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 558

Welcome to the Homestead Blog Hop! “This is the day that the Lord has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it.” ~Psalm 118:24 The garden is full of good things about this time of year! I’m thankful for God’s blessings. Have a wonderful week! Laurie Homestead Blog Hop will take place every Wednesday…

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Homestead Blog Hop 557

Welcome to the Homestead Blog Hop! This week, tell me what’s bursting out of your gardens! We’ve currently got cucumbers! A few tomatoes, but they are small. I think we need to adjust our soil pH. Then, we do have plenty of flowers, which make me happy! Share what you’ve got growing on! Laurie Homestead…

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Homestead Blog Hop 556

Welcome to the Homestead Blog Hop! As I sit here with two of our cats curled up nearby, I just want to extend a greeting to you. May you have a moment today to relax like a cat, and may you take a snatch of time to look around you to see something in nature…

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Homestead Blog Hop 555

Welcome to the Homestead Blog Hop! Happy day and happy Independence Day coming up! 🇺🇸 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, & more! Basically, anything related to homesteading….

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Homestead Blog Hop 554

Welcome to the Homestead Blog Hop! This week is a “staying cool” focus. Although we have temps in the 90’s this week, we also have friends with family in town from central Africa, and that kind of puts our heat wave into better perspective. To us, it still feels pretty hot! Let’s just enjoy some…

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Homestead Blog Hop 553

Rainy (like us), sunny, cloudy or clear, You’re halfway through the week…you can make it! Here’s a couple of flowers from our gardens to cheer you, and a greeting from Buddy! I hope you have a great day and are ready to dive into this week’s blog hop. What are you excited about making or…

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Homestead Blog Hop 552

Welcome to the Homestead Blog Hop! I forgot Not just a little, but totally. It’s almost 3 pm and while the Blog Hop starts at 6 am, here I am just thinking about it. My mind has been occupied in my gardens. We’re not talking fancy gardens, but our family vegetable gardens. Plural, because we…

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