WEBVTT 1 00:00:18.879 --> 00:00:21.679 Hey, everyone, welcome back to Local Agg, your place for 2 00:00:21.839 --> 00:00:25.800 all things Bedford County Ag. It is May fourteenth, twenty 3 00:00:25.839 --> 00:00:28.960 twenty six. I'm your host, Melody Divers from the Bedford 4 00:00:29.000 --> 00:00:32.960 County Ag Advisory Board. Today mark's our twenty first episode. 5 00:00:33.240 --> 00:00:36.439 So thank you Media Squatch for your community support. We 6 00:00:36.479 --> 00:00:41.079 appreciate y'all. All Right, so today we are venturing into 7 00:00:41.119 --> 00:00:43.359 a corner of the agworld that we actually haven't touched 8 00:00:43.359 --> 00:00:47.200 on before. Here at the podcast, we are talking goats. 9 00:00:47.359 --> 00:00:51.719 We have the folks from Country Blessings Farms. Well actually 10 00:00:51.719 --> 00:00:55.240 you're the solo show today. Avan all Fod is here 11 00:00:55.679 --> 00:00:58.240 and she is going to talk to us about goats. 12 00:00:58.280 --> 00:01:02.200 But we also want to share that their farm also 13 00:01:02.280 --> 00:01:04.519 has not just the registered dairy goats, but they have 14 00:01:04.640 --> 00:01:08.840 pasture raised hogs and registered angus cattle. So we just 15 00:01:08.879 --> 00:01:12.120 really want to hear about the goats and all that 16 00:01:12.159 --> 00:01:14.599 fun stuff because, like I was telling you before the show, 17 00:01:14.680 --> 00:01:17.280 my mom raised goats just for fun. There were pets, 18 00:01:17.599 --> 00:01:22.239 and they do have their own little personality. So welcome, 19 00:01:22.280 --> 00:01:22.959 We're glad. 20 00:01:22.719 --> 00:01:23.959 You thanks for having me. 21 00:01:24.040 --> 00:01:27.239 Absolutely so, like I said, this is our first time 22 00:01:27.439 --> 00:01:30.840 talking about goats on the show, So just give it 23 00:01:30.840 --> 00:01:35.000 to a straight Are they really like the escape artists 24 00:01:35.040 --> 00:01:36.200 that everyone says they are. 25 00:01:36.640 --> 00:01:38.719 So what I tell a lot of the people that 26 00:01:39.840 --> 00:01:42.159 you know, buy goats from me is that as long 27 00:01:42.200 --> 00:01:45.120 as they have what they need within their fence and 28 00:01:45.159 --> 00:01:47.439 they don't have a reason to go outside of the fence, 29 00:01:47.519 --> 00:01:51.239 they typically are pretty good at staying in. Now, you 30 00:01:51.239 --> 00:01:54.359 can't just use the typical, you know, single wire electric 31 00:01:54.400 --> 00:01:55.920 fence to keep them in. They'll find their way out 32 00:01:55.959 --> 00:01:58.480 of that, and especially as tiny as those babies can 33 00:01:58.480 --> 00:02:00.439 get in, they'll they'll find a hole in the fence 34 00:02:00.480 --> 00:02:00.840 for sure. 35 00:02:00.959 --> 00:02:03.239 But as long as they've they're. 36 00:02:03.040 --> 00:02:07.840 Fed and not bored, I personally have not found it 37 00:02:07.920 --> 00:02:11.919 to be a huge issue. We use you know, the 38 00:02:12.000 --> 00:02:15.360 American wires pretty small you know, like four by four 39 00:02:15.400 --> 00:02:16.759 holes or cattle panel. 40 00:02:16.599 --> 00:02:19.080 Or something like that to to keep them in. 41 00:02:19.159 --> 00:02:23.080 And yeah, I mean as long as they're if they 42 00:02:23.080 --> 00:02:25.000 get hungry, if you miss a feeding, they will definitely 43 00:02:25.039 --> 00:02:27.599 find their way out somehow. But as long as they 44 00:02:27.599 --> 00:02:31.360 have what they need, they typically aren't just looking for 45 00:02:31.439 --> 00:02:32.400 ways to torture you. 46 00:02:32.439 --> 00:02:33.759 And so it's the planning. 