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Author: Kimberly
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Glossary of Soapmaking Terms
A vocabulary of the most common terms used by soap makers at all levels from beginner to advanced. New terms are added regularly.
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Difference Between Castile and Bastille Soap
Castile soap is made of 100% olive oil. Bastille soap is made of at least 70% olive oil and other oils, fats, or butters in the remaining 30%.
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Soda Ash: The Rustic Patina of Handcrafted Soap
Soda ash is harmless. It may form in curing. Many homesteaders like this rustic patina for an authentic charm, but others prefer glossy soap.
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Soda Ash is not Soda Ash
Simple chemistry experiment demonstrates that the white cast called “soda ash” on soap is not soda ash or sodium carbonate.
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Chicken Farm in our Andean Sanctuary
Barnyard chickens with crests, curly wings, and tufts of feathers on then thighs.
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First Garden after Years of Travel Around the World
Our first garden after four years of travelling around the world.
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Hens and Roosters on the Farm
Our hens and roosters are free ranging and eating whatever their heart desires. Fed with kitchen food scraps, seeds, and alfalfa supplements, they keep pecking seeds and bugs day in and day out. These happy chickens get plenty of nutrition, exercise, sunlight, and excitement. Black-Laced Gold Wyandotte Hens and Roosters Black-laced gold wyandotte hens and…
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Umay Likes Square Shapes
I read somewhere that cats like squares. If you put square-shaped objects near cats, they will sit on or in them. Cats like boxes, rectangular sheets of paper, books, square pieces of furniture and so on. If you draw squares or even just corners, cats will claim them. I never paid attention to this feline…