It’s that time of the year when goat kids abound on Glorious Acres! This spring, we we blessed with 6 goat kids from our nannies Lilly, Whoopsie and Stella and now that they’re ready to be weened, it’s time to sell them and thin out our herd. Here are a few more pics of our super […]
God blessed us with 2 more goat kids this weekend when Lilly, our newest nanny gave birth to two doelings (females) to add to our flock. Eventually, we’re hopeful these new does will bless us with fresh milk and goat kids of their own. Over the past 7-8 years, we’ve been blessed with hundreds of […]
So today we were blessed to have our friend Jimmy bring his lumberjack tools and help us cut a dead oak tree down on our Florida homestead. The tree was struck by lightning during a storm a few years back and it had become quite the widow maker on our property, so the chainsaws had […]
Just this past weekend, we were blessed with two new goats on Glorious Acres named Billy, for the buck, and Lilly for the doe. The best part is, Lilly is already bred and she’s due to give us at least one kid before the winter, not that it matters in Florida… :P Did you know […]
By the grace of God, one of the most powerful storms to ever hit the East coast of the US is following a path that’s driving hurricane Dorian away from our Florida homestead. We’ve been bracing for close to a week, waiting for Dorian to give people some kind of indication as to where it […]
At Glorious Acres, we try and feed our family the best food we can. Elizabeth and I have taken the time to educate ourselves and our daughters through thorough research on gardening, farming as well as holistic healing. One look at our family tells quite a lot about the way we eat and of course, […]
Today was our first time setting up at the Farmers Market downtown historic Brooksville, FL. Although we got rained out, and received a refund for our space rental, I have to say the girls, Elizabeth and I feel pretty good about the success we experienced during the 3 hours we were there. One thing we […]
We had an exciting time this past week when we prepared our entries for the 2019 Hernando County Fair Baking Competition, including breads, muffins, cookies and of course, brownies! Here are a few of our entries this year: [Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”2″ gal_title=”2019 Hernando County Fair Baking Competition”] What started out as a way to get free […]
Today we’ll show you how to make goat milk, honey and Shea butter artisan soap using only 7 super healthy ingredients: > 4.7 oz Distilled Water – https://amzn.to/2NUtwWF > 1 oz Organic Goat Milk – https://amzn.to/2O0gxTq > 1 tsp Organic Honey – https://amzn.to/2EPf1Px > 17 oz Organic Olive Oil – https://amzn.to/2u0ZWpe > 2 oz Organic […]
The Lord blessed us with our first calf last week, but the blessing came somewhat disguised. Let me digress… Our Holstein-Angus cow gave birth to her first calf last Wednesday, and being the rebel she is, she didn’t do a good job cleaning him up resulting in a massive Fly Strike attack that quickly spread […]