47 00:02:33.840 --> 00:02:36.000 But also it sounds like you have relationship with them, 48 00:02:36.080 --> 00:02:38.680 and I'm sure they know what time it is with 49 00:02:38.840 --> 00:02:42.479 the being able to tell time. Yes, so we got 50 00:02:42.479 --> 00:02:44.879 the we got like the fun question out of the way, 51 00:02:44.919 --> 00:02:47.599 because everybody when you see, especially like you can see 52 00:02:47.599 --> 00:02:50.080 the cute little videos on TikTok and different things of 53 00:02:50.120 --> 00:02:53.159 goats doing the cutest thing, and you're like, that's so cute, 54 00:02:53.159 --> 00:02:54.919 but gosh, it would be hard to like raise them. 55 00:02:54.960 --> 00:02:57.960 So how many how many do y'all have registered? 56 00:02:59.159 --> 00:03:01.599 So ifs a lot, Like right now, I'm kind of 57 00:03:01.599 --> 00:03:04.400 at the tail end of kidding season, so I've got 58 00:03:04.400 --> 00:03:06.120 a lot of babies leaving, and then I even have 59 00:03:06.199 --> 00:03:08.159 some customers that are taking some of the mamas with 60 00:03:08.199 --> 00:03:12.039 them as well. So I usually have anywhere at the 61 00:03:12.080 --> 00:03:14.199 height of kidding season with all the babies and everything, 62 00:03:14.240 --> 00:03:16.680 I could have as many as thirty oh my goodness. 63 00:03:16.759 --> 00:03:19.280 But then once the babies find their new moms and everything, 64 00:03:19.280 --> 00:03:20.719 it definitely dwindles. 65 00:03:20.759 --> 00:03:22.360 I mean because goats. I've got one. 66 00:03:24.120 --> 00:03:27.919 Dough that will give me quads every single year, so yeah, 67 00:03:27.960 --> 00:03:32.520 so it's wow, we can go. The herd grows exponentially 68 00:03:32.800 --> 00:03:36.360 during kidding season and then falls off quickly once they 69 00:03:36.400 --> 00:03:37.240 all find a new home. 70 00:03:37.719 --> 00:03:42.560 So for folks that have never heard the term kiddings. Yeah, yeah, 71 00:03:42.599 --> 00:03:45.280 can you share with our listeners with ings and what 72 00:03:45.319 --> 00:03:46.439 that looks like on your farm. 73 00:03:46.639 --> 00:03:51.800 Yeah, So most goat farmers prefer to have all of 74 00:03:51.840 --> 00:03:55.400 their dough's kid you know, within pretty close successions, so 75 00:03:55.439 --> 00:03:57.039 it's all kind of happening at the same time, and 76 00:03:57.080 --> 00:04:00.439 you're just like in the season of it. And typically 77 00:04:01.080 --> 00:04:05.080 January February March, when it's like the dead of winter 78 00:04:05.319 --> 00:04:08.199 is a desirable time for a lot of goat farmers 79 00:04:08.240 --> 00:04:10.960 because it's harder for parasites to survive through those hard 80 00:04:11.120 --> 00:04:12.280 you know, cold nights or whatever. 81 00:04:12.360 --> 00:04:16.199 I would say, some people would probably be surprised, yes here, yes, 82 00:04:16.240 --> 00:04:16.600 that that. 83 00:04:16.800 --> 00:04:18.000 Is right the ideal time. 84 00:04:18.079 --> 00:04:19.879 Yeah, I mean it definitely adds a layer of stress 85 00:04:19.920 --> 00:04:22.519 to have you know, these like freezing you know, below 86 00:04:22.600 --> 00:04:24.680 zero nights and everything when you've got brand new babies. 87 00:04:24.720 --> 00:04:27.000 But and they never make their way in your house, right. 88 00:04:27.000 --> 00:04:27.600 Absolutely not. 89 00:04:27.759 --> 00:04:30.800 No, never in your food stove or never in the 90 00:04:30.839 --> 00:04:31.680 guest bathroom. 91 00:04:31.879 --> 00:04:34.319 I got my note calves with us. Yes, we have 92 00:04:34.399 --> 00:04:35.160 had a calf or two. 93 00:04:35.519 --> 00:04:35.680 Yeah. 94 00:04:35.920 --> 00:04:37.199 Yeah, you gotta do what you gotta do. 95 00:04:37.720 --> 00:04:40.879 But it is always my goal for these goats to 96 00:04:40.920 --> 00:04:43.800 be damn raised, I do not don't. I don't need 97 00:04:43.800 --> 00:04:46.680 a baby goat or a bottle goat, right, So I 98 00:04:46.720 --> 00:04:49.879 have definitely supplemented, you know, like especially for a mama 99 00:04:49.920 --> 00:04:53.600 who's got quads or a first time mom, sometimes they 100 00:04:53.600 --> 00:04:55.480 get all overwhelmed and they're in shock and. 101 00:04:55.399 --> 00:04:57.560 They're sounds like you have strong mamas. 