Making Lip Butter

Marsha and Tyrone happily agreed to watch my very first lip butter demostration. I think I did alright. They bought 2 sticks of lip butter. Thanks for being such good sports Marsha and Tyrone. Enjoy the lip butter and hope to see you again.

Who Are These Trick Or Treaters In June?

A rainy cold morning with nothing to do, Katie and two of her friends made their unexpected appearance in the soap shop. Thankfully all of the customers enjoyed their fun. Carol Rogerson took everybody's picture and emailed it to us. Thanks Carol.

Agility For Goats

The boys in the 4H Goat Club that I lead have been training the goats to follow them over bridges and ramps. They do not touch the goat at any time and must get the goats to follow their instructions with food and a 'clicker'.

After all of the goat judging was done we enjoyed barbequed hamburgers and hot dogs. A special thanks to Derek and Alexis for their wonderful cooking.

The 4H achievement day certificates and ribbons were given out in a year end presentation at our farm for all of the various projects. There was over 40 people in attendance. Jordan got a ribbon in recognition for the most 4H projects completed. All and all it was a good day.

Thank You Jill

Jill drove all the way from Wood Islands to judge the four goats. The boys all looked pretty smart in their white shirts and blue jeans with their clean goats.

It was difficult to get someone to come and judge for 4H Achievement Day and it was great to have Jill give the boys encouraging words for all of the effort they had put in over last 9 weeks.

Being the 4H goat club leader, I was quite proud of all of my boys and the goats.

Cars, Cars And More Cars

The cars were lined up on both sides of the road and filled the parking lot. We finally got the goats ready and were just waiting for the judge to come at 3:00pm when this picture was taken.

Getting Ready

4H achievement day is quickly approaching. Jordan is seen here holding Grace while Kyle is finishing the last bit of hair that needs to be trimmed. We bathed and trimmed all 4 goats today.

Barn Painting Day 2

Despite the drizzle and rain, Derek and Alexis keep moving ahead with painting the barn.

The Project Begins!!!

Derek and Alexis arrived at the beginning of this week from Alberta and have volunteered their time to paint our barn. They have taken a year off from their careers to WWOOF across Canada. They started today and will be painting the barn green with white trim.

Goat People

I had the pleasure to meet Steve Considine who is the
Dairy Manager from Redwood Hill Farm in Sebastopol, California. Steve manages one of the bigger goat dairy operations in the US. They milk 300 goats and process 30,000 gallons of milk per day from other farms. Redwood Hill Farm makes award winning artisanal yogurt and cheese. I would love to see it and taste it some day!

Oh What Fun!!!

We rented this little machine for the weekend to get some odd jobs done. One of the jobs was cleaning the goat pen. The machine sure made a terrible job a lot of fun. It was like playing in the sandbox but we were playing in the manure pen instead.

Waiting And Ready

Elizabeth on the left and Emmanuelle on the right are here for the summer working in the soap shop. Both are university students who will be returning to school in the fall and are here for the summer. Emmanuelle is from Quebec City and Elizabeth is from Halifax.

All The Way From Pittsford, NY

They ran out of soap in Pittsford so Mary and Trevor thought they would come to PEI and visit the goats and get some goat's milk soap. Good luck Trevor on your new teaching career. I hope all of your students are excellent learners because I know you will be an excellent teacher. Have a safe trip back to NY.

Mother And Son

Lorreen is from Ottawa and came to visit her son who is from Charlottetown and see her granddaughter graduate. She gave up an opportunity to tour a soap shop with her friends in United States to come to Prince Edward Island. Lorreen was quite thrilled to have a tour of our shop and see how we make our soap.

Wayne took a friendship bear soap home (they are free for repeat customers who are bringing someone new to the shop).

Which One Is From Alberta?

All of them!

These 4 ladies stopped in looking for directions to Almost Home Cottages the night before and came back the next day. They all left with brown paper bags filled with the best soap in the world.

Mary and Fran Leggett, Jill Thomson, and Coreen Franke all from the out west.

Look Closely

Hanna the goat is trying to get Belinda's attention by pulling on her sweater in the background. The big goats do not like it if the babies get all the attention. Rose, Belinda and Walt are from Pennsylvania and visited us today. Thanks for stopping in!

The Energetic Four

Emily (aged 10) and Jamie (aged 8) are from Quebec and Kelly (aged 10) and Jack (aged 7) are from Australia. They all stopped in today for a "how to make soap" demonstration and visited with the goats. Sorry the picture is blurry guys. You will need to come back for another picture. Enjoy the soap and thanks for stopping in.

Thank You Sally Clarkson

All the way from Colorado! Sally Clarkson sent Ellen and Megan from Falcon, Colorado and Jerrine and Michelle from Sedalia, Colorado to our shop. Sally visited our store in 2006. Enjoy your soap ladies.

B.E.S.T. Group

The BEST and largest group this year. Sixteen people in three minivans pulled into the driveway to see the goats and find out how goat's milk soap is made. Thanks for stopping in and hope to see you next year.

Friendship Bear Goat's Milk Soap

FREE FRIENDSHIP GOAT'S MILK SOAP

Are You a Repeat Customer?

If you are bringing friends or family with you to our store and have already been to our store before, please take one of our Friendship Bear Goat's Milk Soap as a token of our sincere appreciation.

If you refer a friend or family member to our Newsletter, we will include a Friendship Bear Goat's Milk soap with your next order as a token of our sincere appreciation. Please remind us when you place your order.

Claire And Buttercup

Buttercup could not believe how big Claire had got over the last year. Claire is all grown up now. Claire first came last year to visit the goats and fell in love with Buttercup. Claire is the big girl in the pink coat and is with her sister. Buttercup is the black and white LaMancha goat. The boy kid is named Mats Sundin.

In-Store Demonstrations

The two ladies on the left are from Australia. They are listening to Nelleke give a demonstration on how we make our goat milk soap bars. This year we will be expanding the demonstrations to include liquid soap, creams and other products. Demonstrations start at 9:00am and go until 6:00pm every day.

Goats Attract Great People

I have noticed that interesting and nice people love goats. Although loving and curious, of all the farm animals I have ever had, goats have definitely been the most trying on my patience. So if someone says that they love goats, you just know they have a big heart to put up with all the naughtiness and enjoy the affection goats have to give.
In the picture from left to right are Julia from Georgetown, Ontario, Jennifer from Waterloo, Ontario, and Marni and Jim from Winter Green Florida. Jennifer is holding Angel and Marni is holding Mats Sundin.

Horse Chestnut Tree

You can still see a little light though the branches. Everything is growing and blooming by the minute.

Wow, Is This The Same Tree?

The candles are coming out. Now when the wind blows the leaves sing a beautiful melody. Soon the loud hum of bees busily polinating will fill the air.

Goat's Milk Soap For Men

Over the years we have noticed as the men trail behind the ladies smelling every bar put to their nose, men seem to prefer Licorice, Tea Tree, Eucalyptus, Tuscany and Bamboo scents the most. We have put all the men's favourites together in one section now.

Horse Chestnut Tree June 2nd

I took this picture just before the sun disappeared for the night. These are the same three buds that I started taking pictures of a month ago.

Beautiful Day And Beautiful Customers

Wayne from Ottawa stopped into the store today to buy some presents for some special ladies he works with. He decided on 4 gift boxes and Wayne personally chose all the soap to put into the boxes including chocolate.

Thank you for stopping in today Wayne, it was nice chatting with you. I hope the ladies enjoy the soap and do not think you are buying it for them soap because they need a shower.

See you again some time.