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Our Simple Farm: Making Money Mondays - Making Your Small Farm Profitable
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Girl and Her Goats}. Monday, May 21, 2012. Making Money Mondays - Making Your Small Farm Profitable. Ron Macher's book, Making Your Small Farm Profitable. Is a great book for anyone wanting to turn their farm/homestead into a sustainable and profitable one. Check out this shorter rehash of his book. Making Your Small Farm Profitable. A Book by Ron Macher. 1 Deciding to Farm. 8220; To be sustainable, you must be profitable. 2 Starting a Farm. 3 Some Principles of Good Farming. There are 17 principles of f...
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Our Simple Farm: You Can! Make Goat's Milk Lotion!
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Girl and Her Goats}. Tuesday, January 10, 2012. Make Goat's Milk Lotion! All goat's milk soaps, lotions and mineral cosmetics are 20% off! Help support this little farm and blog by purchasing my handmade products! Watch my video on how you can make goat's milk lotion! I wasn't feeling the best in this video, so my usual comical, chipper self is lacking! January 10, 2012 at 8:06 PM. I often buy goats milk lotion at our farmers market, but I had absolutely no idea how it was made. August 7, 2013 at 7:10 PM.
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Our Simple Farm: How to Get Free Essential Oils and More!
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Girl and Her Goats}. Monday, July 6, 2015. How to Get Free Essential Oils and More! Find out about essential oils for family and farm here! And so here we are in July. Just let that really sink in for a minute. I kind of want time to slow down a wee bit. The good news is there is always an awesome deal to look forward to each month with doTERRA essential oils! DoTERRA, oh why do I love thee so? You have given me freedom to choose a healthier option for occasional headaches. No more Motrin for me! Not onl...
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Our Simple Farm: How to Make Your Own Fly Repellent for Your Dog's Nose
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Girl and Her Goats}. Thursday, June 11, 2015. How to Make Your Own Fly Repellent for Your Dog's Nose. Follow me on Facebook. So far this spring, the flies are out in full force. Usually they don't get too bad until a little later in the summer. Unfortunately, our Great Pyrenees seem to attract the flies, mainly on their noses. This year I decided to try therapeutic grade essential oils. If you are skeptical about the effectiveness of therapeutic grade essential oils. I also want to note that it is import...
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Our Simple Farm: When It's Time to Get Rid of Your Buck
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Girl and Her Goats}. Monday, June 15, 2015. When It's Time to Get Rid of Your Buck. Follow me on Facebook. Raising goats is like, hmmm.I've got nothin'. It's a humbling thing really. If you struggle with pride, get a goat. If you think you are the next best thing to God's creation, get a buck. And that, my friends, is your spiritual lesson for the day. You are welcome. But, they do have a purpose.to breed. We need babies! So, you can breed your buck with his relatives but just remember, the longer you us...
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Our Simple Farm: Homemade Hand Sanitizer
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Girl and Her Goats}. Wednesday, December 14, 2011. As cold and flu season are coming (sigh), many of us grab a bottle of hand sanitizer. Have you ever felt like this. Easy to find ingredients. Everything you see here is what you will need, including apple cider vinegar which is not pictured above. 1/4 cup 100% aloe vera gel. 1/4 cup witch hazel. 1 tsp vegetable glycerin. 1 TBS apple cider vinegar. 10 drops tea tree oil. A few drops of essential oil (optional). Bottle with lid, spray top or pump. On a sid...
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Our Simple Farm: This is a Working Farm, Not a Pet Hotel
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Girl and Her Goats}. Monday, January 6, 2014. This is a Working Farm, Not a Pet Hotel. I know many of you who follow my blog know the realities of farm life. One of those realities is that our animals contribute in some way to the vitality of the farm or homestead. Even our horses contribute by enriching the garden soil. Now before I explain why we do not have a pet hotel, let me assure you that we love our animals, some more than others, and all have food, shelter and water. If one of these animals is n...
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Our Simple Farm: Meet Whisper, Our First Foal
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Girl and Her Goats}. Monday, June 22, 2015. Meet Whisper, Our First Foal. Find out about essential oils for family and farm here! For those that follow me on Facebook and Instagram, you might have seen this beauty from a picture or two or three. She is the newest addition to the farm and we love her oh so much! But let me back up a bit and tell you the story of her existence. Needless to say, I had my work cut out for me, but I saved money that I earned from online sales and started searching. Well, long...
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Our Simple Farm: Making Money Mondays - Sell Homemade Food without a Commercial Kitchen!
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Girl and Her Goats}. Sunday, April 1, 2012. Making Money Mondays - Sell Homemade Food without a Commercial Kitchen! Did you know that you might be able to sell your baked goods, homemade jams and jellies without a commercial kitchen? More and more states are coming on board with small, local food businesses. What does this mean for you? If your state is on the "good-to-go" list, your next step should be to find out labeling requirements and other specifics that you will need to know. I have sold jams and...
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Our Simple Farm: My Dog's Experience with Heartworms
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Girl and Her Goats}. Monday, April 30, 2012. My Dog's Experience with Heartworms. Here is our Blackbear barking at a Bull Snake. He looks viscous here, but everyone knows he is just a teddy bear! My daughter, Kaila, wrote today's post. She has trained Blackbear and shown him in 4-H for seven years! In 2009, my dog, Blackbear, was diagnosed with heartworm. It was devastating! After moving to northwest Indiana, we were greeted by hundreds of thousands of those little devil insects! Being busy with the move...
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