102 00:04:57.879 --> 00:05:00.439 Yes, yeah, if you can't raise your own kids, like 103 00:05:00.800 --> 00:05:02.240 I don't have time to reach your kids for you. 104 00:05:03.240 --> 00:05:05.959 It's so funny. 105 00:05:06.040 --> 00:05:10.240 Yeah, So kidding season normally, and also certain breeds only 106 00:05:10.319 --> 00:05:13.560 come into estris in the fall. Okay, then therefore with 107 00:05:13.639 --> 00:05:17.680 a five months or roughly one hundred and fifty for 108 00:05:17.959 --> 00:05:20.639 many breeds one hundred and fifty five day gestation for 109 00:05:20.720 --> 00:05:24.279 standard breeds. You know, if they're breeding in the fall, 110 00:05:24.480 --> 00:05:26.600 that has them kidding right in the middle of winter, 111 00:05:26.839 --> 00:05:29.839 end of winter January, February March. And what breeds do 112 00:05:29.920 --> 00:05:34.319 y'all have or like? Or so I started with Nigerian 113 00:05:34.399 --> 00:05:37.639 dwarf goades. It was a great way to learn, you know, 114 00:05:37.680 --> 00:05:41.439 they're so small and easily managed and don't require as 115 00:05:41.560 --> 00:05:44.720 much land and all that kind of stuff. So I 116 00:05:44.720 --> 00:05:48.319 started there, and then I fell in love with the 117 00:05:48.360 --> 00:05:50.920 standard new bands. They have these big long ears and 118 00:05:51.000 --> 00:05:54.079 they they actually, in my opinion, have a better personality. 119 00:05:54.079 --> 00:05:56.680 They're much more friendly. The Nigerians really make you earn 120 00:05:56.879 --> 00:05:59.519 your love, and the new bands are kind of like 121 00:05:59.560 --> 00:06:03.319 puppy dog, they'll seek it out. And so then I've 122 00:06:03.360 --> 00:06:07.319 got a really really great buck and so a Nigerian 123 00:06:07.360 --> 00:06:11.120 buck that I bred with the Nubians and made some 124 00:06:11.399 --> 00:06:14.560 mini Nubians, and so they're a really ideal breed because 125 00:06:14.639 --> 00:06:17.040 they are smaller in stature, so they're easier to manage. 126 00:06:17.079 --> 00:06:19.959 But their milk production is still or the volume of 127 00:06:20.000 --> 00:06:22.920 milk is way more than a Nigerian dwarf goat. And 128 00:06:22.959 --> 00:06:27.040 so the Nigerians are great. They have a higher butterfat 129 00:06:27.680 --> 00:06:29.959 content in their milk. So depending on what you're doing 130 00:06:30.000 --> 00:06:32.360 with milk, that would also determine maybe what breed you 131 00:06:32.360 --> 00:06:33.079 would go for. 132 00:06:34.680 --> 00:06:38.160 And just to remind listeners, the goats that you are 133 00:06:38.279 --> 00:06:41.839 raising are not meat goats. They are strictly dairy goats, 134 00:06:41.839 --> 00:06:46.079 and so their milk is okay for human consumption. 135 00:06:46.360 --> 00:06:47.959 And also the. 136 00:06:47.959 --> 00:06:51.839 Closed loop system you have here you're raising these beautiful 137 00:06:51.839 --> 00:06:54.279 babies and where their mothers. 138 00:06:54.000 --> 00:06:56.079 Are raising them, you're just that's right, exactly. 139 00:06:57.319 --> 00:07:01.680 You're just the MEMI Okay, these beautiful babies, but you're 140 00:07:02.040 --> 00:07:06.800 they are not up to eat, so they folks cannot 141 00:07:06.879 --> 00:07:09.720 order like goat chops, ye or anything like that. So 142 00:07:10.439 --> 00:07:12.600 when did you decide, Hey, we need to get into 143 00:07:12.639 --> 00:07:17.800 goats and we need to make like luxurious soaps and lotions, 144 00:07:17.839 --> 00:07:18.439 and like. 145 00:07:18.399 --> 00:07:19.920 How did you get from this to this? 146 00:07:20.120 --> 00:07:22.480 Yeah, so it's interesting. I mean I was I was 147 00:07:22.519 --> 00:07:25.439 born and raised. I grew up in a swimming tennis 148 00:07:25.480 --> 00:07:27.839 neighborhood in like a could a stack outside of Atlanta, Georgia. 