rachels.haven's Journal

[rachels.haven]

I've made goat butter before. Nobody but me likes it and that's deliciously dangerous. I do not need those calories.

I have a neighbor that can milk for me if I need to leave town...although Summer senses weakness and has her for breakfast so I'll try to avoid it. I'll also have however many of those experimental/mini ff i keep milking for us this winter. I was done with store milk in the winter when we kept getting jugs that tasted like chlorhexidine-please no.

You bring up something that's been bothering me. We need to get on our paperwork for selling milk. 2-2.5 gallons 2x daily is a lot and im keeping it crisp, cold, and clean. Milking year round means i have a leg up on the competition as far as customers that want milk on the regular goes.

 

[Mini Horses]

Yes -- way better taste fresh! Goat butter is not as tasty to me but, great for cooking. Selling the milk is primarily by "herd share" as selling raw milk is only allowed for "pet or craft" use.

 

[rachels.haven]

Yeah, here too. No herdshares allowed and you need a pet milk license with bacterial testing.

 

[Baymule]

Don’t forget to dye it blue. I’ve seen “pet milk” on Craigslist before, dyed blue. Of course we all know that blue milk tastes the same as white milk. Snicker, snicker.

 

[rachels.haven]

Thankfully I don't think we have to. We just have to work with the govt and pay them money (and call it pet milk and tell people it will kill them on the label).

 

[farmerjan]

Every state has different requirements for the sale of raw milk... some states will let you get licensed to sell raw milk for human consumption... some pet milk only, some let the "grey area" of herd shares slide through....
REAL MILK. COM had the requirements of every state listed on their website and were an invaluable place to go... Part of the Weston A Price affiliation... along with Farm to Consumer Legal Defense Fund group (FTCLDF).... promoting and helping people navigate the myriad of regulations... If you haven't gone on their websites you might want to... more info makes things work better....
Sadly, Maryland is one of the most ANTI raw milk states in the union....

 

[rachels.haven]

How to beat Pervert Pepper without a stun gun. (Sorry, today is a puffy hands day)

Enough of me trying to ply his beating tongue with cookies and dramatically turns away. Apparently that's not what he wants...A cookie is just not a doe booty. He can't believe I don't understand that.

And if i line them up on the wall he very carefully pushes them all down to the floor.

 

[Baymule]

He is not your friend. You are so far beneath him, not even your cookie sacrifice to the GREAT GOAT GOD is good enough for him.