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  • Is your garden looking a little…chaotic?

    Is your garden looking a little…chaotic?

    Laura Lawrence Hey guys! Anybody else’s garden looking a little wild right about now? 😂 By late summer, my garden is definitely NOT the perfectly manicured garden you see in magazines. Things are growing through fences. Squash vines are going everywhere. Zucchini are getting ridiculously huge. Beans are drying on the vine. Broccoli is flowering.…

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  • We can our tomato sauce OUTSIDE 🔥🍅

    We can our tomato sauce OUTSIDE 🔥🍅

    Laura Lawrence Hey guys! It’s almost tomato season! And around here that means it’s time to start canning like a mad woman. 😂 When you’ve spent months planting, tending, watering and waiting for those tomatoes, there’s something incredibly satisfying about finally seeing buckets of them coming out of the garden. But then comes the next…

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  • Come walk the herb garden with me 🌿

    Come walk the herb garden with me 🌿

    Laura Lawrence Hi Reader One of my favorite places to spend time this time of year is the herb garden. Everything is blooming. The bees are busy. And it’s finally time to start harvesting many of the herbs we’ve been waiting months to enjoy. In today’s video I’m taking you on a walk through the…

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  • Make this NOW — you’ll thank yourself this fall 🔥

    Make this NOW — you’ll thank yourself this fall 🔥

    Laura Lawrence Hi Reader If you want Fire Cider in your cupboard this fall — NOW is the time to make it. 🌿🔥 Fire Cider takes about a month to infuse. Which means this is one of those homestead projects you don’t want to remember when cold weather is already here and think… “Shoot. I…

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  • This sourdough doesn’t last long in our house 🍞

    This sourdough doesn’t last long in our house 🍞

    Laura Lawrence Hi friend, If your house smells like fresh bread… You’re probably doing something right. 😊 This week I’m sharing one of our family’s favorite sourdough recipes… Cinnamon Swirl Bread. It’s lightly sweet, soft, beautiful toasted, and makes incredible French toast if there’s any left the next morning. In the video I’ll show you…

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  • Meet Pizza Roll and Pączki 🐷

    Meet Pizza Roll and Pączki 🐷

    Laura Lawrence Hi friend, If you’ve been around here very long… You already know things don’t always go according to plan. Well… This year’s pig story is no exception. What started as trying to keep everyone separated turned into one very unexpected surprise… Piglets! In this week’s video I’m sharing the whole story, introducing you…

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  • Come take a walk through the garden 🌱

    Come take a walk through the garden 🌱

    Laura Lawrence Hi friend, Come take a walk around the gardens with me. This time of year is one of my favorites because everything starts telling its story. Some things are thriving. Some things are struggling. Some things are making me wonder what on earth happened. And honestly…that’s gardening. Every season teaches us something. In…

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Welcome to my Blog- I’ll share with you what our Homestead looks like and how we raise 80% of our food, all organically, sustainably, naturally and beautifully.

I’m hoping to inspire you that you can do this as well! God has provided our family with all the things, but the big thing He has given us is the drive to get ‘er done! We didn’t start out with all this, we started very slow, replacing one thing at a time, learning one thing at a time. 

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