Category Archives: goats

Splat, Part 2.

Posted on April 18, 2017 by The Goat Cheese Lady

We decided we should just let him go, and for a minute I agreed. But then my heart took over. I couldn’t do it.  Knowing mama was right there with her udder full, nursing her other two boys, I just couldn’t … Continue reading →

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It’s National Plan Your Vacation Day!

Posted on January 31, 2017 by The Goat Cheese Lady

And we sure hope you’ll plan to spend some of your vacation with us! Join us for a one of a kind experience…The Goat Cheese Making Class at our 5 acre farm in Penrose, Colorado (45 minutes south of Colorado Springs). … Continue reading →

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What Kind Of Coat Do You Wear?

Posted on January 19, 2017 by The Goat Cheese Lady

Is it a Front Door Coat or a Back Door Coat? Oh!  You thought I meant rain coat, ski coat, trench coat, nice coat? No.  I mean is yours a Front Door Coat or a Back Door Coat.  There is … Continue reading →

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Milking in the (cold) wind

Posted on November 19, 2015 by The Goat Cheese Lady

Before I went out to milk tonight, in the dark with gale force winds that sounded like they were kicking up a tornado of sorts, I warned my boys that if I wasn’t back inside within 30 minutes to start … Continue reading →

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Goats For Sale!

Posted on September 22, 2015 by The Goat Cheese Lady

Six of this year’s precious bucklings-turned-wethers (castrated goat) spent the summer at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo!  Did you see them?  They were in My Big Back Yard, an exhibit with chickens, goats, bees, an occasional come-and-pet-me-I’m-a-tarantula! and a gigantic leaky … Continue reading →

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My, What Nice Forearms You Have.

Posted on May 4, 2015 by The Goat Cheese Lady

A few nights ago, in a dream, a man was hitting on me.  Granted, I’m happily married, but that had no relevance when it was a particular body part that most attracted him.  You know how when you have a … Continue reading →

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Babies and Milk and Cheese Everywhere!

Posted on April 30, 2015 by The Goat Cheese Lady

Spring on the farm is the beginning of life after the rest and revitalization that is winter.  In March, we bought a dozen new baby chicks to become our new egg laying flock and 12 goat kids were born…8 bucklings, 4 doelings, all healthy … Continue reading →

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How To Break In New Cowboy Boots

Posted on February 18, 2015 by The Goat Cheese Lady

When we lived in the city, I considered myself an urban farm girl.  I milked goats, made cheese, gardened, canned, pulled goat kids out of their mamas, gave shots to goats that needed them, slaughtered chickens, autopsied rabbits.  But I … Continue reading →

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What to do After You Move.

Posted on February 4, 2015 by The Goat Cheese Lady

We moved into our new digs three weeks ago.  It is due to that fact that I can now speak as an expert on a few things to do after you move.  OK, maybe not exactly an expert, but I’ll share … Continue reading →

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Colorado Agritourism!

Posted on January 29, 2015 by The Goat Cheese Lady

Agri-what? My parents went to Italy a few years ago and came back gifting bottles of exquisite olive oil lotion from an Agritourism farm they visited.  At the time, no one in my neck of the woods had heard of … Continue reading →

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