We’ve got a garden in (because oh boy, do we have plenty of dirt with the construction going on!), and we’ve been steadily working on it over the past couple of weeks. Instead of deluding ourselves into believing that that this was the year that we were going to get a giant garden in that would cover a large portion of our produce bill, we decided to keep it simple. We also decided to make it a homeschooling lesson for…
As we took a walk around the cul-de-sac down the street from us, Luke stopped abruptly and pointed to a pair of rabbits under the shrubs in one of the yards. “Hey, look!” he exclaimed. “That’s our rabbit!” Sure enough, it was. It’s easily identifiable: a sleek, black rabbit with a white nose and a white spot on its right shoulder. But never fear. This rabbit was not an escaped Angora. In fact, it’s not really our rabbit at all. …
We haven’t made any cheese this year. A lot of people ask about whether or not we’ve been making cheese with our goat milk – I think it’s becomes many of them think that cheese is all that goat’s milk is good for. Part of it has been a lack of time, but the lion’s share of it has been because the boys have been drinking all of it! These past few months have been a very sudden and surprising…
This week, excavation started on putting an addition on the Doll House. We don’t talk much about our blog’s namesake on here, but we definitely live it! 950 square feet has been cozy from the time we moved in. Then we added a new family member, and our three older boys rapidly went from preschooler and toddlers to kids. ‘Cozy’ is no longer an apt description. “Sardine-like” or “Bursting at the seams” are more appropriate. Keep in mind this isn’t…
I hadn’t intended to do a post this week, but I think it worth mentioning that our family is trendy. According to the Washington Post, goat milking is America’s newest pastime. How about that! To be sure, the Washington Post largely focused on the commercial aspect of goatherds. Plus, though it wasn’t specifically stated, the implication was that most of these commercial goat dairies are based around cheesemaking. Indeed, at one point it listed goat milk amongst other alternative milks…