When life gets your goat, bring in the herd Jennifer Mcgaha never expected to own a goat named Merle.
Told with bold wit, unflinching honesty, and a firm foot in the traditions of Appalachia, Flat Broke with Two Goats blends stories of homesteading with the journey of two people rediscovering the true meaning of home..
But what started as a last-ditch effort to settle debts became a journey that revealed both the joys and challenges of living close to the land.
Soon enough, Jennifer\'s life began to more closely resemble her Appalachian ancestors than her upper-middle-class upbringing.
Now desperate to save money, they foreclosed on their beloved suburban home and moved their family to a one-hundred-year-old cabin in a North Carolina holler.
When Jennifer discovered that she and her husband owed back taxes--a lot of back taxes--her world changed.
Most importantly, Jennifer never thought she would only have $4.57 in her bank account.
She never thought she would be pulling camouflage carpet off her ceiling or rescuing opossums from her barn and calling it date night.
She didn\'t expect to be buying organic yogurt for her chickens.
Or to be setting Merle up on dates and naming his doeling Merlene.
When life gets your goat, bring in the herd Jennifer Mcgaha never expected to own a goat named Merle