149 00:07:27.959 --> 00:07:31.399 So this was never at top of mind for me. 150 00:07:31.480 --> 00:07:33.560 I never would have imagined my life coming to this, 151 00:07:33.720 --> 00:07:36.439 but it was always a dream of my husband to 152 00:07:36.519 --> 00:07:40.800 have a farm and to have cows, and cows didn't 153 00:07:40.800 --> 00:07:42.399 really interest me that much when we moved out to 154 00:07:42.399 --> 00:07:43.839 the farm, and so I just kind of wanted my 155 00:07:43.879 --> 00:07:46.000 own thing to do on the farm. 156 00:07:46.199 --> 00:07:47.000 And so. 157 00:07:48.399 --> 00:07:51.959 I started researching goats and really dove into it and 158 00:07:52.160 --> 00:07:54.839 found out what breed I wanted. And at the time, 159 00:07:54.920 --> 00:07:56.439 it was like, oh, this would just be cool for 160 00:07:56.480 --> 00:07:58.639 the girls. We have three young girls, and like this 161 00:07:58.680 --> 00:08:00.560 is something that they could be involved, you know, like 162 00:08:00.600 --> 00:08:03.240 having the kids around the cows is a little intimidating 163 00:08:03.279 --> 00:08:05.680 and scary at times because they're so large, but with 164 00:08:05.720 --> 00:08:09.759 the goats, they can really get involved and help out. 165 00:08:09.920 --> 00:08:15.639 And so yeah, So we started with just a doe 166 00:08:15.680 --> 00:08:21.839 and her brother, a weathered boy, and started there and 167 00:08:21.959 --> 00:08:23.879 while we just learned, I learned how to take care 168 00:08:23.920 --> 00:08:26.519 of them. And then from there I went back to 169 00:08:26.600 --> 00:08:30.199 the same breeder and got a mama with her kid 170 00:08:30.240 --> 00:08:32.320 on the side, and so that way I got to 171 00:08:32.320 --> 00:08:35.840 start experiencing milking and infant care and stuff like that, 172 00:08:36.639 --> 00:08:39.960 and then eventually dove into the breeding of it myself. 173 00:08:39.960 --> 00:08:42.080 So I took it really slow. I wanted to make 174 00:08:42.120 --> 00:08:42.720 sure to. 175 00:08:42.720 --> 00:08:43.600 Like understand it. 176 00:08:43.720 --> 00:08:46.919 Yeah, step along the way you yourself are mothering at 177 00:08:46.919 --> 00:08:50.399 the same time, right, Yeah, I was overwhelmed enough take 178 00:08:50.399 --> 00:08:52.440 the goats out of the equation, and you were still 179 00:08:52.480 --> 00:08:54.679 you have a lot on your plate. So I think 180 00:08:54.679 --> 00:08:56.720 that's probably the wise thing to do. That way you 181 00:08:57.360 --> 00:09:00.720 understand everything. So that way if you need to step 182 00:09:00.720 --> 00:09:04.159 back and evaluate exactly. So you talked about the goat 183 00:09:04.360 --> 00:09:06.639 milk that's being used in. 184 00:09:07.759 --> 00:09:10.080 Goat milk soap and goat milk lotions. 185 00:09:09.759 --> 00:09:11.440 But that's not the only fun thing you have then 186 00:09:12.080 --> 00:09:14.799 tell us about the other things that the other animals 187 00:09:14.840 --> 00:09:15.399 on your farm. 188 00:09:15.559 --> 00:09:16.000 Yeah. 189 00:09:16.080 --> 00:09:18.320 So, once I felt like I kind of had my 190 00:09:18.879 --> 00:09:21.399 you know, my footing with the with the goats, I 191 00:09:21.440 --> 00:09:24.600 wanted to expand a little bit and got some pigs 192 00:09:24.639 --> 00:09:29.159 and started raising hogs for meat and the sausage and 193 00:09:29.679 --> 00:09:34.639 really really fell in love with them. That came pretty easily, 194 00:09:34.919 --> 00:09:37.200 the you know, just caring for the hogs. And I 195 00:09:37.240 --> 00:09:40.639 don't breed hogs. I just buy them as wieners, so 196 00:09:40.679 --> 00:09:42.720 at like eight ten months old, and then grow them out. 197 00:09:44.240 --> 00:09:48.639 And so it all kind of timed together at the 198 00:09:48.679 --> 00:09:50.679 same time. Again, just the same way. I you know, 199 00:09:50.720 --> 00:09:52.440 spent a lot of time researching the goats before I 200 00:09:52.480 --> 00:09:54.480 