From the Farm & Garden: Herbal & Goat Milk Soapmaking

Participants will experience a full day of making soap! We’ll cover the myriad ways to add herbs to soap, as well as how to make a creamy, moisturizing farm-fresh bar of goat milk soap. This class will cover the qualities of the herbs we can add, for their healing and moisturizing qualities and 3 approaches to soap making: hot process, cold process, and hand milling. In addition to making soap, we’ll learn to felt soap and how to add loofah sponges for exfoliation, as well as additional nourishing skin qualities. This is a comprehensive soap-making class that will offer a foundation for making soap with the best ingredients from the field, forest, and farm. Participants will leave with bars of soap to cure at home, a recipe guide, and skills that will last a lifetime. Materials fee of $25 covers base oils, herbs, milk, wool for felting, and molds for holding soap. Learn more and register: https://wisconsinsheepandwoolfestival.com/classes/wonders-of-wool