Homestead Blog Hop 545

Welcome to the Homestead Blog Hop!

What a wonderful day it is today!

I drove through our town early and noticed so many freshly cut green lawns, bright Spring flowers, and just the general greening up of the area. It’s nice. More and more these days, I really, really appreciate living in a small town.

It’s slower life (a little bit), people smile and wave, and I don’t get too lost. But more than that, it just feels good to feel like I belong in a community.

If you have the chance to live in a smaller town, snatch it up! Our town is actually booming with growth, and I secretly kind of hate that. I don’t mind new people, it’s just the crowds that squelch me.

I just left a thrift store where the owner asked about my boys. I have not entered that store for half a year, and probably almost a decade since my boys have gone with me, but she remembered. That’s what I like.

You know what else I like?

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This song.

There’s one little word I’d change, but the message is spot on for my mama’s heart.

That’s all for today.

Have a blessed one.

Laurie.

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.

Meet Your Hosts!

Follow Their Blogs

Natasha – Houseful of Nicholes (Facebook | Pinterest | Twitter | Instagram)

Laurie – Ridge Haven Homestead (Facebook | Pinterest | Instagram)

Liz – The Cape Coop (Facebook | Pinterest | Twitter | Instagram)

Kelly – Simple Life Mom (Facebook | Pinterest | Instagram)

FEATURED POSTS from the Last Homestead Blog Hop

Each week we take turns choosing three posts to feature. Each post will be shared on all social media platforms by all of the hosts! Here are the features from Last Week’s Hop:

1. How to Build a DIY Wooden Tomato Cage from Charleston Crafted

2. Whole Wheat Browned Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies from Scratch Made Food

3. Cheesy Ham Noodle Casserole Recipe from Cook Eat Go

Congrats! Feel free to grab the featured on button for your post.

Just right click and ‘save image as…‘

Guidelines for this Get-Together:

1. Click on the “Add your Link” Button below and add a great image of your project or recipe. Make sure you link to the page of your family friendly post – not the main page of your blog.
2. Link up to three posts each week.
3. Try to visit at least a few other blogs at the party. Be sure to leave a comment to let them know you stopped by.
4. Link your post back to the Homestead Blog Hop. If the hop isn’t linked to your post then you cannot be featured. All featured posts will be shared on all hosts’ social media channels.
5. Please link up posts that you haven’t linked to the hop before. You are welcome to link old posts from your blog.
6. By joining the party, you are giving the hosts permission to use one photo from your post with a link back to your site if it is selected as one of next week’s Features.
7. This is a family-friendly link up meant to inspire and motivate the homesteader in all of us.

Let the Party Begin!

Join Our Pinterest Board

Follow all your hosts on Pinterest and send me a message that you’d like to be added to our Homestead Blog Hop group board. The only rule is to only add posts that you’ve also added here.