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Wed Apr 17 03:33:43 UTC 2013

Jewel:

I can tell that you love goats like I do.  What did you do with so much milk?

We can't sell raw milk here; it's against the law.  People are so afraid about
germs and such.  I grew up drinking raw cow milk and was hardly ever sick.  I
used to pasturize the goat milk on the stove until I realized it tastes so much
better before heating.  I just filter it and put it in the refrigerater as soon
as possible.

We have a tactile globe at work, so I'm going to look up New Zealand.

Nella

Quoting Jewel <jewelblanch at kinect.co.nz>:

> I have only 2 goats now, Heidi and Minstrel,  born in 2008.  There was a
> third in that birthing,
> raggamuffin, but he died.
> They are crossbrebs, their dam, Sophie, having been a cross Saanen/alpine and
> their sire,  Pan, a
> purebred Toggenburg.
> Heidi is Toggenburg brown, while Minstrel is alpine black;  both have the
> typical swiss markings of
> white knee high stockings, a white snip on the face, white ears, white stripe
> down the back and a
> white tail.
> I used to have a herd of 12 goats years ago, which I milked by hand:  fool
> that I was:  but,
> eventually, I was able to buy a milking machine that had been adapted for
> dairy goats.
> I froze a lot of milk that  I used over winter when the goats were dry, and
> at one time, I also was
> able to feed 3 calves.
> i first started with a goat when I was still living with my parents.  Then
> when I moved out on my
> own, I lived in a seaside suburb of Christchurch so was unable to continue
> with goats until I moved
> out to Belfast 7 years later.
> I have had goats, continuously since then and that was 1972.
> I don't have a buck so Heidi has not had kids, and as she is 4 and a half, it
> is abit late to start,
> but I am thinking about getting another buck and perhaps a couple of does so
> that I can get back to
> my beloved goat's milk.
> Years ago, I broke my leg but I only wore a cast for 3 weeks and then a knee
> brace for 1 before I
> was able to do all my usual jobs outside and was just using a walking stick.
> I always creditted my lightning recovery:  I was 55 at the time:  to my
> having drunk goat's milk for
> so many years prior to my fall into the Mataura River.
> and now, quickly, to answer your other questions:   Your assumption that *
> chooks are chickents was
> right on the money.
> When I was able to walk well, I could get into town in quarter of an hour.
> As the crow flies, I don't know just how far Gore is from the coast, but when
> my sister had a
> cottage on the Mataura estuary, it was about an hour's drive, meaning that
> that would be 50 miles.
> New Zealand is in the South west Pacific and holds the unique position of
> being the most remote
> country in the world, with its nearest neighbour, apart from scattered
> islands being Australia, 1200
> miles to the west of it.
>
> Jewel
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: <nfoster at extremezone.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 12:32 AM
> To: "Agricultural and Equestrean Division List" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] New member replying was
>
>
> Jewl:
>
> I love learning about new people and new places, so am excited that you
> joined
> our list.
>
> Thanks for explaining a hectare.
>
> What kind of sheep and goats do you have?
>
> My goats are Nubians, which are a dairy breed.  I use the milk to make
> cheese,
> yogurt and soap.  I also cook with it and drink it.  I'm not sure what kind
> of
> sheep Oliver is; he's white with a few very small black sponts on his face
> and
> shoulders.
>
> Maybe this is a stupid question, but are chooks; chickens?
>
> Thanks for telling us more about New Zealand.  I'm embarrassed to say that I
> wouldn't be able to find it on a globe!  How far are you from the coast?
>
> Also how far are you from a town?
>
> I also have a small crop of healthy weeds going.  Some types of weeds seem to
> even thrive in the desert.  I've never tried hydroponic gardening and know
> very
> little about it.
>
> I look forward to reading your future posts.
>
> Nella
>
> Quoting Jewel <jewelblanch at kinect.co.nz>:
>
> > Nella!  Apart from my good friend, Jody, yours is the first post I have had
> > from this list:  what an
> > honour!
> > I have forgotten, exactly,  how many acres plus square yards there is in a
