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 569

Welcome to the Homestead Blog Hop! Do you have a will? Admittedly, we do not have an updated will, but attended a webinar last evening reminding us of the need for a plan for the future. Not just if we have a ton of money, but for all of the other details of life that…

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Homestead Blog Hop 568

HAPPY OCTOBER! I often believe that September is my favorite month of all, and then October comes, and I remember that it is possibly even lovelier! We can definitely feel the Fall in the air! I love that! The garden is almost finished—I’m heading out to pick a handful of green beans and the last…

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Homestead Blog Hop 567

Welcome to the Homestead Blog Hop! Well…it’s Fall, and that’s my best time of the year! Yesterday I was able to get out to the garden in the afternoon and I noticed that something was making my potatoes just lie there on the surface of the ground. No all of them, but more than a…

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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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