jumped into it. I was researching the goat milk soap 201 00:09:54.480 --> 00:09:56.840 a lot before I really started diving into it. And 202 00:09:56.919 --> 00:09:59.759 I kept reading about the benefits of lard and soap 203 00:10:00.200 --> 00:10:03.000 and how a lot of these articles and you know, 204 00:10:03.080 --> 00:10:05.960 blogs and stuff that I wrote or read, we're talking 205 00:10:06.000 --> 00:10:08.360 about how back in the day they used nothing but 206 00:10:08.480 --> 00:10:10.519 lard and lie and that's all the soap was made 207 00:10:10.559 --> 00:10:13.399 out of. And I thought, okay, well, like that's and 208 00:10:13.480 --> 00:10:14.960 you know, when I was first starting out, like I'm 209 00:10:14.960 --> 00:10:16.919 not trying to invest a whole bunch of money into 210 00:10:16.960 --> 00:10:19.039 something that I don't know how it's going to go. 211 00:10:19.159 --> 00:10:22.120 So here, I have this, you know, beef fat or 212 00:10:22.159 --> 00:10:24.480 a pig fat, Why don't I try it out? And 213 00:10:25.360 --> 00:10:28.960 I you know, goat milk has so many great properties 214 00:10:29.480 --> 00:10:31.879 for your skin and it's amazing and soap and people, 215 00:10:31.919 --> 00:10:34.639 there are some people I know that like exclusively use 216 00:10:34.919 --> 00:10:39.279 goat milk soap, but I personally feel that the lard 217 00:10:39.399 --> 00:10:42.840 in the soap is what truly makes it, that sets 218 00:10:42.879 --> 00:10:44.720 it apart from just like whatever bar of soap you're 219 00:10:44.720 --> 00:10:45.480 going to buy at the store. 220 00:10:45.480 --> 00:10:48.000 It makes it really creamy and soft and conditioning. 221 00:10:48.200 --> 00:10:51.559 And similarly with like beefel and beef towel is having 222 00:10:51.600 --> 00:10:52.480 a moment right now. 223 00:10:54.000 --> 00:10:56.120 Animal fat is closer to. 224 00:10:56.080 --> 00:11:00.159 Our skin microbiome than any other oils and butters and 225 00:11:00.919 --> 00:11:03.399 fats that you might find another skincare products, So your 226 00:11:03.639 --> 00:11:08.120 skin's ability to absorb it and really you know, make 227 00:11:08.120 --> 00:11:10.000 it go to work for you is much more efficient. 228 00:11:10.200 --> 00:11:12.559 And so yeah, I think the lard in the soap, 229 00:11:12.960 --> 00:11:15.759 especially combined with the goat milk, really makes okay, so 230 00:11:15.799 --> 00:11:21.840 you combined, yes, yeah, yeah, the soap has goat milk, lard, 231 00:11:22.200 --> 00:11:25.960 olive oil, cast or no, yeah, cast or oil, and 232 00:11:26.000 --> 00:11:29.159 coconut oil and that's it and many things. Yeah, and 233 00:11:29.200 --> 00:11:31.200 it's just it's really, like I said, I think the 234 00:11:31.279 --> 00:11:33.039 lard really sets it apart. 235 00:11:33.440 --> 00:11:35.600 When you were talking about that, I was thinking about 236 00:11:35.720 --> 00:11:39.399 some recipe cards that I had inherited, yes from, like 237 00:11:39.799 --> 00:11:42.440 I believe this particular one was my grandmother, and it 238 00:11:42.559 --> 00:11:44.039 was how to make lard soap. 239 00:11:44.360 --> 00:11:45.960 Oh really, oh yeah, oh cool. 240 00:11:46.000 --> 00:11:48.519 Well apparently it's you know, they use it a lot 241 00:11:48.960 --> 00:11:51.039 back in the day for like pie crusts and stuff. 242 00:11:52.360 --> 00:11:54.360 Yeah, they had the lard for that, but she had 243 00:11:54.399 --> 00:11:57.799 a recipe under miscellaneous. 244 00:11:56.919 --> 00:11:59.320 So it was edible, you know that section, right. 245 00:11:59.639 --> 00:12:01.759 It was all also a recipe for making your own 246 00:12:01.840 --> 00:12:05.000 cough medicine and just different like salves and stuff. 