Farm Blog

Whenever someone else milks the goats, the goats hold milk back. The substitute milker wrings out the last drop, then I go take a turn. Figgy senses my familiar warmth against her side. I sing the milking-time song I have sung for years, and all of a sudden her teats are full of milk again. The Nigerians simply have conniption fits if anyone else tries to milk them. Goats are notoriously personal, so even large commercial herds get divided into small groups cared for by

How about NOT buying plastic bottles of shampoo? Even in bulk, the practice was bothering me. Eggs are emulsifiers, right? My fine, curly hair likes emulsifiers. Like a gentle conditioner, the fats of an egg yolk remove grime without stripping oils from hair. In theory. In practice, I had a big lesson to learn. Namely, don't rinse your hair with very hot water or you wind up with a scalp full of scrambled eggs. The yolk was on me, so to speak. Now, with more moderate t