tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5875011775483818734.post9067887081984272537..comments2012-03-28T16:00:14.281-07:00Comments on Long Life: Bartering: because sometimes, innoculating a goat is just too much!Clonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02481300744186522812noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5875011775483818734.post-64596036188086975482009-01-10T09:08:00.000-08:002009-01-10T09:08:00.000-08:00Why thank you! Some parents can't get their kids t...Why thank you! Some parents can't get their kids to stop stealing from the candy jar, some can't get them to stop stealing fresh produce from the garden! Alas! I'll take the latter (when I have kids). So cute!Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12526800745701495719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5875011775483818734.post-80759937680291997932009-01-09T19:29:00.000-08:002009-01-09T19:29:00.000-08:00amanda is brilliant! why have i never made lemon ...amanda is brilliant! why have i never made lemon jelly before?! i have a whole cupboard full of peach and plum and triple berry jam and grape jelly, but no lemon! yum!Siobhánhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05244899992362840790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5875011775483818734.post-60640823769920750912009-01-09T07:43:00.000-08:002009-01-09T07:43:00.000-08:00I'm really excited about this bartering system! In...I'm really excited about this bartering system! In fact, when my mom found out I had made lemon jelly she jumped at the opportunity to trade me some of her home brewed beer! I love how you mentioned the phrase "stick it to the man" because I was just quoting it in my head as I drove home from my mom's after our trade. I think one goat makes enough milk to feed a nuclear family. A friend of our family used to have one and I seem to remember it being enough.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12526800745701495719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5875011775483818734.post-51500803368272776852009-01-09T00:14:00.000-08:002009-01-09T00:14:00.000-08:00one of the reasons we were hesitant to get goats i...one of the reasons we were hesitant to get goats is because we didn't know what we would do with all of the extra milk. we only want DWARF goats and they still produce a quart or two of milk a day, which is a lot of milk for a family of non-milk-drinkers. i'm happy to know that i can trade goat milk with you, should we ever buckle down and get some! <BR/><BR/>we're all out of pomegranates, though. i wish i'd known you would have taken some! we had them coming out of our ears a couple of months ago and i was giving them away to anyone i could find. i don't know how i missed you! but i ventured out today (in desperate need of some vitamin d!) and anything that was left on the big tree was shredded by the birds. i'm trying to pretend that it was my winter solstice gift to them. or something like that. <BR/><BR/>our orange tree is still a wee babe and has only two oranges, boo. we had a HUGE orange tree and a lime tree in la and it was HEAVEN! we have an apple tree here, in addition to the two poms, but it's still small-ish and produces only a small amount. the girls usually get to the apples before we can, but how can you really complain about cute little girls sneaking apples off the tree?! mallory used to sneak carrots out of our old garden and while it was frustrating, it was terribly adorable.Siobhánhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05244899992362840790noreply@blogger.com