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[MinnesotaNice]

@holm25 , have you set any Buckeye eggs yet?

 

[jerryse]

Jerry What are the sun and soil requirements on the Juneberries?

 

[EMorical]

The honey may firm up a bit more than the milk soap. I don't have access to a goat farmer nearby or anything, but I've seen the soap at art and craft fairs and the goats milk soap looks pretty crumbly and soft-yes. I think I may try coconut milk on my first milk soap. But you need to freeze it because as it mixes with lye it really drives up the heat and can scald the milk. Its a bit more involved making it.

I've also done beer soap with Guiness. Had to let it go flat for a couple days. Boil it about 5 minutes...etc. That soap got really warm. Again the sugars...

TELL ME MORE. I need the "recipe"!

 

[duluthralphie]

Thanks!!!

Found this no idea is if is true.

Juneberries are named because they produce a large crop of berries in June and they grow well in shady conditions. I will try 3 plants too then....

 

[EMorical]

I've been sort of looking for a yearling mare for a nice project and I found one!




She will be a year in May and is already almost 16 hands which is perfect for my height and bad knees!



No surprise that she's the spitting image of our 23 year old mare which is a Clydesdale cross also.

I have a project mare for you haha

She's 11 years old, broke to ride, and FAST.

 

[I Love Layers]

I have a project mare for you haha She's 11 years old, broke to ride, and FAST.

I'd take her if shes under $1000

 

[EMorical]

I'd take her if shes under $1000

She could be! Ahhhhh.....green grass......sigh......

 

[Momof3plustwins]

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Have you tried putting the egg in a glass half filled with water and shaking the Poop out of it. It really does either take the shell completely off or loosen it so much it picks off easy.  I do it all the time now, and it is good exercise.

The glass has to be glass. Plastic does not work for some reason.  I take them right from the steamer to the glass of water.  Judy picks the shells off  I shake the glass,



That is not even a way I have read about when I have searched online. I'll try it in the morning.

 

[holm25]

@holm25
, have you set any Buckeye eggs yet?

Yep! They are cooking as we speak!

 

[Bogtown Chick]

TELL ME MORE. I need the "recipe"!

I made it last summer but essentially you substitute in flat guiness instead of distilled water to make the lye solution and then whatever oil mixture you want to use (soap calculator needed for correct amounts of everything) and because beer and lye smell like h-e- double hockey sticks I add honey fragrance oil. Oh I think I added some ground oatmeal to that batch too. (Oatmeal stout)