Next Saturday, August 29th, why don’t you come make soap with me?
I’ll be teaching my soapmaking course here on the farm. This is the same course I teach for our local community college. Class starts at 1:00 in the afternoon – zip me an email or give me a call for the details.
This course covers all aspects of soapmaking. You can learn the tips, tricks and techniques that it took me years to acquire. We’ll talk a little bit about the history of soapmaking and then we will jump right into it! Our goal is to make two batches of soap. One a simple batch..perhaps Spanish Castille or Double Mint and then something a bit more difficult using herbs or perhaps layering our colors!
We will learn about the equipment you must have and what you should NEVER use! We will go over the basic rules in soapmaking and how this process works. Then we’ll delve into the fun stuff! Essential oils and how to blend them, using clays…which ones and why, coloring your soap naturally with things you have in your kitchen, how to try new ideas cost effectively, Sap values and why you need them…and what the short cuts are, soap molds and how to line them and where you can find them in your home, and lots more including a list of resources!
You will go home with my book “Soapmaking Made Simple” a complete step by step guide that is also filled with recipes so you can get busy right away, a bar of soap to get you through till your first batch is ready, and if Josiah has the time, you might even be able to buy a family sized soap mold from him!
Of course there will be some delicious herbal things to eat and drink and if the tomatoes keep coming I can pretty much guarantee some salsa and chips!
You will work hard while I direct because I want you to be able to go home and make soap for YOUR family. Soapmaking is hard to learn from a book – there are just some things you HAVE to see….like what trace looks like! We will be moving fast (except for that snacking part!) because we have a short amount of time to make two batches of soap but we will have a lot of fun and you will go home a “soaper”!
Hope to see you!
Blessings
The Essential Herbalist 
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