Oak & Honey Farm

     Growing your own food is a major part of becoming self sufficient. But unless you are vegetarian, animals as food will have to be part of the plan. We have plans of having our land provide all of our food, fruit and nut trees, a large garden for vegetables, a dairy critter, chickens for eggs and meat, and a few other meat critters like cow, pig, rabbits, sheep, and maybe goat.  A wonderful goal but it will take some time and a lot of work to reach. Since we are starting from scratch this year and have lots of land that needs lots of work, we are starting with a garden, chickens, bees, and pigs.      Why pigs? Pigs are wonderful workers on the homestead. They can clear undergrowth to maintain a forest or make it easier for you to get in and cut the bigger stuff down. Pigs root by shoving their noses in the ground and digging up roots and bugs to eat, this action makes tilling the ground a job that pigs excel at. Just by having pigs on the ground ...

      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 fa...