Soaping clean with Dairy from the Homestead | Pre-Conference Workshop

Description

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• ALL WORKSHOPS ARE NON-REFUNDABLE, so please make sure you can ATTEND! Workshops are RAIN OR SHINE!
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Soaping clean with Dairy from the Homestead

with Wendy and Karlyn Hartman

Learn the basics of natural Soapmaking, while utilizing dairy and fats from your homestead. During this course, the Goat Milk Soap Ladies of Adoratio Farms will teach an overview of the soaping process, to include methods, materials required, safety protocol, and procedures, while inspiring you to utilize home-grown plants and animals from your homestead to make all natural, quality soaps. Gain confidence through this Hands-on Class, to make soap at home, for your family. This hands-on instructional, soap making class is led by Wendy and Karlyn Hartman, the authors of Soaping Clean with Dairy from the Homestead, due to be released October 2025. Wendy and Karlyn will be speakers at the 2025 Homesteaders of America Conference, were speakers at the 2024 Homesteaders of America Conference in Front Royal, VA and at the 2024 Homestead United Jamboree in Fletcher, NC.

Max Students per class: 20

Location: Warren County Fairgrounds

Date: Thursday, October 9, 2025

Students will take home: 

• A loaf of your very own hand-made soap, (approximately 7 bars of soap- a $56 value), made with our Non GMO Soy-Free Goat Milk and Freshly Rendered Lard
• A reusable heavy duty silicone soap mold and cutter. ($15 value)
• A sample pre-cured soap bar ($5 value)
• The confidence and skill to safely make soap at home. (Invaluable)
• Beginner soap recipe
• List of materials and supplies

Students should bring: 

• Shoe box sized box to transport finished soap mold
• Eye Protection (Any clear eye glasses OR protective goggles would be fine)
• Apron

Price – $170/person