Cyril's Soap Shed Our Story - making Goats Milk Soap

I gave up my full-time job to start a family in 2006. We were already on the road to self-sufficiency with our chickens and vegetable gardens, and so we decided to get a goat for milk.

We decided on one goat, however, to cut a long story, we came back from the local activity farm with 2 goats. Penny and Florence.

The following year they kidded and started producing LOTS of milk, despite me not taking the kids away from mum, they were still providing us with over 8 pints a day! I learnt how to make cheese, yoghurt, ice cream and butter, and still I had lots of milk left. I needed to find something else to make...

I also needed a name for the company. That's where Cyril comes into it! Cyril was my Grandad, who had a shed at the bottom of the field. The shed was the hub of the local community for all the old folk! Many a day they would be sat in the shed putting the world to rights (normally while drinking his homemade scrumpy!) When Grandad moved on to the great shed in the sky, his shed down here became a bit worse for wear. When the time came for myself and husband to have our own home, we decided to resurrect the old shed. So we built our log cabin home on the same spot.

STILL MAKING NATURAL SOAP BY HAND

Things have moved on since the first days of 'Cyril's Soap Shed'!

Instead of just one or two markets a month, we now do major shows around the UK, and have a fast growing internet order business.
We also supply an ever growing range of farm shops, gift shops, health food shops, village shops and Garden centres. Our Goats Milk Soaps can be found all over the UK. and we are always keen to supply new stockists.

Our range of Guest soaps is becoming increasingly popular too with wonderful and varied B&B's, Guesthouses and Hotels. We add a touch of luxury, yet with a quirky, rustic appeal.