Replete with friendly advice, homespun wisdom, and entertaining anecdotes, Living with Goats offers reassurance of just how easy and rewarding it is to raise goats.
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Editorial Reviews
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Praise for The Year of the Goat:
Reading Margaret and Karl’s delightful journey reminded me of the ideals that brought many of us at Moosewood together over thirty years ago. Margaret Hathaway’s spirited storytelling and off-beat humor not only reawakened my own memories of adventurous times, but revealed that the dream to go “back to the land” to lead a simpler life is alive and flourishing. And boy did I learn a lot about goats and cheese! --Wynnie Stein, co-owner/author, Moosewood Restaurant
“Back-to-the-land fantasies aren’t new, but Hathaway gives theirs a modern twist by emphasizing “terroir,” the idea that “food is rooted in the land,” and of connecting “the palate to the place.” Local-eating, slow-food activists will find much to chew on here.”
—Publishers Weekly
"Hathaway's descriptions of the various characters they meet - both human and goat - are funny and vivid. . . . This is a book for anyone who's ever imagined going back in time to a simpler life - or anyone who loves cheese." --Entertainment Weekly
"Hathaway pokes fun at her naive notions of rural life with a sly humor that nicely balances the naked earnestness of the endeavor. The details of animal husbandry and cheese production will intrigue those interested in foods origins, and many readers, particularly city dwellers, will also be captured by the personal story of a young couples unusually thoughtful efforts to build a meaningful life together." --Booklist
From the Inside Flap
Ever thought of raising a goat (or two, or twenty)? If you already do, you’re not alone. This age-old practice is enjoying a renewed popularity, and for good reason. The goat is one of nature’s most incredibly versatile creatures. With proper care and attention, a goat can feed, clothe, and comfort you. It can thrive on one acre or one thousand and can adapt to virtually any climate. It can show you immense affection. Other times, it can be the most stubborn, mischievous, and maddening animal in the barnyard or cauliflower patch.
In Living with Goats, author Margaret Hathaway and photographer Karl Schatz show and tell everything you need to know about raising goats. With the same lively prose and charming color photos that marked their widely praised memoir, The Year of the Goat, they address a wide range of topics—including breed characteristics, raising goats for milk or meat, shelter requirements, how to prevent injury and illness, and goats as pets.
Replete with friendly advice, homespun wisdom, and entertaining anecdotes, Living with Goats offers reassurance of just how easy and rewarding it is to raise goats. Whether you’re an armchair farmer, a hobbyist, a do-it-yourselfer, or already a proud goat-owner, it is the ultimate guide to your own backyard herd.
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Margaret Hathaway is the author of the memoir The Year of the Goat: 40,000 Miles and the Quest for the Perfect Cheese, the guides Living With Goats: Everything You Need to Know to Raise Your Own Backyard Herd and Food Lovers' Guide to Maine, and the cookbook, the Portland, Maine Chef's Table: Extraordinary Recipes from Casco Bay. A native of Wichita, Kansas, Margaret is a graduate of Wellesley College and a former Fulbright scholar to Tunisia. She worked in book publishing and as a manager of New York City's famed Magnolia Bakery before settling with her husband, Karl Schatz, and their three daughters on Ten Apple Farm, a homestead in southern Maine where they tend dairy goats, assorted poultry, a large garden, and a small orchard.
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
I read all the reviews here prior to purchasing Living with Goats...
I was not disappointed in the least.
As a long time Urban Sustainable Living practitioner and descendant from three generations of Vermont Dairy Farmers, I found this book to be very helpful in my preparation for a small goat herd.
As with any new venture, I collect knowledge in person and from books prior to taking any practical action. Along with this book, I purchased Pygmy Goats Management and Veterinary Care by Lorrie Boldrick DVM (very thorough on treatment of health and disease) and Hobby Farms GOATS by Sue Weaver (decent introduction to goats).
If I were to distil my goat information library to just one bound resource, I would have to say (for my needs) that this hard bound volume by Margaret Hathaway would be the one...
The author is articulate, well written, hands on and presents thoroughly researched information in every chapter and on all of what I consider to be the most important subjects relevant to the soon to be, or new goat owner. I waited two years for my goats and have visited several breeders and goat superintendents at county fairs during that time. I referred to this book when I found information from goat folks to be in conflict and it certainly helped settle the issues and form my own opinions.
I found the referrals for more information and goat related equipment to be extremely valuable also... the Author's bare bones honesty relevant to mistakes and successes will be very valuable to those who have not yet taken the plunge with goats.... Read more ›
I was not disappointed in the least.
As a long time Urban Sustainable Living practitioner and descendant from three generations of Vermont Dairy Farmers, I found this book to be very helpful in my preparation for a small goat herd.
As with any new venture, I collect knowledge in person and from books prior to taking any practical action. Along with this book, I purchased Pygmy Goats Management and Veterinary Care by Lorrie Boldrick DVM (very thorough on treatment of health and disease) and Hobby Farms GOATS by Sue Weaver (decent introduction to goats).
If I were to distil my goat information library to just one bound resource, I would have to say (for my needs) that this hard bound volume by Margaret Hathaway would be the one...
