Soap!

Coconut oil soap scented with lavender, drying on the rack.

One of our homesteading skills is making soap. In this case it's pure coconut oil soap. We plan to make all our bath and laundry soap at WL. It is easier on the environment, cheaper, and much higher quality than store bought soap.One also feels comfortably self sufficient using things made entirely by hand.

I suppose we can dream about scaling up our enterprise and selling soap at farmer's markets and to speciality stores. The market is probably there, considering that Lake Placid and Burlington are nearby. Who knows, maybe we can start a little business!

I also make the little boxes. S ties the ribbon!

A collection of gifts for our friends.
I made that dovetailed walnut box
(and the walnut table, it's sitting on!)