Nubians gifted to SCF

What is capricious as a winter squall, curious as a 2-year-old, stubborn as a jelly stain, prefers the mezzanine to the ground floor and mid-air more than either, and eats tree bark and bananas with equal delight?  What is completely assured, looks you straight in the eye, and is always but always in charge? 

THE GOAT. OF COURSE.

Those who require predictability, beware.  A tranquilizing agent could be your only hope.  Unless, of course you like milk whose properties have always been a sure aid to the anxious and the sleepless.  In which case, you can put up with the anxiety knowing that you have the remedy, all in the same package: 

THE GOAT. OF COURSE.

Beginning in February, eight gorgeous Nubian goats (the very generous gift of Louise F. Haviland who loves chaos with all her heart) will have their kids and provide the first of the milk for making the cheese on and from which many of you have developed a strange dependence.  These lovely new Nubians have joined our herd of 30 goats who will  have their kids in March.  As it was, we didn’t have room for them all, but lo and behold, Mary Callahan, a very dear friend from Nashville, Tenn., donated a gift of money that enabled us to build our first addition to the milking barn. 

It just so happens that our cheese maker began his career by making cheeses with goat milk in Belgium and Switzerland.  After his brief hiatus in the form of a culinary arts degree from the Culinary Institute of America, Brent Wasser came to Sprout Creek Farm to make cheese from cow milk. But we all know that what goes around comes around, and so even had he wanted to escape  the wily goat, he’s ended up where he began, using milk from

THE GOAT. OF COURSE.

Now what? We have more goats so we will have more milk and it will take more time to milk them and we will have no space to age the cheese Brent makes from their milk.  This is indeed a thorny situation, an unfortunate circumstance that could precipitate a regrettable act.  Only YOU can help us avoid the obvious.  Look at these lovely new goats.  And look at the wondrous addition to the barn.  You wouldn’t want us to squander those gifts, would you?  Besides, it’s good for our character to have to deal with our potential nemesis on a daily basis.  And EVEN if you wouldn’t like to help us, wouldn’t you like to help

THE GOATS?

OF COURSE.
YOU WOULD.

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