Nov 22, 2016
We win an award
We were delighted when we heard we had been nominated in the 'Best New Business' category in the Didcot First Business and Community...
Oct 17, 2016
A short goat history lesson
Keeping goats makes you a bit of a weirdo in the farming world. All the regulations, data and medicines seem designed for pigs, sheep and...
Sep 22, 2016
Our new parlour
Today we took two of our milking goats into our brand new milking parlour for the first time. Until now we've been hand milking them...
Sep 6, 2016
Sixth months selling cheese
Today is the sixth month anniversary of our first ever cheese sale. Phew! We've been making cheese for much longer than that (nearly two...
Aug 22, 2016
How they've grown!
This spring we had a great crop of goat kids, who are now all well into their first year of life. Looking back at the photos of them from...
Jun 13, 2016
Rind and about
One of the main things that defines a good goats' cheese is its rind, and getting them to come out exactly how we want them to be is...
Jun 13, 2016
Award Winners!
We were delighted to hear last week that the two cheeses we entered into the British Cheese Awards both won medals, with Brightwell...
Apr 11, 2016
All about goat kids
Three of our goats have kidded in the past ten days which has led to our herd of goats growing by 9, so we have been kept pretty busy!...
Mar 10, 2016
The Weird World of What Goats Eat
Goats are famous for eating hats and stealing washing from the line, but I always assumed these must all be old wives' tales and that...
Feb 22, 2016
The art of milking a goat
When Fraser and I told people about our plan to keep goats, we often got asked 'do you know how to milk a goat?' and the honest answer...
