812-Lancaater Fanning, Saturday, January 21, 1995
A view of Judy’s soap in the shop located along historic Route 30.
Bedford Lady Makes
LINDA WILLIAMS
Bedford Co. Correspondent
BEDFORD (Bedford Co.) —“I
get nervous when I think I might
run out of my goat’s milk soap,”
says one steady customer of Judy
Burkett who milks, makes, and
packages her own line of goat’s
milk soap.
Offered in a variety of fra
grances including vanilla, cinna
mon, lilac, bayberry, lavender,
exotic spice, jasmine, floral bou
quet, and peach rose, Judy says the
soap is good for dry or irritated
skin.
Milk for the soap comes from a
herd of seven nubian-pygmy,
alpine pygmy, and registered
nubian goats owned by Judy and
her husband, Lee Myres.
“We were just like a lot of other
goal owners,” Judy explains. “We
always had more milk than we
could drink. We used it to feed our
other animals, gave it to neigh
bors, and still had a surplus. Then,
we started making our own cheese
and occasionally even some goat’s
milk butter.
“Still, there was more milk than
we could consume,” Judy admits.
“Then, I read an article about
goat’s milk soap and decided to
give it a whirl. Details of the
soap’s contents were not revealed
so I had to experiment. 1 don’t
reveal my own secrets but will say
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Lee’s many other talents.
Goat Milk Soap
Judy, her goats, and a llama. All of the anifnals mingle
together to make one happy family.
that it includes animal and veget
able oils in addition to the milk.”
Judy’s husband helps with cut
ting and packaging in the pretty
goat sketched paper also designed
by Judy.
In order to find a better market
for the soap, Judy and Lee opened
an antique-variety store along
famous Route 30.
Merchandise includes every
thing from the soap to handmade
Christmas stockings and jewelry
(also made by Judy) to stained
glass hangings and lamp shades
more
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designed and created by Lee.
“We both like to wo* with our
hands,” Judy says. “I met Lee
when I hired him to build a house
for me. We soon found we had a
lot in common. When we wanted
stained glass kitchen cupboards,
we made our own. We enjoy being
self-sufficient.”
The shop’s location in an old
motor repair shop put both their
creative talents and seemingly
endless energies to the task. It
took a lot of elbow grease and
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