> > hectare, but it is just a
> > bit over 2 acres.
> > I now have 10 ewes, and 2 goats.  I have also had cattle, a couple of free
> > range pigs and a number
> > of free-ranging chooks!
> > Jody knhows all about chooks don't you Jody!
> > Guideon is a crossbred German Shepherd/Labradolr, but I try to forget that
> > half of his genes are
> > those of the Lab, and, to his credit, he makes the forgetting of that
> > disagreeable fact quite easy!
> > New Zealand is a very long country, being 1000 miles from North Cape:  that
> > is the northernmost
> > point:  now who would have guessed that:  to Slope Point which is the
> > southernmost, but it is,
> > likewise, very narrow:  no place being further than 200 miles from a coast.
> > I have been told that our land area is roughly that of California, but we
> are
> > a very
> > lightly-populated country:  and long may it remain so:   having only the
> > barest tick over 5 million
> > inhabitants:  a third of that live in the combined cities of greater
> > Auckland.
> > Being so long, New Zealand encompasses several climatic zones, so we go
> from
> > subtropical in the far
> > north to cool temperate in Southland, which is where I have lived since
> 1986.
> > I am rather embarrassed to have to admit that much of my 2 * gardens are
> > occupied by thriving
> > plantations of weeds with which I am, constantly, at war;  However, I have
> > been told, and like to
> > think that it is true that healthy weeds denote healthy soil, so my soil
> must
> > be very healthy if one
> > is to use the health of the weeds as a yardstick.
> > For the past 3 years, I have been trying to grow vegetables hydroponically.
> > Many people have great
> > success with the  system, but I am not one of them so I have given up!
> >
> >        Jewel--------------------------------------------------
> > From: <nfoster at extremezone.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 3:59 PM
> > To: "Jewel" <jewelblanch at kinect.co.nz>; "Agricultural and Equestrean
> Division
> > List"
> > <ag-eq at nfbnet.org>
> > Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] New member replying was
> >
> >
> > Welcome Jewel:
> >
> > So glad you joined us.
> >
> > Do you know how large a hectare is; I know it's larger than an acre, but
> not
> > sure how much.
> >
> > What type of live stock do you keep?
> >
> > I live in Phoenix Arizona, keep some live stock and a garden.  I have a
> > horse,
> > an elderly mule, 5 goats, 1 sheep and 9 hens.  I have a couple of citris
> > trees
> > and a small garden that I grow in raised beds.
> >
> > Phoenix is in the desert, so there are a lot of things that just won't grow
> > here.  I have to water everything and it frequently gets over 112 degrees.
> >
> > I look forward to hearing more from you.
> >
> > Nella
> > Quoting Jewel <jewelblanch at kinect.co.nz>:
> >
> > > New member out there somewhere?  Guess that's me: folk:  Jewel Blanch!
> > > Jody invited me to join this list as she thought that it might be right
> up
> > my
> > > alley, so I did, and
> > > now it is up to you to see that she spoke nothing but the truth.
> > > Just a word or 3 about me!
> > > I live on the outskirts of Gore:  a small town of 7 to 8000 inhabitants:
> > > being the only town of any
> > > significance in Eastern Southland New Zealand.
> > > I own a property of 1.1 hectares plus; the plus  being the floodbank
> which,
> > > many years ago, belonged
> > > to the former owners but was bought by Environment South, the body whose
> > > responsibility it is to
> > > manage floodbanks etc.
> > > Actually, when I bought the property in 1986, I was shown the cheque for
> 10
> > > cents that Environment
> > > South had paid for the floodbank, and which, not surprisingly, the
> Grahams
> > > had never bothered to
> > > cash, but were keeping for a rainy day, or perhaps just a rather misty
> one!
> > > I call my spread the BlanchRanch.  This was just a fun name at first, but
> > is
> > > now official and is the
> > > name by which I trade at my stock and station agent.
> > > I have a long history of keeping livestock, but more of that in later
> posts
> > > because, without
> > > counting, I feel sure  that my personal allocation of * 3 words must have
> > > been reached and exceeded
> > > some time ago.
> > >
> > >       Jewel
> > >
> > >
> > >
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