The Wood Stove Project Yep—We heat with Wood! I need to stop saying how busy Life is—but it is what it is, and Life does seem jam—packed these days! So…every step made in the cabin is a step in the right direction! A Wood Stove is a real blessing! We are making little steps on…
Simply Delicious Fresh Holiday Cranberry Sauce If you’re looking for the most delicious cranberry relish recipe to serve at your holiday table, this is it! This post may contain affiliate links So Yummy! We first sampled this cranberry sauce while visiting a church friend’s home sometime after Thanksgiving one year. I couldn’t get enough of…
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Welcome to the Homestead Blog Hop! Tomorrow is Thanksgiving here in the USA! My family’s favorite holiday! Not because of the food so much (although we do like that 😊), but more for the gathering of family! No family is perfect, ours included, but there is something special about coming together. The Pilgrims and Native…
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Welcome to the Homestead Blog Hop! Good morning! ☀️ It’s a beautiful Autumn day here in East Tennessee where we live. Most of the leaves actually fell last week, and we have advanced into the bare look of the coming Winter. We can now see all the way up to the top of our ridge,…
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Welcome to the Homestead Blog Hop! I just realized that somehow I didn’t post the Homestead Blog Hop on this site. I had it sitting in the draft folder, unknown to me, all week. Oh, well. Busy life symptoms I think. Here is the hop for this week. Maybe I will actually press Publish this…
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Welcome to the Homestead Blog Hop! 🐰 Happy Hop Day! 🐰 Sorry I’m getting this out late. Thank you for not losing hope if you come by and join the hop! As we wait anxiously for the final results in the USA 🇺🇸 election, take courage in knowing that God is still in control in…
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Welcome to the Homestead Blog Hop! Welcome and thanks for stopping in! Now on to the Hop 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…
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Welcome to the Homestead Blog Hop! Howdy and happy Blog Hop day! It’s a busy week here at Ridge Haven Homestead–been too busy to blog! But at least we get to blog hop! Hope your week is going well, and thanks for sharing your posts here! 🤪 Now on to the Hop Homestead Blog Hop…
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Welcome to the Homestead Blog Hop! 🍁 I’m seeing so much Fall! 🍂 Leaves are changing and sailing to the ground! 🍃 The air has a definite change, and acorns line the roads! 🐿 And, yes, I’m seeing plenty of squirrels in our woods! It’s a great time for walks outdoors, bonfires, and camping trips!…
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Be sure to check our our featured posts, on Homestead definitions, Self Sufficiency Goals, and the useful mineral, Magnesium! You’ll find some gems in this week’s Homestead Blog Hop!
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Vegan Yogurt—A Plant-Based delight Vegan Yogurt is delicious, rich in probiotics that help your gut and immune system, and satisfying. Although you can buy ready-made vegan yogurt? it tends to be expensive and loaded with sugar, which sort of negates all those good benefits! This post contains affiliate links. The good news about Vegan yogurt–you…
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The Lost Key/Trapped in a Van A quick Trip to the Market This post may contain affiliate links Hunting Canning Supplies So I was out at Troyer’s market (for the locals, it’s a store just like Mountain View Bulk Foods or Yoder’s, just a lot farther out)! I met a friend so we could purchase…
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Welcome to the Homestead Blog Hop! Happy week to you! Here in our little corner of East Tennessee, we are into apples! Tree to Table We got together with friends to pick apples, and now we are working to diligently can them up for later! We feel so blessed with wonderful fruit to harvest! I…
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Time for a Cabin Building Update! DIY Cabin Building One of the more rewarding and maddening parts of our homestead is that we get to DIY build our cabin. We have had help, to be sure, but not a full-time contractor. Thus, we have learned much, and continue to learn every day! You may wonder…
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Welcome to the Homestead Blog Hop! This picture sums up my sentiments! Overnight, Fall arrived! Crisp air, chilly nights, and sweaters! You’ll get no complaints from me! 🍁 🍂 🍃 Fall is my favorite time of the year, for one reason because of the harvest. I know that many of my friends are busy putting…
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