Spider Stone Nigerian Dwarf Dairy Goats

04/02/2025

March Milk Totals:

FF Myst 317 DIM 566 #
2F Himi 398 DIM 851 #
FF Nova 759 DIM 1446 #
FF Gin 770 DIM 1435 #

FF Gypsy is now confirmed pregnant with triplets and is DRY. We are anxiously awaiting our one and only kidding this year Gypsywind, bred by Silver Mettle, is due May 28th.

Photo of the day: Gypsy’s baby bumps.

04/02/2025

February Milk Totals:

FF Myst 286 DIM 501 #
2F Himi 367 DIM 803 #
FF Nova 728 DIM 1405 #
FF Gin 739 DIM 1401 #
FF Gypsy 747 DIM 1372 #

* Photo of the day …Fresh made Cream Cheese and Salted Caramel makes the BEST Cheesecake!

02/24/2025

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02/24/2025

January Milk Totals:

FF Myst 258 DIM 447 #
2F Himi 339 DIM 758 #
FF Nova 700 DIM 1368 #
FF Gin 711 DIM 1373 #
FF Gypsy 717 DIM 1332 #

* Photo of the day …Myst (first freshener with a single kid) udder shot at 9 months fresh.

02/24/2025

December Milk Totals:

FF Myst 227 DIM 403 #
2F Himi 308 DIM 708 #
FF Nova 669 DIM 1330 #
FF Gin 680 DIM 1339 #
FF Gypsy 686 DIM 1287 #

* Photo of the day …Goose (the cat) keeping the milk tote organized.

11/19/2024

Due to having two hurricanes roll over us in the past few months, our Florida Cranberry crop (Roselle Hibiscus) took a tremendous beating! We did manage to get enough Calyces to make a pint of Roselle Jam, dehydrated about 50 for tea and dried another 50 seed pods for seeds to be split up for replanting and roasting/grinding for a possible coffee replacement (definitely an experiment 😂).

11/19/2024

Cutting way back on breedings again this year. We have only two in the books.

Spider Stone SV Nova bred by Spider Stone SV Silver Mettle on the 10th (if successful she will be due April 4, 2025).
Spider Stone BV Gypsywind bred by Spider Stone SV Yoshiyuki on the 11th (if successful she will be due April 5, 2025.

11/09/2024

October Milk Totals:

FF Myst 166 DIM 281 #
2F Himi 247 DIM 599 #
FF Nova 608 DIM 1237 #
FF Gin 619 DIM 1258 #
FF Gypsy 625 DIM 1195 #

Photo: New York Style Cheesecake with Raspberry/Blueberry sauce made from homemade Cream Cheese from my girls!! 🤤😍😋

10/22/2024

September Milk Totals:

FF Myst 135 DIM 231 #
2F Himi 216 DIM 543 #
FF Nova 577 DIM 1186 #
FF Gypsy 594 DIM 1151 #
FF Gin 588 DIM 1220 #

Photo: Another Olive Oil & Smoked Paprika IBORES CHEESE!! Family favorite
🤤😍😋

10/15/2024

Huge tree fell on my fence. Thank you, Malcolm for coming to the rescue.!!!

09/27/2024

Slow week making and baking. Spending most days painting at a daughter’s home.

09/03/2024

August Milk Totals:

FF Myst 105 DIM/189 #
2F Himi 186 DIM/482 #
*FF Sage 547 DIM/1138 #
FF Gin 558 DIM/1177 #
FF Gypsy 564 DIM/1107 #

Photo of Rosie Spider Stones own Guardian Dog!! 😁

09/02/2024

Happy Labor Day! Tonight’s dinner; baked potatoes, salad, BBQ country ribs and SD Rolls! Yum 😋

08/16/2024

July Milk Totals:

FF Myst 74 DIM/145 #
2F Himi 155 DIM/424 #
*FF Sage 504 DIM/1070 #
FF Gin 527 DIM/1124 #
FF Gypsy 533 DIM/1062 #

*FF Sage is now dried off

Photo of Spider Stone R Mystique

08/13/2024

Slow starting my sourdough adventure this week. Today I made Sourdough Discard English Muffins (baked).
Find the recipe here:

https://tasteofartisan.com/quick-sourdough-english-muffins/

Also baked this delicious family favorite Banana Bundt Cake.

https://celebratingsweets.com/banana-bundt-cake-with-brown-sugar-glaze/

08/08/2024

My Sourdough adventure continues this week with fluffy rolls, delicious doughnuts and unbelievably moist dark chocolate bundt cake.

07/31/2024

After trying to achieve a decent loaf of sourdough bread since July 1st with minimal success, I decided to scrap the idea and go back to my old lean dough bread recipe with 125 grams of starter added in. This loaf I can live with!!!
Also baked a fudgy dark chocolate brownie sourdough discard recipe that turned out pretty good. Hubby’s snacks are made for the rest of the week!

07/28/2024

Yesterday I was finally able to pull off another cheese I’ve had my eye on for a while.
Orange zest, toasted walnuts and Triple Sec in a Caerphilly Cheese (Holiday Cheese)!
Using 3 gallons of goats milk, this is the heaviest cheese round I’ve made to date. Weighing in at over 4.25 pounds!
The recipe suggested collecting the whey to make waffles or quick breads. I used it to make pancakes this morning.
The whole house smells amazing.