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On a sunny Spring day, I opened my refrigerator to find it OVERFLOWING with creamy rich goat milk, so I did what any farmer would do -  I found a way to use it!! 

I made goat cheese, cajita (goat milk caramel), some went to the chickens, and we still had TONS of milk. I had been researching goat milk soap making for years... just waiting for the perfect opportunity to delve in head first -  I decided "What better time than now?..."

Cold Process soaping off with oils, lye and goat milk (or water). I prefer goat milk and I'll get to that in a bit...

The process begins donning some safety gear, goggles and gloves. Next, add frozen goat milk and  lye into a bowl, the lye heats up the frozen goat milk. This mixture becomes liquid and the lye fully dissolves.

While my lye mixture is dissolving, I gently heat my coconut oil until it's liquid - preferably in the Sun. The trick to Cold Process soaping is to keep ingredients as cool as possible.

In a large glass bowl I add both Olive Oil and Coconut oil, give it a little mix then add the lye mixture. This mixture acts a bit like oil and vinegar, the lye mixture sinks to the bottom of the bowl and the oils.

Up to this point - things are still very liquid, but not for long. Grab your immersion blenders, we need that bad boy to speed up the "Soaponification" process so we aren't hand stirring for hours and hours... Soaponification is when fat molecules and lye molecules bond and form SOAP molecules! See, I told you mad scientist vibes. We're mixing and immersion blending the oil, lye and goat milk mixture once it reaches light trace. Light trace - is when you drizzle the mixture into the bowl it takes a second for the surface to flatten out, similar to caramel. At this point we add any colorants and or scents, mix mix mix. And then pour into a mold, design the top of the soap.

This is Cold Process soap, so I stop my soap from the "gel" phase. This is when your soap gets very WARM on the inside of the loaf of soap, can cause cracking and discoloration. Since I am using goat milk I don't want my goat milk to discolor. I put it in the freezer for 12-24 hours. After which I unmold and let it rest. The soap needs another 4 weeks to "cure". Curing is the time it takes for the water to evaporate out of the soap making the soap hard. Just like us, this soap gets better with age.

At the beginning of this story, I mentioned that I prefer goat milk soap and here's why - as we discussed Soap comes from binding lye and fat molecules. If we have our oils, lye and water - typical soap - most of the fat molecules are binding to the lye molecules. Lets say rather than adding water, you add super creamy goat milk from well fed happy goats - the milk has a fat content of 5-8% fat (depending on the goat). Adding extra fat into your soap recipe is referred to as "Superfatting".  Why is this good? When you are using soap the extra fat or oils are though to remain on your skin, think moisturizer and happy skin. So many people claim goat milk soap cures skin ailments.

And YES!! We offer custom soap orders, please let me know what you are looking for.

Get dirty and then get clean - with goat milk soap!

- Farmer Lana

Cooler weather is here... and that means the bucks are in RUT. 

As the days get cooler and the aspen leaves turn golden and begin to carpet the ground. We start noticing a different smell on the farm. You might be thinking, Pumpkin Spice latte's or something similar. This scent is, AHEM, a little stronger and some may say an acquired taste (don't really taste it - ewwww!). Our male goats are in "rut". These boys walk around cross-eyed with tongues wagging about and their cute goat faces are glistening... but they are glistening with urine. It's quite a scene. Why? you may ask do the bucks pee on their faces, Easy - because the ladies love it. 

And let me tell you - the scent is so potent that without even entering the buck yard I can come inside from farm chores smelling bucky. The family isn't as impressed as the goats. "Gah, you smell like a buck..."

Most goats are seasonal breeders, rut is what officially kicks off the breeding season. We will start breeding our goats around Thanksgiving and Christmas for April and May 2023 kids!! 

Get dirty and then get clean - with goat milk soap!

- Farmer Lana