There are many different recipes for goat milk soap, but here is a popular and simple one: Ingredients: 16 ounces of goat milk 6 ounces of coconut oil 6 ounces of olive oil 6 ounces of palm oil 2.2 ounces of lye (sodium hydroxide) Instructions: Put on gloves, goggles, and a long-sleeved shirt to protect […]
Well before anyone had heard of Covid19 we ordered Chicks to refresh our flock. 16 Hens and 1 Rooster, they arrived yesterday morning with a 6:04AM call from the Post Office. Luckily being farm folk, we were already up so we didn’t answer in a stupor! Farm Dad had Farm Boy drive over to the […]
Connecticut has another visitor to worry about. The Spotted Lanternfly, a species that is causing nightmares in parts of Pennsylvania, has been found in Connecticut. According to the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station a single living adult Spotted Lanternfly has been found in Southbury, Connecticut. The invasive sap-feeding bugs, called Lycorma delicatula are native to China, […]
I found this in my notes, not sure where it came from but wanted to preserve it and thought you might find it useful too. Remember just like with People, too much of anything even good stuff can be bad. Practice moderation for safety. Here are the Plants & Trees: EDIBLE? (Do’s) Agapanthas Althea Angel […]
We added Bantam Chickens to our farm this year. They are much easier (lighter) for the kids to work with in Showmanship. Bantams produce small eggs, about half the size of a large egg. They are proving to be a nice supplement to our regular eggs, two bantam eggs equals on regular egg. With Easter […]
It is that time of year again. Fair season has begun and the Perseids Meteor showers are peaking! The Perseid meteor shower, one of the brighter meteor showers of the year, occurs every year between July 17 and August 24. The shower tends to peak around August 9-13, this year the evening of August 11-12 […]
We had a scare the other day, our goats got out and into a small amount of Hosta! Googling the topic can lead to total panic since many people are of the opinion that Hosta is poisonous to Goats! I prefer a little deeper research followed by a flesh & blood expert opinion. Here is […]
Here is one you may not have heard about…most people haven’t heard about it yet. The Veterinary Feed Directive goes into effect Jan1, 2017. What is the Veterinary Feed Directive? You will wish you hadn’t asked… Last year, the Food and Drug Administration implemented the Veterinary Feed Directive, or VFD, which will require farmers to […]
The ACSH, American Council for Science and Health finally realized that eggs are good for you! What so many of us who consume large amounts of farm fresh eggs knew, the cholesterol in eggs does not significantly increase your cholesterol levels! The real culprit are all the processed, junk food so many people eat! This […]
On April 18, 2015, my family and I got three new additions to our family farm, JNRfarms, three kids (baby goats)! The breed of all three are Alpine; we chose this breed for a couple of reasons. For one, they produce great milk. The milk tastes great and tastes practically the same as cow’s milk, […]
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