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Starting the Blog!

     

Hello! I am embarking on a blogging journey, thanks for joining me! I will be writing about the day to day life and projects we do down here on land we call Oak & Honey Farm.

Let me tell you a little about myself.  My name is Lauren and I love to cook and bake form scratch, crochet, sew, anything crafty, to can my own foods, and doing things the Old way.  I married my high school sweetheart and have three pretty awesome kids, if I do say so myself ;)  I was a stay at home mom before I went back to school and became a Registered Nurse.  I practiced for over a year until I became very ill and had to step away from my job and heal my body (I was on death's door!) I loved my job as a nurse and hope to go back to it in the future but until I am back to full health I am back to a full time stay at home mom.  Best Job Ever!!!

We live on a plot of land in the northern Shenandoah Valley that was once a horse farm belonging to my husband's family.  The horses are no longer around so we are excited to try and utilize the land in other ways. We plan to impalement Permaculture in our use of the land with a vegetable garden, chickens, bees, pigs, compost, fruit trees, etc.

I will share with you all of the successes and failures (let's be real there will be failures, but laugh and learn right!) and everything in between in our projects for the land.  Our favorite recipes and how to make them will be shared and all the crafting projects I do, too, as well as any other tidbit I find interesting.  

 Welcome to Oak & Honey Farm!

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