Goat Milking Lesson, Farm Tour & Chores
Animal experience hosted by Karl & Margaret
- 2 hours
- Hosted in English
Bring the whole family
For kids 2 and up.
Excellent value
Guests say it's well worth the price.
Top-rated Host
Karl & Margaret's rated 5 stars by 100% of guests.
What you'll do
You'll join Margaret and Karl for daily morning or evening chores on Ten Apple Farm. We milk goats twice a day every day on our small diversified homestead, and you're invited to take part! In the morning, we start on the back porch with a light breakfast of home baked treats, coffee, tea and juice and other farm goodies. For evening chores, we end with goat milk and cookies, a selection of our goat cheeses and homemade crackers. We'll introduce the farm, talk about our journey to farming, and the past 16 years on the farm. We raise French Alpine dairy goats, and milk 3-4 goats by hand -- something we've been doing for 14 years. You'll learn how to milk the goats, help us feed the goats, and all the other animals. We have lots of animals in addition to the goats... miniature horses, pigs, sheep, chickens, ducks, and turkeys. We'll tour the farm, including our large kitchen garden, feeding and watering all the animals and talk about their care and the role each one plays on our diversified homestead. We'll do things like collect eggs, we might spend some time grooming our two miniature horses, and weather permitting, put the goats (with Philip, our sheep,) out in their pasture in the morning, or bring them into the barn in the evening, or take the horses for a short walk around the farm. There is lots to do and experience on the farm, morning or evening!
You'll join Margaret and Karl for daily morning or evening chores on Ten Apple Farm. We milk goats twice a day every day on our small diversified homestead, and you're invited to take part! In the morning, we start on the back porch with a light breakfast of home baked treats, coffee, tea and juice and other farm goodies. For evening chores, we end with goat milk and cookies, a selection of our goat cheeses and homemade crackers. We'll introduce…
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Margaret Hathaway and Karl Schatz are the wife and husband team behind six books on food and farming, including the memoir The Year of the Goat, the guide Living With Goats, the Portland, Maine Chef’s Table cookbooks, and the Maine Bicentennial Community Cookbook. Margaret is a writer who has worked in book publishing, and as manager of New York’s Magnolia Bakery. Karl is a photographer who has worked at ABC Television, Time Magazine, and as Director of Aurora Photos. In 2003 the couple left NYC to explore the world of goats across the USA. Since 2005, they have lived with their daughters on Ten Apple Farm, a homestead in Gray, Maine, where they raise dairy goats, tend a large garden and small orchard, make cheese, lead goat hikes, teach workshops, and operate a guest house. You can also hear them on their podcast, Cooking is Community!
Margaret Hathaway and Karl Schatz are the wife and husband team behind six books on food and farming, including the memoir The Year of the Goat, the guide Living With Goats, the Portland, Maine Chef’s Table cookbooks, and the Maine Bicentennial Community Cookbook. Margaret is a writer who has worked in book publishing, and as manager of New York’s Magnolia Bakery. Karl is a photographer who has worked at ABC Television, Time Magazine, and as Director of Aurora Photos. In 2003 the couple left NYC…
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Where you'll be
We'll start at the barn of our 1901 New England connected farmhouse, and begin a tour of the property, visiting and feeding various farm animals, and touring the outside areas of the farm, like the orchard, grape arbor, and garden. We might also stop in the garden and do a little gardening or harvesting. We either begin (morning) or end (evening) on the back porch overlooking the farm yard, gardens, orchard, pigs, chickens and ducks.
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Guest requirements
You’ll need a photo that matches the one on your ID to confirm who’s actually going on this experience.
Guests ages 2 and up can attend, up to 8 guests total. Parents can also bring children under 2 years of age.
All participants must wear a protective face covering and practice social distancing.
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Cancellation policy
Cancel up to 7 days before the Experience start time for a full refund, or within 24 hours of booking as long as the booking is made more than 48 hours before the start time.