247 00:12:05.279 --> 00:12:06.320 So when you said that, I was like. 248 00:12:06.279 --> 00:12:08.720 I remember seeing that in her handwriting. That was just 249 00:12:09.000 --> 00:12:11.240 it was just how it was done. I think that 250 00:12:11.320 --> 00:12:14.600 is That is great that you're taking the time and 251 00:12:14.679 --> 00:12:17.360 other folks are taking the time to really explore those things, 252 00:12:18.080 --> 00:12:20.200 and it's really honoring the whole animal because you're using 253 00:12:20.320 --> 00:12:21.159 your whole part. 254 00:12:21.240 --> 00:12:22.960 Yeah, I mean, otherwise it would just be left behind 255 00:12:22.960 --> 00:12:25.240 it the processor, so why not have them? 256 00:12:25.559 --> 00:12:27.639 You know, now I'm just going to be this is 257 00:12:27.679 --> 00:12:29.080 totally just meat being nosy. 258 00:12:29.360 --> 00:12:32.679 I'm envisioning one day you have like three kids animals 259 00:12:32.679 --> 00:12:33.639 and you're like, hey. 260 00:12:33.559 --> 00:12:36.200 Let's go in the kitchen and make lady, what of 261 00:12:36.240 --> 00:12:38.080 chaos did that look like? Or were you like I've 262 00:12:38.080 --> 00:12:40.639 got it all put together or was it like a 263 00:12:40.639 --> 00:12:41.399 little chaotic? 264 00:12:41.639 --> 00:12:44.799 Well, so, you know, the goat milk came first, and 265 00:12:44.840 --> 00:12:49.480 we were loving making ice creams and cheeses and the 266 00:12:49.480 --> 00:12:50.320 girls love good. 267 00:12:50.799 --> 00:12:53.039 Yeah, it's we were having so much money. 268 00:12:53.039 --> 00:12:55.240 It was so fulfilling to just go out to the 269 00:12:55.279 --> 00:12:58.440 barn and milk the goat and then bring bring it 270 00:12:58.480 --> 00:12:59.519 back in and enjoy it. 271 00:13:00.200 --> 00:13:03.879 But eventually I got overwhelmed with how much. 272 00:13:03.720 --> 00:13:05.919 Milk I had, and I was wondering, yeah, and then 273 00:13:05.919 --> 00:13:07.200 I'm like, okay, what am I gonna do? 274 00:13:07.519 --> 00:13:10.000 Like coming out of our ears right? 275 00:13:10.480 --> 00:13:12.320 And I something I look when I was looking up, 276 00:13:12.320 --> 00:13:14.480 like what can you do with goat milk? Soap or 277 00:13:14.519 --> 00:13:16.720 with goat milk? Obviously soap was one of them. But 278 00:13:16.720 --> 00:13:20.080 then I think I remember what happened brought me directly 279 00:13:20.120 --> 00:13:21.919 to the soap situation. Where people were like, well, you 280 00:13:21.960 --> 00:13:24.679 can freeze it, and freezing it is a great way 281 00:13:24.720 --> 00:13:27.159 to start it, or like that's the first step you 282 00:13:27.240 --> 00:13:28.919 have to do in goat milk soap because when you 283 00:13:28.919 --> 00:13:31.639 mix it with the lye, the lye melts it, and 284 00:13:31.639 --> 00:13:34.039 if you don't start with it frozen, the lie actually 285 00:13:34.080 --> 00:13:36.120 burns the fat in the milk, and so then you. 286 00:13:36.360 --> 00:13:39.320 Use it the science science, yes a lot. 287 00:13:39.440 --> 00:13:41.879 Which was not my strong student school, but I figured 288 00:13:41.879 --> 00:13:42.159 it out. 289 00:13:42.200 --> 00:13:45.559 So yeah, I think it wasn't chaotic because I was 290 00:13:45.679 --> 00:13:48.200 using it for me. You know, my girls were really 291 00:13:48.240 --> 00:13:50.720 young at the time, so for me it was an outlet. 292 00:13:51.240 --> 00:13:53.879 You know, it was a thing for just me where. 293 00:13:53.679 --> 00:13:56.320 I say, so it didn't seem this doesn't seem stressed. 294 00:13:56.320 --> 00:13:58.600 It seems like it naturally unfolded. Yes, it was like 295 00:13:58.799 --> 00:14:01.000 kind of what I needed, you know, in a way. 296 00:14:01.039 --> 00:14:03.879 It kind of fulfilled, you know, something that I was 297 00:14:03.919 --> 00:14:06.360 missing in myself where I like felt like I needed something. 298 00:14:06.639 --> 00:14:09.000 It was useful. You were making something useful, right, It 299 00:14:09.039 --> 00:14:10.039 seems very creative. 