Okay, so last week I had to throw away some goat's milk that had gone over in the fridge. So, I decided we just didn't drink enough milk for me to keep milking and I quit milking Diana (she wasn't producing much anyway) and I quit trying to milk Dixie the mama goat. She still has huge udders even with losing one of the babies. The other baby is 4 weeks old tomorrow.
I went to the grocery store tonight and looked at every kind of milk there and couldn't buy any of it. It was all ultra-pasteurized and had "added vitamins" and who knows what all else - even the "organic". After having fresh raw goat's milk, I just couldn't force myself to put any of it in my cart. I'm so screwed.
Tomorrow morning, Dixie is getting milked and I will milk her every 2 hours if I have to to get the milk that I want. I know she's going to hold back on me but it's time for Dora to wean so I'm taking all of Dora's milk!
This means I'm going to have to make a lot of cheese and butter. I learned the hard way that I will have to freeze the butter as I make it until I need it. The last batch I made turned out really nice but without preservatives, it also went over pretty quickly. I'll probably have to freeze the cheese, too. I'm probably going to have to freeze milk, too! I need a bigger freezer.