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Chicken & The Egg – It’s Time for YOU to Take Control
Chicken & The Egg – It’s Time for YOU to Take Control Build a Coop and the Chickens Will Come Intro – Labels – Recipes – Raising baby chicks – Now What? All Below Back in the day everyone had chickens for  eggs and  meat, today it has drastically decreased. That’s unfortunate because EGGS are a superfood!! …
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Winter Vibes + 15 Feet of Snow + Ice Dams
Winter Vibes + 15 Feet of Snow + Ice Dams  Northern Michigan in the snow belt, specifically the buckle of the snow belt at our location has been hit pretty hard this year. The snow has been very powdery but accumulating like nuts. We have more than the nearest city due to how…
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So Much Is Happening – Sourdough – Creating a Revival – Recipes
Hi Proodies, How was your Christmas? We had a lovely one here on the homestead- it was a white Christmas with all our snow. However it’s currently melting away the 7 feet of snow we had, which is quite a mess let me tell you! The pigs in the front garden and all their droppings…
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Hey YOU! Made ya Look 👀
Hey YOU! Made ya Look 👀 Published 23 days ago • 1 min read Old Fashioned Ways in a Modern World a homesteading newsletter by Laura Lawrence Hey there friend! Today I bring to you another weekly list of ideas for dinner- like legit pretty easy but oh so delicious dinner ideas that we make here on the homestead.…
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Chasing Fall Colors + New Recipes + New Videos
Old Fashioned Ways in a Modern World a homesteading newsletter by Laura Lawrence Welcome to the homestead – Fall Edition! ​ Today I have two new wonderful recipes, how to save cucumber seeds, and chasing the fall colors. It’s been beautiful here in Northern Michigan watching the colors fade from green to brilliant reds & oranges.…
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There’s only 3, ONLY 3! The bottom dropped out
There’s only 3, ONLY 3! The bottom dropped out. How this lesson refers to our current world right now. There’s HOPE Friends, there’s only 3 jars. There’s suppose to be 14, 11 are missing. Ugh what happened? Well let me tell you what happened. After HOURS and HOURS of washing the tomatoes, chopping the tomatoes,…
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A tour of my nitrogen jungle, aka back garden- come check it out with me!
A tour of my nitrogen jungle, aka back garden come check it out with me!  Here we are, it’s fall ya’ll!! Take a look at my nitrogen jungle aka back garden! It’s crazy green still. I currently have to walk on all the vines just to be able to get through to make…
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As the pendulum swings from summer to fall…. (new recipe + videos)
As the pendulum swings from summer to fall can you feel the difference? 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…
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Taking Care From the Outside In
Did you know that your skin is your largest organ? Have you ever thought about all the products that goes on our skin and how our largest organ absorbs those ingredients? Ya know the lotions, sun screen, makeup, ointments, rubs, and the list goes on and on. You might be slathering your skin (largest organ…
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Beans- The Musical Fruit – Why YOU Need to Be Planting Them Every Year
Beans- The Musical Fruit – Why YOU Need to Be Planting Them Every Year Beans Beans the Musical Fruit- The More You Eat the More You Toot! Below you’ll find out Why Plant My Favorites Seed Saving How to Grow & Setup Dry Beans Growing Several Videos How to Pressure Can the Beans…
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