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Carolyn

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  • Birthday 07/31/1954

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  1. DD is setting it up--we debated about even having a website, cause we can hardly keep up locally, It isn't hard--really, but you do need a good scale to weigh everything on. Just got an order for 20 bars. We hit every craft show, and now the summer shows---Art in the park kinda thing-- we have 4 maybe 5 summe shows left, then the fall shows. Both DD's work full time jobs--Dil doesn't have patience for soapmaking, but makes bath salts and bath fizzies. I will try to post a picture--- the name of their soap is "My Crazy Mother and I" goats milk soap and yes I am the "crazy mother" I come up with all kinds of wild ideas LOL. I have been prepping for years and people also think I am crazy--- don't know what people think they are going to do. I'm ready . Carolyn
  2. Duh---- someone already posted a site with a lye calc on it---ohhh what a day LOL am waiting for a doe to kid-- we bought her for milk and found that she had rebred sooooo we had to dry her up---she kidded the very end of Dec and rebred sometime in January---just waiting. LOL Carolyn
  3. We make goats milk soap for sale--we have used it for years and decided to market it---DD made 6 batches yesterday--We make both hot process and cold process soap. Although hp soap can be used right away, we found it is better to wait a few days---cp soap really needs 4 to 6 weeks to cure unless you use some of the quick dry methods--- then you can get useable soap within a week. You should check with a lye calculater --hmm I am not sure of the site, cause my DD does that, but you should be able to google it. We use goats milk from our own goats, coconut oil, sunflower or safflower oil, lard, lye and EO or FO. We have unscented--unscented with oatmeal as well as about 50 fragrances some of them using essential oils. Had to buy more goats to keep it up--- each batch is hand made and hand cut--of course we have our personal stash ready. Crumbling may mean your temps weren't right. It may have "seized" Once you get started, it is sooo addicting. LOL. Have fun Carolyn
  4. haven't been on in a couple of days---geese don't need an excuse the be mean--but ducks usually don't chase people unless they have a nest---duck hens are really bad news if they think their nest is being threatening----yep if she has a nest, she might be back. We had a Mallard drake that came back every year to our one duck hen in the spring and left in the fall. The first year, we had 2 duck hens, one disappeared and we thought the coyotes got her, nope she came out of the bushes with a troop of baby ducks---hmmm no drake--how did this happen??? I called my brother and and told him---he said well he had a lone drake hanging around up there (about 1/4 mile away)--sure enough we watch and he hung around--the smaller light weight rouen hen left with him and we never saw her again, but he came back every year for the following 3 or 4 years until we lost her--she was an old duck hen. the babies were light enough in weight to fly with him. We see mallards here now and again, thinking they came back, but they don't stay. If it was a hen, she might have had a nest somewhere close with eggs in it. Drake--I don't know. Animals do make a life reeeeeeeeelllllllllllyy interesting. lol Carolyn
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