Harvest Haven Homesteading Workshop AUGUST 2026 • HARVEST HAVEN EDITION Practical skills, old-fashioned wisdom, and a little dirt under our nails. From the Goat Lady’s Journal Dear Friends, September’s workshop reminded me why I fell in love with so many of these old-fashioned ways in the first place. I originally started making my own dry

Harvest Haven: Fall Homesteading Workshop SEPTEMBER 2026 • HARVEST HAVEN EDITION Practical skills, old-fashioned wisdom, and a little dirt under our nails. From the Goat Lady’s Journal September is when the homestead starts telling us, “Hey, cooler weather is coming — are you ready?” This month at Harvest Haven, we’re rolling up our sleeves and

If you had asked me years ago what I thought about cast iron cookware, I probably would have laughed. Everyone seemed to rave about their cast iron skillets, but all I heard was how much work they were. People talked about seasoning them, burning oil into them, never washing them with soap, worrying about rust,