Goodbye Goats

For a little over a year we went every Saturday morning to milk a goat living about a mile away in the back yard of a lovely family. It was a fun experience to get to know another family, get to know the two goats, and get to really understand where milk (and cheese!) come from. Molly even got pretty good at milking by the end!

This summer the family decided to stop the goat-share/coop, mostly because they found that their new baby was not able to tolerate even goat milk! Next week Prima (the one we milked) will be "retired" to The Little Farm, and Xochi (who they were never able to successfully breed) will be slaughtered. Thanks to the Bolts for letting us enjoy their goats, and thanks to Molly & Clara for all your hard work going to milk the goats!

(these are pictures from May when Nona joined us one morning)