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My name is Lauren. I am from Central Minnesota. I live on a hobby farm that my family is renovating. This blog is about the journey that my family and I are taking while renovating our farm. I really enjoy writing and look forward to blogging about our experiences and trials that we are going through while fixing up our little farm.  

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