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This weekend marked the half-way point for my Master Woodlands Manager training. We covered, on Friday afternoon and Saturday, business, taxes, planning, marketing, logging and roads. About half the time was spent in the field, making a plot in a forest stand, calculating board feet, looking at options (log? thin?) and then bucking a tree.…
You might wonder what’s the point of going to all the trouble of following good manufacturing practices … after all, your products are great, right? The whole reason for implementing good manufacturing practices is to ensure that your great product is great … every batch, every bar, every time. GMP is there to address and…
Over the last couple of years we’ve been cleaning up and building a campsite for family to use when they come to visit. Last year we completed the “structure” (we still haven’t decided to what to call it), which is a 34′ x 18′ roof, giving us a large covered area. As of now it…
This week we covered all things having to do with water (hydrology), including climate and weather and the effects they have on the soil, and trees, watersheds, the flow of water in and under the ground, and managing forests along creeks, streams and rivers to protect the water quality and fish. Water is SO important…
They are all simple to fix. It’s just a matter of putting the right information in the right place, and making sure that it’s the correct information.
This weekend (Friday and Saturday) I attended the first part of my Master Woodlands Manager class. It’s a training program put on by the Oregon State University Extension Service to covering the basics of woodlands management in depth This week we covered management planning, forest ecology, inventory, silviculture, and wildlife, both in the classroom and out…
Three bills have been introduced this session that affect cosmetics–especially small soap and cosmetic manufacturers. They are: HR 2359 – Safe Cosmetics Act of 2011 HR 4262 – Cosmetics Safety Enhancement Act of 2012 HR 4395 – Cosmetic Safety Amendments Act of 2012 All are trying to address “cosmetic safety” in different ways. There are…
Good Manufacturing Practices for Soap and Cosmetic Handcrafters. Nearly a year in the making, this book details what good manufacturing practices are and how soap and cosmetic handcrafters can go about getting real GMP standards set up in a home-based or very small setting.
Soap, at one end of the spectrum it’s a luxury item, at the other it saves lives. Did you know that more than 5 million lives are lost each year – the majority of whom are children – to diseases such as acute respiratory infection and diarrheal disease caused by improper hygiene and lack of…
We’ve all seen bar soap (which can be stunningly beautiful with swirls, embeds, and colors), and liquid soap, and even soap that looks like food. But how about soap that looks completely like something else? Check out these amazing soaps!
Students at the University of Texas voted last week to ban anti-bacterial soap and other products containing triclosan from the university entirely. The bill was authored by five UT students and unanimously approved by the students. Now, of course, it will be up to the university administration (and their purchasing department) to decide if they…
We finally have daffodils! Granted, they are a month late (which is extremely surprising), but they certainly are pretty, and definitely make me feel like there’s a chance spring will come soon. Out in our yard we have several different kinds. Some have frilly inside petals, some just have the standard 6 petals and a…
