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Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012It is kidding season again at Little Valley Farm where Garland Goat Soap is made- one of our favorite times of the year! It doesn’t seam like very long ago that we did “Kid Guessing contest- 2011″! Time surly flies when there is lots to do!
Have you ever enjoyed a baby goat? [...]
Naturally occurring constituents of goat milk soap leave skin soft and smooth!
Friday, March 16th, 2012There are many aspects to keeping healthy, vibrant, smooth skin. Your skin needs to be moisturized, it needs to be exfoliated – the dead skin cells broken down and removed-, it needs protection against harmful bacteria, and it needs good, healthy nourishment and rejuvenation.
Two constituents in goat milk, alpha-hydroxy acid and caprylic acid, both play [...]
Is Goat Milk Good in Soap?
Monday, January 23rd, 2012You might wonder why we have chosen to capitalize on including goat milk in our natural handcrafted soap bars. Does it really make that much difference in the final bars of soap? Does it merely make our soap “sound special” or does it contribute to the goodness of our soap? Let [...]
Alton Bay Craft Fair on Lake Winnipesaukee
Monday, September 12th, 2011The first weekend of September found us in Alton Bay, NH, right on Lake Winnipesaukee. It was a beautiful warm Labor Day weekend, and there were lots of people out shopping, before they had to head back to their homes and jobs. The craft show lasted three lovely days, and there was no rain, until [...]
Making Favors for a Wedding
Thursday, February 17th, 2011This year we have been asked if we could make favors for a large wedding! The wedding will be taking place in June so we are already planning for it as it takes a long time to make, cure and package all the small bars! We are using smaller soap molds in the designs of [...]
Merry Christmas!
Friday, December 24th, 2010Greetings,
It has been a very busy Christmas season for Garland Goat Soap of Vermont! We are all very grateful for the business that we have gotten and are enjoying the break that we have for the next couple of weeks. The month of December was full of Christmas fairs where we sold a lot [...]
Garland Goat Soap Holiday Update!
Tuesday, November 16th, 2010Greetings,
With the busy holiday season quickly approaching, we want to fill you all in on what’s happening with Garland Goat Soap of Vermont. As we have been acclimating ourselves to running this business, we have fallen behind on updating our blog. Hopefully we will get on top of things soon. For now, [...]
ORANGE SCENT NOW ONLINE
Sunday, July 25th, 2010Finally finished! We were able to add our new scent Orange on the website! You can find it by clicking on this link! We are so delighted to have it available to our customers! Please take this opportunity to try our new scent! We would love your feedback! Use our Feedback form to let us [...]
A Sudsy Day!
Wednesday, July 21st, 2010We couldn’t put it off any longer. Even with the stifling heat and humidity we have been living with these past couple of weeks, our sales have been generous enough that our inventory was telling us that we had to make soap and we had to do it soon! Early Tuesday we gathered in the [...]
A Righteous Man Regardeth The Life of His Beast….
Tuesday, July 13th, 2010Regarding the lives of our goats:
May 5th, our very temperamental dairy goat Touche, gave birth to triplets. They were born in our pasture in the early afternoon on a gorgeous day. Touche dropped her kids with ease and the assistance of my sister-in-law, Kathryn. The first was colored like her half sister, Ellie. The second [...]