Ruggles Hill Creamery
Nationally awarded farmstead goat cheese   Hardwick MA
Alys leads the herd


Owners

Tricia Smith and Michael Holland


The Goats

Alys, Gwynne, Kate, Molly, Rose, Remy, Claire, Gina, Ruth, Gemma, Cora, Astrid, Nora, Julia, Greta, Chloe,

Frances, Meg, Adair, Bertram, Stetson, Weber and Clovis

Ruth with 10 day old Rowan

April 2013

Gwynne continues our April kidding with a set of triplets, bucklings Martin and Harris and doeling Meg. Saanen Ruth gets "The Easiest Kidding Conceivable" award and is now contributing a bit to the dairy.

 

The herd is out and about on greening pasture, and I'll soon mow down the overgrown brambled trails so that the herd and I can resume woods rambles. Continued quiet time in the dairy with low cheese production as newly freshened does focus on mothering kids.


Above: Alys leads the herd out, Oct. '11.

Right: Ruth with Oberhasli/Saanen Rowen Apr. '13