Many of you who have been following my blog for a while, will probably remember our “youngest person rule“. Well, in keeping with the spirit of this rule, Indigo just received a promotion. She is now in charge of printing the postage for all the outgoing orders. The way it works, is that I put [...]

Currently, Goat Milk Stuff is located on 3 acres in Charlestown, Indiana. We do it all here – raise & homeschool our 8 children, breed & milk dairy goats, and make & sell goat milk soap. When we purchased this home, we did not know that we were going to have a thriving business here. [...]

sit in front of the air conditioners when it’s 90+ degrees outside, what do our goats do, to beat the heat? Right now, they seem to like the tree line on the side of the property. There, they can sit in the shade, and the wind can get to them. Except when they prefer eating alfalfa [...]

We’ve been getting ready for something big for a while now (Mom says I’m not allowed to tell you yet, but soon).  That means that Dad has been making as much soap as possible. And do you know what that means? That means bagging all that soap. Mom always tells us that work can be [...]

do you see… little girls…  wearing tutus… working as hard as they can… with their friends… to clean off… soapy floor mats… Brett

People often ask me about our castile soap.  The first thing they ask is, “How do you pronounce it?”  In English, it is pronounced, (cass – teel’).  The second thing I’m asked is, “What is a castile soap?” Castile soap is made with just olive oil (as the oil portion).  It is one of my [...]

Long before I started Goat Milk Stuff, I began praying for a family business.  At the time, we had recently moved out to Indiana and Jim had left teaching to work for a friend’s garbage company. I had six young children (ages 8 and under) and an entire new lifestyle. Five of those children were [...]

When we have a barn/building that needs to be built, we call Mr. McNew. Mr. McNew is not only a great hunter, (he has brought us up to 4 deer in one day) he also builds great pole barns. So when we need a new goat shelter, or an addition to our barn, all of [...]

Yesterday I wrote about the first day of the KY State Fair. The second day that we did the fair, was also the last day of the fair.  This meant that everybody had to pack up all their stuff and load their vehicles. All of the other vendors were loading up their stuff from the [...]

Because we have a family business, we go to lots of festivals and craft fairs. We have found that the shorter craft shows work better for us, because then we can do them without all of us crashing at the end of the show. Unfortunately, we learned this lesson the hard way. In 2009, we [...]

If you are a long-time reader of our blog, you probably know that Emery and I used to play violin. In 2008, we were a part of the band/orchestra for our Christmas carol sing. We had a blast doing that, and I still remember it VERY well. Although, I remember all of our Christmas Sings [...]

This morning, after we were all awake, Mom challenged all of us to a jumping jack contest. The person who could do the most jumping jacks without stopping, would get extra chocolate chips in their pancakes!!! Everyone wanted to win. You see, my brothers are boys. And my Mom is a Mom. So she never puts [...]

Many goat milk soapers make claims on the web that the pH of goat milk is closer to skin’s pH, therefore it is healthier for your skin than other soaps.  While I do believe goat milk soap is better for your skin, using pH as a reason is not correct chemistry. Human skin produces a [...]

I’ve always known how good drinking goat milk is for your body.  I’ve also written about the benefits goat milk adds to your soap.  But because nobody in our family suffered from eczema, initially I didn’t realize how beneficial our goat milk soap is for people with skin conditions such as eczema. But soon after [...]

When I decided to start making a natural soap for our family to use, I knew right away that I would be making goat milk soap.  Not only did I already have dairy goats and a supply of fresh goat milk, but I also knew how good goat milk is for the body. After I [...]