Meet Two Sisters’ Dairy Goats

Monday, May 11th, 2009

All the good milk that goes into Garland Goat Soap is produced by our herd of registered dairy goats.  Some of those goats have been mentioned in previous posts. We’ve had goats ever since I was quite young; in fact, I can hardly remember not having goats! Since both my oldest and my youngest brother [...]

Goat Milk Soap for Goats!

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

Four young ladies spent the past week with me for the opportunity to experience first hand taking care of all the goat kids and pitching in with the milking chores. Jessica, Julia, Sarah, and Hannah worked willingly and proved an excellent help…from bottle-feeding the kids, to milking the does, from washing soap molds to wrapping [...]

Garland Goat Soap Kid Guess Contest!!

Friday, April 10th, 2009

It’s kidding season here at Garland Goat Soap of Maine – one of our favorite times of the year! We love when all the kids (that’s the term for baby goats) are born. Have you ever enjoyed a baby goat? If not, you don’t know how cute they are! Our doe “Touché” kidded yesterday [...]

The Home of Garland Goat Soap

Monday, March 30th, 2009

Last year, my family and I moved from our small, lovely farm in Connecticut to the beautiful, rural farming community of Garland, Maine. It has always been our desire to have more land for our farming pursuits, and last year we purchased twenty-five acres of beautiful farm land here in Garland. We love it here! [...]