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you mean making lye and rendering fat? Yes it can be done--but I would have to practice making the lye and then wonder how strong it was, it would take some practice and time--i think others here have rendered fats -my brother has a freezer full of pork fat to render -I would wonder about the...

I have been looking and reading this post since it was written. It can be done, but it is a heck of a lot of work and everyone has to be on board. Animals are a lot of work, you have to know how to read the signs before they get sick and learn what to do to prevent them from getting really...

Both my daughters get major, major crippling migranes when they go into a room with them--

oh I saw this on another homesteading group--it looks very interesting. Going to try this. :)

my children like rabbit too--but no one likes dressing them out--so I had a friend that had rabbit and we got it from them. They also had jerky and sausage, it was really good. I cooked rabbit in the oven with seasonings or fried with gravy on it. Haven't had it in a while though

i would really like to try something like this, but I don't think it would work here--maybe with a glass or plexiglass wall over the top of it--might work for a late late spring cold frame type of thing. hmmm.

you can make it using potassium hydroxide instead of sodium hydroxide. We have to send for the potassium hydroxide, may as well get enough to make it worth it and order the pump bottles, so am waiting for a little extra money. Then we will make goat milk liquid soap and body wash. :D

We tried everything--all of the above, we had to resort to using Terro unfortunately-that was the only thing that kept them under control.

Ok I just looked at the bottle, it is Rooto :rolleyes:. Some weeks we can't keep up with the soap. We have several gift shops that handle it and hopefully will go to the state fair with soap--don't know if we can make enough though. We start the fall season with no less than 1000 2 oz bars...

If you have a Menards in your area, or they say that Lowes has some also--go to the drain cleaning aisle and look for a brand called Rooters, 100% lye. No drain cleaner, not even 97% or 98 % lye, it has to be 100 % lye. thats where we got our lye to start with, now we have a processing plant...

We get food grade plastic 3 and 5 gallon buckets at our grocery store bakery--Super Walmart did have them also in the deli and bakery areas--some were a $1 and others were $1.50

bank not back account.

First of all I am not making light of this--I had those crippling horrible migranes--I do think mine were related to hormones and stress. But I have heard that allergies can trigger migraines also. I tried all the home type remedies, didn't work for me--I didn't try prescription drugs, cause...

If you look at the orifices, there might be a dirt around the opening,be sure to lightly clean the area. There isn't bacteria in the milk, but if there is dirt around the orifices, you get bacteria in the milk. Teat dip closed the orifices so nothing goes into the the teat, this is around...

There a still a lot of people that claim the smell gets into everything, including the milk--I haven't found that to be true. I found that handling the milk and cleanliness is the big thing--and of course healthy, parasite free goats. We only use glass or stainless for anything connected to...

Are they made with microfiber? I did try the microfiber inserts with GS #3, but decided to change to organic cotton terry and organic bamboo velour. We prefer cotton flannel or velour for the inner of the diaper, but some people like suede cloth or poly velour for inners of the diaper. I...

OHH the meds DD#2 was on--I didn't like them, but had no choice so she could live. I tried to use everything else as natural as possible. Carolyn

Have you stripped the diapers? I have heard that sometimes helps with the odor of the microfiber. We used cloth diapers for my DGS #3, but I made inserts and soakers separately, so if there was an issue, I could make new inserts. He is 3 1/2 now and potty trained. I used cloth for all my...

Dishwasher and dish soap the only things that I haven't been able to bring myself to make--I have OCD, I have come past many things with work and time, but that is one thing I can't do YET. I am playing with the idea of EO orange or lemon or tea tree oil with some peroxide--in something...

the sham wow might work, but remember the fluid is trapped in the fabric, so it will absorb, and the fluid can "squish" out also. something else to think about is that it is a microfiber and if the "fluid" dries in it, it might not come out and sometimes it creates an odor that is hard to get...