/
Backyard Dairy Goats: A Natural Approach to Keeping Goats in any Yard
I am excited to announce my new book Backyard Dairy Goats: A Natural Approach to Keeping Goats in any Yard
You can read more about it by clicking here.
Backyard Dairy Goats
Work with nature to raise dairy goats in any yard
Backyard Dairy Goats is a book focusing on raising dairy goats in a way that respects their nature, on any amount of land.
Backyard dairying can be done by anyone. It doesn’t have to be a dream that may happen one day in the distant future, it can happen now, and this book will show you how.
Topics covered include:
•Everything you need to know about goats – their behaviour, how to feed them, handle them, what they need to thrive, and so on.
•Natural goat health, how to prevent and fix most issues without a vet.
•Learning from observation, and goat behaviour in the wild to provide the right foods for goats to thrive.
•A permaculture approach, looking at the whole backyard ecosystem and the many interactions between goats, animals, garden, people, and trees.
•Goat dairy as a homemade staple food, for health, survival and self reliance. Recipes included!
What Backyard Dairy Goats is about:
•Caring for goats in a way that respects their goatness.
•Getting dairy goats now, wherever you are. It doesn’t have to be a dream that may happen one day in the distant future, it could happen now, and this book will show you how.
•Learning from observation, and goat behaviour in the wild to provide the right foods for goats to thrive.
•A permaculture approach, looking at the whole backyard ecosystem and the many interactions between goats, animals, garden, people, and trees.
•Cheesemaking and home dairying without artificial weird stuff.
Not just for backyards
This book is relevant for larger bits of land as well, especially in the early years while you’re waiting for perennials to grow or waiting to build more fences. Goat milk provides an instant harvest, with a minimal amount of brought-in feed, using smaller amounts of land and food than cows, while providing manure for the garden.
Want more posts like this?
Join The Nourishing Hearthfire for real food recipes, traditional skills, and monthly inspiration for your hearth and homestead.
We respect your inbox. Unsubscribe anytime.
About Kate Downham
Kate Downham has been growing, preserving, and cooking real food since 2007. She is the author of four books on homestead skills: A Year in an Off-Grid Kitchen, Natural Small Batch Cheesemaking, Backyard Dairy Goats, and Sourdough Without Fail.
Off-grid with her family of nine in the Tasmanian forest, Kate milks her own goats, makes all their cheese, mills all her own grain, and bakes fresh sourdough bread daily.
2 responses to “Backyard Dairy Goats: A Natural Approach to Keeping Goats in any Yard”
-
Hi Kate,
I have only just discovered your website and info on your book and kickstarter program. Not absolutely sure how kickstarter works but assume I have missed the campaign since it finished in November. I would very much like to buy your book. Is there a link somewhere on your website?
Hayley-
Hi Hayley,
I’m still in the final stages of editing, so it’s not out yet, but will be in January or February : ) I will announce it on here when it’s available, so if you’d like to sign up to get blog posts sent by email, then you’ll be the first to know about it.
-Kate
-
Leave a Reply