Welcome to the Homestead Blog Hop!
Good morning to you!
Our on our homestead we rarely hear traffic. It’s normally just peace and quiet, with the occasional neighbor-noise when they decide to throw an outside music jam in the evening. Traffic, though? That’s not generally on the radar.
Foe some reason, though, this morning, I’m hearing all manner of traffic noise, along with the gentle night sounds of crickets and frogs.
I’m pretty sure come daytime, I won’t hear all of the road noise, even with increased traffic on the highway. I’m trying to decide why we can hear it so much more in the nighttime/early morning and less during the daytime. I don’t have an answer, but I am going to pay attention come sunup to see what I hear then.
That’s my imponderable foe today.
Here are a couple of beauties from my garden to cheer you today!



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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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 Make Kosher Dill Barrel Pickles from Flour on my Face
2. 12 Tips for a Stress-Free Back-to-School Transition from 3 Boys and a Dog
3. Pumpkin Granola Recipe from Crystal & Co.
Congrats! Feel free to grab the featured on button for your post.
Just right click and ‘save image as…‘
Guidelines for this Get-Together:
- 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.
- Link up to three posts each week.
- 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.
- 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.
- Please link up posts that you haven’t linked to the hop before. You are welcome to link old posts from your blog.
- 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.
- This is a family-friendly link up meant to inspire and motivate the homesteader in all of us.
Let the Party Begin!
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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.

Laurie,
My Link Ups for today’s party are #9, 10 and 11!!
Thanks so much for hosting this wonderful party!! I really appreciate the time and effort that goes into it along with visiting all the links!! I hope you are having a great week!!
Hugs,
Deb
Debbie-Dabble Blog
Happy Wednesday, Laurie! Your garden beauties did brighten my day! Thank you! Thanks so much for hosting this fun party each week, too! We’re sharing #12 today. Have a wonderful week!