Thursday, 12 September 2019

Pumped Up about Grape News

It is getting close to time to harvest our Montreal Blues grapes.  We will not be making wine, juice or jelly this year so if you or anyone you know wants some of them please get in touch.


In other news, Liam and Seamus helped me milk the goats this morning before school.  Who knew that a human breast pump would work so well on Martha?! 


Martha stood pretty still for us when being milked by the pump.  Unfortunately, she pooped twice during the process which grossed us all out.  Conversely, we could not get the pump to work at all on Mellie.  I think her teats may be too long.  We milked her out by hand instead.  She stood nicely for this and it was a pleasure doing business with her.  We are slowly getting the hang of what works best for everyone.  Each goat has her own personality and clear likes and dislikes; once we figure all this out, it will be smooth sailing (or milking, as it were).

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