonna shoot your eye out” come to mind when I think about making goats milk soap for the first time. Or really making any homemade soap. I knew almost twenty years ago now that I wanted to make homemade soap. It was while...

Goats Milk Cheese Recipes – How to Make Feta The Easy Way

by Nana | Mar 29, 2020 | Making Cheese

If you have goats you need to have lots of ideas for things to make with goats milk. Because in the spring, if you decide to milk your goats you have lots of extra around. While I do freeze much of my goats milk, I have come across a couple super simple recipes for...

Lavender Essential Oil Aromatherapy Relaxation In The Air

by Nana | Jan 29, 2017 | Essential Oils

Lаvеndеr Essential Oil Aromatherapy: Lurе Of A Lusty Life Using оf lavender essential oil aromatherapy іѕ іnеvіtаblе. Vаrіоuѕ essential оіlѕ соntrіbutе their ѕіgnіfісаnсе in аrоmаthеrару. Onе аmоng ѕuсh oils іѕ lаvеndеr оіl. Lаvеndеr essential оіl is еxtrасtеd from...

Living The Homestead Life How to Become Self Sufficient

by Nana | Jan 17, 2017 | Around The Farm

Reflecting back I’ve come to realize that living the homestead life is a process of becoming self-sufficient. When I first started this journey, I had no idea goats had no upper teeth. Or how to make bread from scratch.I had no clue whether you needed a rooster...

Spider Goats Stunning Science You Won’t Believe What They Create

by Nana | Jan 16, 2017 | Goats

I almost could not believe there was such a thing as spider goats. The gals over at the University of Idaho extension office told me about them. Also they mentioned that they lived here in Cache Valley. And we could go and see them. This totally blew me away. ...