Mammy's House

Welcome to the  "Hinkston Homestead"

Proverbs 12:10-11     "The righteous care for the needs of their animals,.......................Those who work their land will have abundant food."

According to Wikipedia:

"Broadly defined, homesteading is a lifestyle of self-sufficiency. It is characterized by subsistence agriculture, home preservation of foodstuffs, and it may or may not also involve the small scale production of textiles, clothing, and craftwork for household use or sale." 

So it seems like we are about to start on a new adventure at "Mammy's House" Goats.... 

Nigerian Dwarf Dairy Goats.  These are tiny little bundles of energy and high butterfat milk.  

We used to have goats, Pygmy and Nubians and we loved them. They are intelligent and sweet and make fun loving pets.  Our new goats will be more, we are going to try our hand at dairy farming!  Goat milk cheese and soap will be the "small scale production" on our homestead and the goats will be most helpful with the compost pile for our garden and subsequent  "preservation of foodstuffs"  we are very excited.

Starting any new adventure is a lot of work and takes some planning so I don't expect to get the goats soon, we have to get a proper enclosure built, (pintrest has been most helpful with ideas) and we are researching breeders in our area.  The Del Mar Fair starts this weekend and we will be there to talk goats with the folks that know their stuff. This will be fun, I will keep you posted.