Old Fashioned Ways in a Modern World a homesteading newsletter by Laura Lawrence Hi friends! As the pendulum swings from summer to fall I feel torn..... Do you feel the pull between long summer days full of sunshine, exhaustion and fun to the slower cooler days of fall? I know I certainly do! Trying to fit in those summer activities, enjoy the dwindling bright sun, harvesting and preserving all the crops is a tough job both mentally and physically. I'm also looking forward to a routine (well...
11 days ago • 1 min read
Old Fashioned Ways in a Modern World a homesteading newsletter by Laura Lawrence Hi 👋! Summer is waving good bye and the fall weather has set in here in Northern Michigan. Some mornings have been quite brisk! I'm busy harvesting what I'm able to, getting ready to homeschool my 3 kids and taking advantage of every single ray of sunshine coming down. What are some things you want to accomplish before winter hits? I need to create a new mushroom bed to place my wine cap spawn into so I can have...
29 days ago • 1 min read
Old Fashioned Ways in a Modern World a homesteading newsletter by Laura Lawrence Friends, Oh friends this year's gardening season has had it's boat load of woe's. How about yours? Between the crazy amount of rain, pests and humidity I've got my work cut out for me. I'm hoping soon I'll have a fairly long video that will go over just about everything, my entire gardening outlook (pessimistic gardening as I'm going to call it), lessons learned, changing of the weather, and how I plan to roll...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Old Fashioned Ways in a Modern World a homesteading newsletter by Laura Lawrence Hi Friends! A promise to YOU to not use AI (artificial intelligence, not the animal breeding thing) in my articles and images. 99% of my images are actually my own (there's one about weed tea that used a bucket that is not my bucket) You'll also know that it's really me because well, I have typos usually, talk backwards, and get side tracked easily and say UM a lot in my videos. But hey it's me, I'm real. Are...
2 months ago • 1 min read
Old Fashioned Ways in a Modern World a homesteading newsletter by Laura Lawrence Welcome July and the garden is growing! Despite of the rain..oh the rain... the garden is growing. Some of my bean leaves are yellow due to the rain, but they'll recover. Are you growing a garden this year? How has it been for you compared to previous years? I mentioned before that my husband took off last week for holiday and I'm sure you were wondering what we did. Well let me fill you in- we processed chickens...
2 months ago • 1 min read
A Homesteading Newsletter from Laura www.foodprood.com Join me on Facebook Enjoying the Vacation We are currently on vacation....well the husband is off of work but we stay home for the holiday's and get "stuff" done. He's always thankful to go back to work because frankly it's easier. So I'll be away from the computer for a few days attempting to get in the garden in between all the rain. I'm doing that whole being patient thing really well. See you next week! Your Food Loving Friend, Laura...
3 months ago • 1 min read
Laura @ Food Prood www.foodprood.com Join me on Facebook **ONE WEEK ONLY**MY FERMENTING 101 EBOOK IS ON SALE FOR ONLY $5 I just updated it to have 25+ beautiful pages filled with Q&A Notes My Fav recipes Why and How All you basically need is veggies + brine (salt/water)Plus you'll be able to ask me questions if they arise! Recipes: VIDEOS: Thank YOU for supporting my endeavors to share "Old Fashioned Ways in a Modern World" I appreciate you. Your Food Obsessed Friend, Laura Learn more 113...
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