300 00:14:10.759 --> 00:14:13.279 Yeah, and that is kind of my wheelhouse. That's you know, 301 00:14:13.320 --> 00:14:15.639 I love to create and work with my hands. So 302 00:14:17.080 --> 00:14:21.120 it was a really great symbiotic relationship between you know, 303 00:14:21.399 --> 00:14:23.600 what I had going on outside the house and then 304 00:14:23.919 --> 00:14:26.480 what you know I could use to fulfill myself when 305 00:14:26.480 --> 00:14:27.200 I was inside the house. 306 00:14:27.399 --> 00:14:32.000 And this is just totally offscript, pre goat days. What 307 00:14:32.120 --> 00:14:33.080 was your career path? 308 00:14:33.799 --> 00:14:37.200 So? Actually, I taught preschool here in Bedford for a 309 00:14:37.240 --> 00:14:39.960 while and I loved that job. 310 00:14:40.039 --> 00:14:42.240 That was a lot of fun. But then basically the 311 00:14:42.279 --> 00:14:43.440 farm kind of overtook. 312 00:14:43.600 --> 00:14:45.879 Like I found myself being really stressed out when I 313 00:14:45.919 --> 00:14:47.960 was at work thinking about all the things that needed 314 00:14:47.960 --> 00:14:51.440 to be done at the farm. My husband also works 315 00:14:51.519 --> 00:14:54.559 like a full time you know job during the week, 316 00:14:54.679 --> 00:14:56.559 so it just. 317 00:14:56.440 --> 00:14:59.519 So you worked with kids and then you work with kids. 318 00:15:00.159 --> 00:15:04.360 Be here all okay, oh my gosh, that's great. Okay, 319 00:15:04.440 --> 00:15:07.679 So you were already kind of in your career path 320 00:15:07.879 --> 00:15:12.440 used to multitasking, having like wyet little yes life, you 321 00:15:12.480 --> 00:15:14.480 were used to that, so it was probably easy for 322 00:15:14.519 --> 00:15:18.879 you to transition into that, maybe easier than someone that's just. 323 00:15:23.039 --> 00:15:23.159 So. 324 00:15:23.960 --> 00:15:27.080 Then the other thing is, do you so it's just 325 00:15:28.120 --> 00:15:30.120 the soaps correct their lotions or. 326 00:15:30.679 --> 00:15:35.279 Soap milk, goat milk, soap and lotion. Okay, then we also, 327 00:15:36.120 --> 00:15:38.000 you know, we process a couple of cows every year 328 00:15:38.399 --> 00:15:40.720 and use the beef fat for that. I make tallow 329 00:15:41.600 --> 00:15:48.159 whipped tallow, tallow bombs, tallow chapsticks, tallow face wash, basically 330 00:15:48.200 --> 00:15:49.159 anything I can. 331 00:15:49.600 --> 00:15:52.320 You know, okay, put animal fat in. I do now. 332 00:15:52.360 --> 00:15:55.679 I had someone ask me because we started selling I'm 333 00:15:55.720 --> 00:16:00.519 not making it somebody else's skincare tallow. So if this 334 00:16:00.679 --> 00:16:04.440 was a question someone had, if if someone has alpha goal, 335 00:16:04.759 --> 00:16:07.120 they should not use the callow stuff, but they are 336 00:16:07.559 --> 00:16:09.840 what about the goat milk? 337 00:16:09.879 --> 00:16:12.159 Well, because mine has a lard in it, it's probably 338 00:16:12.159 --> 00:16:14.080 not a good idea for them. Yeah, but I think 339 00:16:14.279 --> 00:16:17.960 typically goat milk, I mean everybody's alpha galley. Yeah, that's 340 00:16:18.000 --> 00:16:20.399 kind of different. Everybody has like different variations of it. 341 00:16:20.440 --> 00:16:25.080 My husband beat alpha gowl, so he just like he 342 00:16:25.159 --> 00:16:27.360 was like, I'm not going to be pork or be yeah, 343 00:16:27.399 --> 00:16:29.720 because his reaction just kind of got lesson yea every 344 00:16:29.759 --> 00:16:32.440 single time. But he didn't have it as of yours. 345 00:16:32.799 --> 00:16:34.879 And I don't suggest that for anybody, but. 346 00:16:34.679 --> 00:16:39.000 But just be aware that if this sounds interesting, Yes, Alpha. 347 00:16:38.840 --> 00:16:41.480 Which in this area seems to be just like every 348 00:16:41.480 --> 00:16:42.080 other person. 349 00:16:42.200 --> 00:16:45.039 I know you are right about that. Yeah, So do 350 00:16:45.080 --> 00:16:48.240 you have a website or do you go to market. Yes, 351 00:16:48.480 --> 00:16:49.200 so goodness. 