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Soap Making 101 – Nysia's Homestead Journey

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Nysia's Homestead Journey. I have been making soap for my family for years! They love my soap. I also sell my soap online (but mostly to friends and family! I first started selling. My soap as a fundraiser. For my daughter’s trip to Europe with People to People. Several people purchased soap and some still buy from me. First, What is soap? Why does soap work? Basically, the soap molecules form a pocket, called a micell, around the dirt molecules allowing them to be washed away. Both the cold process and ...

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Canning 101 – Nysia's Homestead Journey

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Nysia's Homestead Journey. What you need and why. I want to talk a little bit about canning. You can’t live on a self sustaining, off grid homestead without learning how to can. You need to be able to put up enough of your hard earned harvest to survive the winter. Here is a list of things you should have to begin canning and why they are needed or useful:. Tested preserving recipe book. Such as the Ball Blue Book Guide to Preserving. Common kitchen utensils, such as wooden spoon, and ladle. Most new jar...

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Canning Recipes – Nysia's Homestead Journey

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Nysia's Homestead Journey. Michael and I have recently been buying up butter when it was on sale. Last time we canned butter (around 2010) it was $1.50 per pound normal price. The butter we recently purchased was $2.50… More. Canning Eggplant “Tapenade”. The best use of eggplant I have found so far. I found the recipe here and boy am I glad I did. We recently harvested 15 gallons of eggplant with more on the plants growing! Last weekend we harvested 15 gallons of veggies from the garden (again! These are...

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Week 1 done | Deblet

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Deblet in a nutshell. The life and times of Deblet and my family. July 9, 2015. Tags: SARS tax work. Wife,Mother,part time blogger. 4 thoughts on “ Week 1 done. July 10, 2015 at 5:48 am. Glad things are going well with tax season. I was wondering how hubby was getting on. He must feel so frustrated. I love the way the girls are taking care of themselves, and you it seems. I really am in awe of how independent they all are. Good luck, you’re going to be pooped soon. July 10, 2015 at 6:41 am. You are comme...

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Department of Home affairs | Deblet

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Deblet in a nutshell. The life and times of Deblet and my family. Department of Home affairs. August 14, 2015. Now everyone moans and complains about the Department of Home affairs….me included.After our dismal attempt to get the girls unabridged birth certificates applications submitted at Malmesbury a month or so ago,we decided that we had to try again. Once I reached the top of the stairs there was a rather large and in charge security lady barking instructions so all knew exactly which side of the st...

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Deblet | Deblet

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Deblet in a nutshell. The life and times of Deblet and my family. November 5, 2016. We are having so much fun.We are trying new things and enjoying doing things together. Yesterday we took a trip to James Bond Island and were canoed through caves by our own guide. Lunch on board the boat was delicious. Hubbie even braved jumping overboard for a swim. So cheers for now.Time to get moving for the day.Off to explore Phuket town today. November 3, 2016. We have 3 balconies,one facing the sea. So far we have ...

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So how’s your day going? | Deblet

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Deblet in a nutshell. The life and times of Deblet and my family. So how’s your day going? August 13, 2015. My day started off with me cracking open a box of Smarties by 09h00. I have a few pet hates when it comes to work and this morning it seems all these boxes were ticked before 09h00. Hand written information emailed to me…………….I dislike this immensely….not everyone had nice legible handwriting. If you do not declare all your earnings/income SARS will find it! And my all time favourite….if ...Grrrrrr...

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Weekend away for the girls | Deblet

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Deblet in a nutshell. The life and times of Deblet and my family. Weekend away for the girls. August 10, 2015. We took the younger 2 away for the weekend this past weekend.We went up to Lamberts Bay up the West Coast.We booked to stay in the Lamberts Bay Hotel. .a real country style old,very old hotel.It was built way back in 1888 so it is old,but it’s a hotel and the girls loved the idea of staying in a hotel. We bought some lunch at a local take away and enjoy it at the beach. Saturday we watched the r...

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Deblet | The life and times of Deblet and my family | Page 2

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Deblet in a nutshell. The life and times of Deblet and my family. October 16, 2016. Sometimes the best way to have a lovely relaxing day is to hang at home. This morning Hubbie and I woke at 06h00,he got up and made us tea.We then lay in bed snuggling and chatting for ages. We all sat in the braai room filled with sun having a leisurely breakfast.The girls were all full of beans and laughed and joked the whole way through breakfast. Love these kind of relaxing meals as a family. October 11, 2016. There i...