Farm and Soap Updates

Lard and Tallow - What's the difference?

Lard and Tallow - What's the difference?

Animal fats are far less common in our daily lives than in the past and in recent decades there has been a push to remove them from not only our...

Lard and Tallow - What's the difference?

Animal fats are far less common in our daily lives than in the past and in recent decades there has been a push to remove them from not only our...

Spring in Vermont

Spring in Vermont

Here's what the farm looked like on April 27th this year: Of course it was all melted by around noon the next day! In northern Vermont it's a good rule...

Spring in Vermont

Here's what the farm looked like on April 27th this year: Of course it was all melted by around noon the next day! In northern Vermont it's a good rule...

Making Milk Soap

Making Milk Soap

I am sometimes asked if I make goat milk soap and the answer is no, in fact I make cow milk soap! I'm not quite sure when and why goat...

Making Milk Soap

I am sometimes asked if I make goat milk soap and the answer is no, in fact I make cow milk soap! I'm not quite sure when and why goat...

buckets of eggs

The Egg Flood

Around the beginning of March I got one of the first signs of spring on the farm (the real first sign was back in February when last summer's young female...

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The Egg Flood

Around the beginning of March I got one of the first signs of spring on the farm (the real first sign was back in February when last summer's young female...

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What is lye and why it's in our soaps

What is lye and why it's in our soaps

Every so often I get asked some variation of "the lye question" from customers or prospective customers: Do your soaps contain lye? (yes... and also no) Can you make me...

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What is lye and why it's in our soaps

Every so often I get asked some variation of "the lye question" from customers or prospective customers: Do your soaps contain lye? (yes... and also no) Can you make me...

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New Ordering System for Local Customers!

New Ordering System for Local Customers!

This month I am rolling out a new system for local pick up and delivery customers! Since the old system was just me emailing back and forth with customers and...

New Ordering System for Local Customers!

This month I am rolling out a new system for local pick up and delivery customers! Since the old system was just me emailing back and forth with customers and...