352 00:16:49.879 --> 00:16:52.919 So I do the Bedford Farmer's Market every Saturday, which 353 00:16:53.159 --> 00:16:55.399 is so much fun. I mean, like that's another part 354 00:16:55.399 --> 00:16:57.440 of my personality that I love, you know, just being 355 00:16:57.440 --> 00:16:59.759 social and being able to meet people. And I've created 356 00:16:59.799 --> 00:17:02.080 a or you know, made a lot of relationships with 357 00:17:02.159 --> 00:17:06.039 people through that and again being a stay at home mom, 358 00:17:06.799 --> 00:17:08.799 farmer whatever. To be able to go to the market 359 00:17:08.839 --> 00:17:11.240 and be surrounded by people and like the community of 360 00:17:11.279 --> 00:17:13.920 the market and everything is super fulfilling and a lot 361 00:17:13.920 --> 00:17:18.240 of fun. I have a website, ceybefarm dot com. Uh, 362 00:17:18.960 --> 00:17:21.240 all the social medias we're on all the social media 363 00:17:21.279 --> 00:17:22.720 and everything. And so actually I have a lot of 364 00:17:22.720 --> 00:17:26.240 customers that will just like message me either on Facebook 365 00:17:26.599 --> 00:17:28.960 or Instagram and be like, hey, I want this or 366 00:17:28.960 --> 00:17:31.559 that and I either meet up with them in town 367 00:17:31.680 --> 00:17:33.119 or I put it out on my front porch and 368 00:17:33.160 --> 00:17:35.440 they come grab it and yeah. So there's tons of 369 00:17:35.440 --> 00:17:37.240 ways to access it, and I try to make it 370 00:17:37.319 --> 00:17:38.160 as easy as possible. 371 00:17:38.519 --> 00:17:40.000 Beat you'll come deliver it, I'll you know. 372 00:17:41.039 --> 00:17:44.480 So this coming Saturday, you'll be at the Farmer's Market. Yes, 373 00:17:44.720 --> 00:17:46.839 And what will your farm have this weekend? 374 00:17:47.039 --> 00:17:51.160 So this weekend, I'll have all my normal goat milk, soaps, lotions, 375 00:17:51.279 --> 00:17:53.759 all the tallow products. I actually now I've started making 376 00:17:53.799 --> 00:17:58.119 tallow dish soap that people are loving. It's yeah, it's 377 00:17:58.119 --> 00:18:00.759 really cool. It's it's like in a ramikin and then 378 00:18:00.759 --> 00:18:02.279 you have a brush that goes it and then when 379 00:18:02.279 --> 00:18:04.640 it runs out, I sell. 380 00:18:04.480 --> 00:18:05.240 Like a refill. 381 00:18:05.880 --> 00:18:10.160 So it's zero waste, really easy, and I've been getting 382 00:18:10.200 --> 00:18:11.839 a lot of really good feedback on it. People are 383 00:18:11.839 --> 00:18:14.680 really enjoying it and excellent. To day, I'll have all that, 384 00:18:14.720 --> 00:18:18.640 and then I'll also have we tried a new processor 385 00:18:18.680 --> 00:18:20.400 out that I really like for the pork, and so 386 00:18:20.599 --> 00:18:23.599 I've got three different flavors of brats that I think 387 00:18:23.640 --> 00:18:23.960 will be. 388 00:18:23.920 --> 00:18:26.119 Fun for people to throw in the gill because we're gonna. 389 00:18:25.920 --> 00:18:30.279 Have good some weather, yeah exactly, and then some some 390 00:18:30.319 --> 00:18:32.920 of my passionates sausage that people love. 391 00:18:33.079 --> 00:18:36.039 And yeah, I think that's it for the meat. But 392 00:18:36.319 --> 00:18:37.240 all the all the. 393 00:18:37.200 --> 00:18:40.920 Normal soaps and lotions and body products and everything, all right. 394 00:18:40.799 --> 00:18:43.119 So they can find you have a website. You're at 395 00:18:43.160 --> 00:18:44.440 the Bedford Farmers. 396 00:18:44.160 --> 00:18:45.680 Oh and the well. 397 00:18:46.319 --> 00:18:48.400 Can't talk about that. Yeah, I sell my products at 398 00:18:48.440 --> 00:18:51.599 the Well. So Mary Joe and her husband that owned 399 00:18:51.599 --> 00:18:54.160 the well. They're great people and love them, and she 400 00:18:54.200 --> 00:18:57.119 became a really good customer of mine, and she got 401 00:18:57.119 --> 00:18:59.359