Showing posts with label soaps. Show all posts
Showing posts with label soaps. Show all posts
Jan 6, 2014
What to do at -35? Saponify.
Getting used to this weather. -35 only freezes my eyebrows, now.
I'm down to my last gallon of frozen goat's milk and decided it would be a great day to make some more soap. Timing is everything when I do this and I'm not too great at it.
Anyways, I did get 8 lbs. of soap made this morning. I made a 4 lb batch of lavender. I had run out of lavender flowers and ground up some lavender leaves that I had in the still room. Still smelled as sweet.
Also did a batch with aloe vera and vitamin E. Thought this would be a great moisturizing bar.
I had a bit of lavender soap left over and filled a few "novelty" molds.
My bar molds all tucked in for an overnight nap.
The hard part is waiting another six weeks for the soaps to cure before I can use them.
This is a picture of my kitchen after my honey has been working on it over Christmas. His present to me-to finally get the kitchen finished. Still have a ways to go, but it's so much nicer already. Note the cement countertop he made me. What a guy.
P.S. Can anyone tell me how to put paragraph breaks in my blog? Hitting enter doesn't work anymore and my blogs just kinda run together without any paragraphs. Thanks.
Nov 28, 2012
More Bartered Blessings
One thing I've learned while living this "homesteading" lifestyle is that we can't do it all. We may have tried it all, but not everything at the same time. For instance, I haven't raised pigs in many years and may not ever again, but I've tried it. I raised bees for three years, long enough to realize that it's not my passion. I now by local honey from a friend who does like those bees. That's where barter and trade come in.
Yesterday I took my dog to the vet-80 miles away-and picked up some meat for a friend from a butcher up there. The butcher blessed me with a box of tallow for helping to "clean out" his freezer. After dropping off the meat at my friend's house, she blessed me with a bunch of bacon and a ham or two. She also gifted me with a box of pig fat for making soap. I have it rendering on the stove right now. I'll be sending soaps to the butcher and my pig-raising friend. See how great this works?
My honey is a professional barterer. :) He is so gifted that he can help out almost anywhere there's a need. People would rather give him something than pay him and that's usually a really good thing.
So you don't have to do it all. That's what friends and community are there to help with.
Yesterday I took my dog to the vet-80 miles away-and picked up some meat for a friend from a butcher up there. The butcher blessed me with a box of tallow for helping to "clean out" his freezer. After dropping off the meat at my friend's house, she blessed me with a bunch of bacon and a ham or two. She also gifted me with a box of pig fat for making soap. I have it rendering on the stove right now. I'll be sending soaps to the butcher and my pig-raising friend. See how great this works?
My honey is a professional barterer. :) He is so gifted that he can help out almost anywhere there's a need. People would rather give him something than pay him and that's usually a really good thing.
So you don't have to do it all. That's what friends and community are there to help with.
Nov 8, 2010
Making Soap
After gathering my ingredients from far and near, I'm finally ready. I had to get to a friend's to pick up my goat's milk, she was very generous and I have enough to make two batches. I rendered the lard (previous post). And bought my lye and essential oils. I'm ready to go.
Goats' milk soap is in much higher demand than the regular lye soaps that I make. I just use the recipe off of Fiasco Farm. This time I'm going to try to make a deoderant type soap. One for my honey who says that regular homemade soaps don't cut the body odor. I'm going to put in eucalyptus oil and tea tree oil. And I'm making some "pretty" smelling stuff for selling and Christmas gifts.
We are almost done with the outdoor work. God has blessed us with beautiful, unseasonably warm weather, (nearly 60 tomorrow), but snow showers on Thursday. My Christmas gifts are getting done. I have a pair of mittens, out of homespun, nearly completed and I'm going to do some socks after that. I also have a t shirt rug that I'm crocheting for my daughter's dorm room.
What a glorious day! Time to get out there and redeem the time.
Aug 30, 2010
From Glory Farm
First day on the new blog.
I've been blogging for years on a different site and decided it was time for a change.
Introductions-I'm a wife and mother. My honey and I farm in Northern Minnesota in hopes of sharing our resources and knowledge with others and bringing glory to God. (It wouldn't hurt if the farm helped to pay for itself, either.)
We have chickens, ducks, sheep, Angora goats, dairy goats, beef cattle and a couple of donkeys. We've had horses, llamas and alpacas, also. We've decided that the dairy goats aren't for us. We do have a dairy heifer that we've had bred this summer in hopes of having our own milk supply next spring.
We have a garden of almost an acre. We do some foraging, mostly berries.
I started making soaps about five years ago and found I really enjoy it. We also use the fiber from our goats and sheep to make yarn and felt.
The Lord has blessed us more than we ever imagined. Our children are learning His ways and are becoming great farmers, too!
From Glory Farm
I've been blogging for years on a different site and decided it was time for a change.
Introductions-I'm a wife and mother. My honey and I farm in Northern Minnesota in hopes of sharing our resources and knowledge with others and bringing glory to God. (It wouldn't hurt if the farm helped to pay for itself, either.)
We have chickens, ducks, sheep, Angora goats, dairy goats, beef cattle and a couple of donkeys. We've had horses, llamas and alpacas, also. We've decided that the dairy goats aren't for us. We do have a dairy heifer that we've had bred this summer in hopes of having our own milk supply next spring.
We have a garden of almost an acre. We do some foraging, mostly berries.
I started making soaps about five years ago and found I really enjoy it. We also use the fiber from our goats and sheep to make yarn and felt.
The Lord has blessed us more than we ever imagined. Our children are learning His ways and are becoming great farmers, too!
