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| View from cottage porch Feb 2014 |
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| These two old crows are cold! |
Just a few horrid pics for those of you begging for this
winter to be over. It’s hard to believe we’re just twelve weeks from the last
frost.
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| Pumpkin vine climbing the arborvitaes last summer |
Yesterday I thought to check the hibernating mini-pumpkins
in basement. Alas, two of the three that are left are beginning to spoil.
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| Pumpkin on the verge |
One I
threw out, the second I warned Sweet husband needs to be thrown into soup pronto.
The third will find its way into …you guessed it, SOAP!
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| Cooking down |
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| Here's what was salvaged for soap |
Below is the making of hand milled Herbal Complex Soap. I
made two batches and upped the color in the second. Ingredients: saponified lard, saponified canola and olive oils, organic
cucumber, oats, rosemary, chamomile, wildcrafted plantain, calendula, rosemary
essential oil, turmeric.
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| Herbal soap melting |
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| Hand Milled Herbal Complex Soap |
Below is the honeycomb soap.
Ingredients:
Saponified lard, olive and coconut oils, honey and beeswax.
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| Honeycomb soap curing-it will turn much darker |
Below is the the coffee soap. It’s so soft I imagine it will be
summer before it’s cured. Olive oil soaps can take 6-12 months to cure.
Ingredients:
saponified olive and coconut oils, chocolate coffee, organic cream, cornstarch.
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| Coffee Latte |
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| Tomato Soap (for acne) |
Ingredients:
saponified canola and olive oils, saponified lard, yellow tomatoes, molasses,
oats, corn starch, black basil, paprika and annatto oils, Italian Seasoning.
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| Soap planer fits securely on top of dual purpose 1 lb mold |
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| That blade is sharp! |
Sweet Husband has been busy in his wood shop. Above is the soap
planer he made for me.
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| Castile soap curls |
Aren’t the soap curls cute? They’ll go into a later soap
project. I’m rollin’ now!
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| Planer, cutter and molds |
These are the various soap molds he made, along with a
cutter that needs some revision. He seems to think I can cut a straight line
with a guide only on one side. I’m sure he can affix a guide on the other side
if I ask him nicely.
Stay tuned for more soaping adventures...
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