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Tag Archives: soap
A Year of Soap, For A Few Hours Of Effort
In February last year we began making cold process soap for our own use and to give away to friends and family. We started out with easy to make soaps, then as we gained confidence and experience we started making … Continue reading
Lavender Goat Milk Soap Update
The Lavender Goat Milk soap we made last week has been cut and is now curing in the basement. Cold process soap needs to cure to allow the PH to stabilize, and for some of the water to evaporate. The … Continue reading
Soap Day
Today was soap making day at Happy Acres. Last year we starting making our own bar soaps, using what is called cold process soapmaking. We made so much last year that this will be the first time this year we … Continue reading
In A Lather
Thursday was soap making day here at Happy Acres. We’ve got several new creations we want to try, and after a busy summer it was finally time to get down to it. And since so much time is spent on … Continue reading
New Project for 2011 (or Making an Impact)
I’m really excited to be involved with a new gardening project for 2011. And it’s pretty interesting how it all came about. Back early this year, my wife and I visited a local craft show to do some research on … Continue reading
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Tagged food pantry garden, Gardening, Impact community garden, soap, teaching
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A Little Bit of Soap
Today was an exciting day here at Happy Acres. We got to try out our first batch of soap! It had cured for 4 weeks, and was a basic, unscented soap recipe. We both tried it out in the shower … Continue reading
Is It Soap Yet?
We made our first batch of soap here 3 weeks ago, and now we are waiting for it to be ready. And waiting. And waiting…you get the picture. We are waiting for our cold process soap to cure, which takes … Continue reading