From Glory Farm
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Showing posts with label soaps. Show all posts
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Jan 6, 2014
What to do at -35? Saponify.
Getting used to this weather. -35 only freezes my eyebrows, now.
I'm down to my last gallon of frozen goat's milk and decided it would be a great day to make some more soap. Timing is everything when I do this and I'm not too great at it.
Anyways, I did get 8 lbs. of soap made this morning. I made a 4 lb batch of lavender. I had run out of lavender flowers and ground up some lavender leaves that I had in the still room. Still smelled as sweet.
Also did a batch with aloe vera and vitamin E. Thought this would be a great moisturizing bar.
I had a bit of lavender soap left over and filled a few "novelty" molds.
My bar molds all tucked in for an overnight nap.
The hard part is waiting another six weeks for the soaps to cure before I can use them.
This is a picture of my kitchen after my honey has been working on it over Christmas. His present to me-to finally get the kitchen finished. Still have a ways to go, but it's so much nicer already. Note the cement countertop he made me. What a guy.
P.S. Can anyone tell me how to put paragraph breaks in my blog? Hitting enter doesn't work anymore and my blogs just kinda run together without any paragraphs. Thanks.
Nov 28, 2012
More Bartered Blessings
One thing I've learned while living this "homesteading" lifestyle is that we can't do it all. We may have tried it all, but not everything at the same time. For instance, I haven't raised pigs in many years and may not ever again, but I've tried it. I raised bees for three years, long enough to realize that it's not my passion. I now by local honey from a friend who does like those bees. That's where barter and trade come in.
Yesterday I took my dog to the vet-80 miles away-and picked up some meat for a friend from a butcher up there. The butcher blessed me with a box of tallow for helping to "clean out" his freezer. After dropping off the meat at my friend's house, she blessed me with a bunch of bacon and a ham or two. She also gifted me with a box of pig fat for making soap. I have it rendering on the stove right now. I'll be sending soaps to the butcher and my pig-raising friend. See how great this works?
My honey is a professional barterer. :) He is so gifted that he can help out almost anywhere there's a need. People would rather give him something than pay him and that's usually a really good thing.
So you don't have to do it all. That's what friends and community are there to help with.
Yesterday I took my dog to the vet-80 miles away-and picked up some meat for a friend from a butcher up there. The butcher blessed me with a box of tallow for helping to "clean out" his freezer. After dropping off the meat at my friend's house, she blessed me with a bunch of bacon and a ham or two. She also gifted me with a box of pig fat for making soap. I have it rendering on the stove right now. I'll be sending soaps to the butcher and my pig-raising friend. See how great this works?
My honey is a professional barterer. :) He is so gifted that he can help out almost anywhere there's a need. People would rather give him something than pay him and that's usually a really good thing.
So you don't have to do it all. That's what friends and community are there to help with.
Nov 8, 2010
Making Soap
After gathering my ingredients from far and near, I'm finally ready. I had to get to a friend's to pick up my goat's milk, she was very generous and I have enough to make two batches. I rendered the lard (previous post). And bought my lye and essential oils. I'm ready to go.
Goats' milk soap is in much higher demand than the regular lye soaps that I make. I just use the recipe off of Fiasco Farm. This time I'm going to try to make a deoderant type soap. One for my honey who says that regular homemade soaps don't cut the body odor. I'm going to put in eucalyptus oil and tea tree oil. And I'm making some "pretty" smelling stuff for selling and Christmas gifts.
We are almost done with the outdoor work. God has blessed us with beautiful, unseasonably warm weather, (nearly 60 tomorrow), but snow showers on Thursday. My Christmas gifts are getting done. I have a pair of mittens, out of homespun, nearly completed and I'm going to do some socks after that. I also have a t shirt rug that I'm crocheting for my daughter's dorm room.
What a glorious day! Time to get out there and redeem the time.
Aug 30, 2010
From Glory Farm
First day on the new blog.
I've been blogging for years on a different site and decided it was time for a change.
Introductions-I'm a wife and mother. My honey and I farm in Northern Minnesota in hopes of sharing our resources and knowledge with others and bringing glory to God. (It wouldn't hurt if the farm helped to pay for itself, either.)
We have chickens, ducks, sheep, Angora goats, dairy goats, beef cattle and a couple of donkeys. We've had horses, llamas and alpacas, also. We've decided that the dairy goats aren't for us. We do have a dairy heifer that we've had bred this summer in hopes of having our own milk supply next spring.
We have a garden of almost an acre. We do some foraging, mostly berries.
I started making soaps about five years ago and found I really enjoy it. We also use the fiber from our goats and sheep to make yarn and felt.
The Lord has blessed us more than we ever imagined. Our children are learning His ways and are becoming great farmers, too!
From Glory Farm
I've been blogging for years on a different site and decided it was time for a change.
Introductions-I'm a wife and mother. My honey and I farm in Northern Minnesota in hopes of sharing our resources and knowledge with others and bringing glory to God. (It wouldn't hurt if the farm helped to pay for itself, either.)
We have chickens, ducks, sheep, Angora goats, dairy goats, beef cattle and a couple of donkeys. We've had horses, llamas and alpacas, also. We've decided that the dairy goats aren't for us. We do have a dairy heifer that we've had bred this summer in hopes of having our own milk supply next spring.
We have a garden of almost an acre. We do some foraging, mostly berries.
I started making soaps about five years ago and found I really enjoy it. We also use the fiber from our goats and sheep to make yarn and felt.
The Lord has blessed us more than we ever imagined. Our children are learning His ways and are becoming great farmers, too!
From Glory Farm
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