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Monday Recap: Icy Edition
I thought I would start the week by doing an update on recent projects I’ve been working on. And let me say that while we were fortunate to escape much of the snow that blanketed the U.S. last week, we...
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Deep Purple Lavender Goat’s Milk Soap
If there’s one thing I have learned about making soap, it’s that things don’t always turn out according to plan. Lately we’ve been experimenting with using natural colorants for our soaps, and I am...
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Lavender Honey Bastille Soap
Olive oil has been used both inside and outside the body for thousands of years, especially in Mediterranean cultures where the olive trees flourish. It is loaded with antioxidants, polyphenols and...
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Monday Recap: The Deep Freeze
We were fortunate last week to come through the latest Snowpocalypse with only about six inches of the powdery white stuff. We couldn’t escape the blast of Arctic air that followed behind it though...
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Sunny Calendula Goat’s Milk Soap
The cheery orange or yellow blossoms of Calendula (Calendula officianalis) are a familiar sight in many gardens, including ours here at Happy Acres. A native to the Mediterranean area, the Latin name...
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It’s Soapmaking Time Again
Last week after Thanksgiving my wife and I stayed inside to avoid all of the Black Friday shopping frenzy and made soap instead. We’ve been making cold-process soaps for almost six years now. Our...
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2015 Most Visited Pages
When I first started this blog back in 2009, I had no idea if anyone would even read it. I wasn’t exactly sure what I would blog about, though gardening and food were two things that came to mind. I...
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Lavender Honey Bastille Soap
Olive oil has been used both inside and outside the body for thousands of years, especially in Mediterranean cultures where the olive trees flourish. It is loaded with antioxidants, polyphenols and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Monday Recap: The Deep Freeze
We were fortunate last week to come through the latest Snowpocalypse with only about six inches of the powdery white stuff. We couldn’t escape the blast of Arctic air that followed behind it though...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Sunny Calendula Goat’s Milk Soap
The cheery orange or yellow blossoms of Calendula (Calendula officianalis) are a familiar sight in many gardens, including ours here at Happy Acres. A native to the Mediterranean area, the Latin name...
View ArticleClik here to view.
It’s Soapmaking Time Again
Last week after Thanksgiving my wife and I stayed inside to avoid all of the Black Friday shopping frenzy and made soap instead. We’ve been making cold-process soaps for almost six years now. Our...
View ArticleClik here to view.
2015 Most Visited Pages
When I first started this blog back in 2009, I had no idea if anyone would even read it. I wasn’t exactly sure what I would blog about, though gardening and food were two things that came to mind. I...
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