Read my latest Mother Earth News post on dairy goats, focusing on breeding, kidding and milking:
“Most dairy goat breeds have a clearly defined breeding season and will go into heat during the fall and early winter, generally from August to December-January. Gestation period lasts around 20 weeks, so kids will be born in late winter and early spring. If you have several goats, you can schedule breeding so that, for example, some of your does are bred in August-September and some in December-January. This way the milk production of your herd will be a lot more consistent and you’ll have milk practically year-round.”
Also, Dana (better known as Mama Zed) made my day with her awesome review of my book, Your Own Hands:
“Your Own Hands – Self-Reliant Projects for Independent Living” would be what I consider to be an absolute fantastic book for new homesteaders. The book covers a wide range of topics rather than written to cover one topic in great depth. These topics include gardening, home building and maintenance and even “artisan crafts” such as soap making!
And now I had better roll up my sleeves and jump right back into the midst of Pesach cleaning. Happy spring, everyone!
Domestic Felicity 