Homestead Blog Hop 514

Welcome to the Homestead Blog Hop! Good morning! It’s a gorgeous almost-Fall day here in upper East Tennessee. Our garden, pitiful as it was this year, is petering out. That’s ok with me this time. I did can a few green beans. Like ten jars. While it’s so strange, I think God has had mercy…

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Homestead Blog Hop 582

Constant Learning Learning all throughout our lives is important. It keeps our brains active and makes life interesting. What about when we flop, when things get boring, and when it doesn’t work out? The process of learning is still important. Mistaken Idea Last evening, I attended a class at our local homesteaders’ group. I thought…

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Homestead Blog Hop 581

Welcome, and Happy New Year officially! Sunshine here is upper East Tennessee, and I’m thankful for that! Some of the nicest things in life are found by looking out your window. Birds, sunshine, trees swaying, plants growing, and the movement of the wind. It’s easy to overlook all of those things, but I always feel…

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Homestead Blog Hop 581

Welcome, and Happy New Year officially! Sunshine here is upper East Tennessee, and I’m thankful for that! Some of the nicest things in life are found by looking out your window. Birds, sunshine, trees swaying, plants growing, and the movement of the wind. It’s easy to overlook all of those things, but I always feel…

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Homestead Blog Hop 580

Welcome to the Homestead Blog Hop! May your New Year match your goals! Have a wonderful day and week, and year! Homestead Blog Hop will take place every Wednesday and is for all things homesteading: real food recipes, farm animals, crafts, DIY, how-to’s, gardening, anything from-scratch, natural home/health, self-sufficiency, self-reliance, natural remedies, essential oils, &…

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Homestead Blog Hop 579

Welcome to the Homestead Blog Hop! Considering that it is Christmas Eve, I want to wish everyone a wonderful Christmas! I hope you will be near to family and friends who love you. I am remembering loved ones who are no longer with us today. Christmas seems to bring that out. That’s why I believe…

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Homestead Blog Hop 578

Welcome to the Homestead Blog Hop! As you may have noticed, last week the blog hop did not get published. Not on any of the other blogs either. We had a glitch, but today everything should be up and running. I wish you peace as you go about your day and focus on the holidays…

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Homestead Blog Hop 577

Welcome to the Homestead Blog Hop! Crazy morning over here on our off grid homestead. We have several backups, but yesterday I managed to run the batteries to the ground, and that was a big problem. Way bigger than I could have known! That said, we had a very dark night, which I actually enjoyed….

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