Hello! It's been so long since I last blogged anything. Staying too busy with my soaps, farmers markets, craft shows, baby goats and more are my excuses. Then sometimes I wonder if anyone really cares about what's going on here in my little spot in the world.
Only three more craft shows this year and then I'll get a short break until late winter/early spring. I still make goat milk soaps so I can fill any internet and wholesale orders I receive, but not as many as I make during the farmers' market season. My Christmas scents this year are Woodland Elves, a nice piney, crisp scent; Frankincense & Myrrh; Pumpkin Pie; and Apple Jack & Peel. Black Raspberry-Vanilla is my customers' all-time favorite and Lavender is also a good seller. I did give a few small bars of goat milk soaps to a new friend who writes a travel blog. She's going to use the soaps and write a review of them.
On the fiber front, I finally finished a pair of socks for my 2nd daughter that should have been done ages ago. Now I need to put together a care package and mail it to her. She's attending a university away from here and appreciates receiving stuff from home. I just need to put package together for her more often. Next I need to finish a sock cap for my hubby and even though it's not finished yet, I've started crocheting a beautiful, black, cotton poncho for me. Will make one like it for my older daughter, but in a different color. It doesn't matter if she reads this; she already knows about it. :) And I also bought 5 sock yarns to knit socks for me and a lacy scarf or two.
I recently canned apple pie filling and dehydrated quite a few apples. Looking forward to making granola once the oatmeal I ordered has arrived.
And during the last week and a half, eight baby goats arrived here at Patchwork Acres. One more mama goat to go, but she'll be a while yet. We got 7 little doelings and 1 little buckling. Our first ever mostly doeling year!
And I've still been baking. Today I baked a loaf of white bread with ground flax seed and a pan of cinnamon raison rolls with cream cheese frosting. Family says not to bother if there's no cream cheese frosting. I agree! Still feeding and using my sourdough, too. Have you heard of fermented foods? You know, like sauerkraut? I love sauerkraut and have been fermenting my own, as well as other veggies. Then once the baby goats are needing all of the milk, I can make more soft goat cheeses and freeze milk for making my soaps. I am going to try making another goat milk product. If it works, I'll post about it later.
Until next time!