The author is articulate, well written, hands on and presents thoroughly researched information in every chapter and on all of what I consider to be the most important subjects relevant to the soon to be, or new goat owner. I waited two years for my goats and have visited several breeders and goat superintendents at county fairs during that time. I referred to this book when I found information from goat folks to be in conflict and it certainly helped settle the issues and form my own opinions.
I found the referrals for more information and goat related equipment to be extremely valuable also... the Author's bare bones honesty relevant to mistakes and successes will be very valuable to those who have not yet taken the plunge with goats.... Read more ›
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
By Blue Jay
Format:Hardcover
After reading 'The Year of the Goat', I was anxious to read this book by the same author. She writes with admirable objectivity about everything from culling your goats to the love you may come to feel for them. Everything in between is covered too, such as kidding, feeding, cheese-making, and the question of de-budding. Please see Karl Schatz's response to the very biased and unfair review titled 'not sure what to think?' regarding the controversial horns-or-no-horns issue.
The photography is all color, informative, professional, and extensive. I highly recommend this book.
The photography is all color, informative, professional, and extensive. I highly recommend this book.
49 of 72 people found the following review helpful
By cooking bear
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
I received this book in the mail yesterday and am still not quite sure what to think about it. The book itself is very slick and pretty, the photography and lay out is perfect in every detail. The information presented in the book seems to be pretty factual, but I do have one question. Why do ex-city folks who move to the country for a couple of years always have to write about things as if they've been doing them a lifetime? Personally, I would be more likely to take the advice of someone who has kept goats for 10-20 years over someone who has had them 2-3 years and decided they knew enough to write a book. Case in point, the horned or dehorned issue. The writer goes on at length about how much more beautiful and natural a goat looks with horns, but pretty much glosses over the negative effects of having horned goats in the intensive conditions that most milk goats are kept in. She doesn't mention much about goats dying because they've gotten their horns caught in a fence and then eaten alive by predators. Or the dangers to the goatkeeper when working closely with horned goats in tight spaces. Not to mention how difficult it is to sell high quality horned goats for what they are worth, except on the meat market. Many reputable breeders won't touch a horned goat with a ten foot pole. The author may and probably does have a lot of good solid information to offer in this book, however, I personally would be more likely to take her advice did she have more years of hands on goatkeeping experience. I think this book would have been better done had she written about her experiences with the early years of goatkeeping, a journal type book like her first one, rather than a how-to book.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By NPF
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
I wasn't sure about this book when I bought it. The Look Inside preview was quite limited and there was no contents page visible which made it a little bit of a gamble purchase, especially as the hardcover edition I bought was quite expensive compared to some of the raising goat book alternatives. Despite this I was tempted. The author had good form with regards to writing about goats with her previous well received book The Year of the Goat: 40,000 Miles and the Quest for the Perfect Cheese, of which I had read the free preview and had enjoyed what I had seen, so I was hoping to get a readable book that covered all I need to know about raising goats from someone who had a enthusiasm and knowledge for the subject. I was not disappointed.
This book really delivered. I say that as someone who raises pigs, free range chickens and ducks in higher welfare systems and who has read up on more books about raising these farm animals than I have fingers. So I know a good book on raising animals that covers its topic in an informed and clear way when I see one. I also know from experience the kind of information I'm going to need to raise farm animals. So when I say I can't fault the content of this exceptional book you can believe it.
This book comprehensively covers in balance and detail every aspect of goat keeping you will want to know about. And it does so in an interesting and captivating way. The passion of the author has for goats and their wellbeing is apparent throughout and whilst she gives the pros and cons of all the alternative ways of doing things she also says how she herself chooses to raise her goats herself, and why.... Read more ›
This book really delivered. I say that as someone who raises pigs, free range chickens and ducks in higher welfare systems and who has read up on more books about raising these farm animals than I have fingers. So I know a good book on raising animals that covers its topic in an informed and clear way when I see one. I also know from experience the kind of information I'm going to need to raise farm animals. So when I say I can't fault the content of this exceptional book you can believe it.
This book comprehensively covers in balance and detail every aspect of goat keeping you will want to know about. And it does so in an interesting and captivating way. The passion of the author has for goats and their wellbeing is apparent throughout and whilst she gives the pros and cons of all the alternative ways of doing things she also says how she herself chooses to raise her goats herself, and why.... Read more ›
Most Recent Customer Reviews
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recomended
I have a small herd of 4 goats, there pets and one I have shown. This book has helped further educate me on husbandry .
Published 10 months ago by moonbeam
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great information!
Very good book for anyone starting a life with goats. Great basic information to help familiarize yourself with the goat world.
Published 12 months ago by J. E. N.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Living with goats.
This is a GREAT book! So well written. I would recommend this book to anyone.
Published on February 12, 2010 by Olean Mattei
4.0 out of 5 stars
good introduction to goat care
This book was a wonderful preparatory read for me. I feel much more confidant in buying and caring for goats. Great guide.
Published on November 5, 2009 by S. M. Peden
5.0 out of 5 stars
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