Welcome to the Homestead Blog Hop! Happy Wednesday! Wowzers! We got a ton of rain! ☔️ The dumping, soaked to the skin type of rain storm! Our gardens will be happy, and our homestead holding tanks will fill right up! I counting my blessings for this rain. I would have preferred to be planting more…
Welcome to the Homestead Blog Hop! Happy week to you! It’s been a busy week, as usual! We’ve done some work in our garden, made some raised beds, had an emergency room visit, tore up our van while trekking they the backwoods Tennessee jungle, and picked some flowers! I’m excited to see new things growing…
Welcome to the Homestead Blog Hop! This week at Ridge Haven Homestead and around our area, we’ve been stormed with the deafening song of the 17-year cicadas! Our property actually doesn’t have as many as our friends in town have, but they’re out there! I’m amazed to see the phenomenon of an animal that can…
Welcome to the Homestead Blog Hop! Good morning and happy day to you! Currently, every time we drive to our driveway, we are blessed to be greeted with lovely flowers in full bloom! The Mountain Laurels are out, plus we still have native Flame Azalea dotting the hills! It’s worth a hike…
Welcome to the Homestead Blog Hop! When it rains, it pours! That’s what the old saying goes, right? Thankfully, here in upper East Tennessee, that means literal rain. On our homestead, we don’t mind the rain. Not too much! Rain is watering our little potatoes, which are popping up all over. Also, I planted some…
Did you eat No Bake Cookies growing up? They have always been hard to resist for me! So gooey and sweet and chocolatey! Some people call these boiled cookies, or Novaks. I always wondered if “Novak” was just a local version of NoBake. If you say it fast a few times they start to sound…
Have you tried Hobo Pies? Today I’m giving you a blast from the past! Let’s take a trip down memory lane and talk about Hobo Pies! When I was young–like 12-16, my brothers and I joined the Pathfinders! We made some seriously wonderful memories in that club (kind of like scout clubs, for boys and…
