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...

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...

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...