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 566

Welcome to the Homestead Blog Hop! Change of seasons, change of weather. Right now there are many changes happening. In our world, our country, and our homes. I personally don’t enjoy all changes, but some I do love. The change of weather from Summer to Fall is one of my favorite changes. It gradually sneaks…

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Homestead Blog Hop 565

Welcome to the Homestead Blog Hop! I have some things to write up soon, but I find that my mind has been otherwise occupied. Here lately, the more life throws at me, the more I find that Grandma habits help to regulate my nervous system. So…I’m crocheting more. Made a couple more pumpkins, and while…

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Homestead Blog Hop 564

Do you ever have a “better late then never” kind of day? I do. Often. Today is one of those, and it seems like my day was a little topsy-turvy! We had torrential rains that frightened the cats, then, after getting pummeled all morning, the sun broke through, and we almost have forgotten about all…

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Homestead Blog Hop 563

Welcome to the Homestead Blog Hop! What a wonderful morning for August! We woke up to 50 degrees! Definitely a teaser for Fall! I even grabbed socks today for the first time all summer. While I believe this is only a teaser, it’s nice to think that Fall may be just around the corner. Either…

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Homestead Blog Hop 562

Welcome to the Homestead Blog Hop! Good morning to you! Our on our homestead we rarely hear traffic. It’s normally just peace and quiet, with the occasional neighbor-noise when they decide to throw an outside music jam in the evening. Traffic, though? That’s not generally on the radar. Foe some reason, though, this morning, I’m…

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Homestead Blog Hop 561

Welcome to the Homestead Blog Hop! We are having a rainy day on the homestead, how about you? About this time of the year, the garden seems to lose its luster, and the weeds like to creep into the cracks. However, I do have some cucumber seedlings to transplant, and I’m still hoping for an…

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Homestead Blog Hop 560

Welcome to the Homestead Blog Hop! Hello! We are having Autumn in August, and I’m loving it! Cool nights and pleasant days are what we are getting all week! It’s wonderful! Out in the garden, we’ve had some destruction! Raccoons are definitely pests, and they made short work of all MY garden endeavors! It’s hard…

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