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Welcome to Homestead Blog Hop, a weekly gathering for homesteaders and simple living enthusiasts to share DIY projects, from-scratch recipes, and creative inspiration. This week’s hop features cozy homesteading tips, along with practical ideas that celebrate handmade living and self-sufficiency.

Whether you’re looking for seasonal crafts, homemade treats, or encouragement on your homesteading journey, you’ll find plenty of inspiration to carry into the new year. Grab a cup of tea, explore the featured posts, and join us in sharing your own homestead creations.

On a Personal Note:

I just want to say Good Morning! ☀️

Over on Instagram and YouTube I’m participating in a challenge for the month of August. It’s called Every Bit Counts Challenge.

You can or preserve one thing per day this month then share. Our garden is not being generous and this is more challenging than I expected. So far I have canned dry beans, dehydrated elderberries, and dehydrated herbs from our property. I’ll be scrambling every day I guess.

But you can join those challenges if you’d like a little incentive to make a habit out of preserving food. Some days it’s just a little.

Elderberries

Hope your week goes well!

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Laurie

Join us for the Homestead Blog Hop for ideas and tips for gardening, homesteading, raising animals, crafts and recipes.

Meet Your Homesteading Hosts

We’re Kelly from Simple Life Mom, Liz from The Cape Coop, Natasha from Houseful of Nicholes, and Laurie from Ridgehaven Homestead. Together, we’re passionate about from-scratch living, simple ingredients, frugal habits, and intentional homesteading. We’re delighted to host the Homestead Blog Hop, where you can find fresh inspiration each week for DIY projects, homemade recipes, and practical simple living ideas.

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FEATURED POSTS from the Last Homestead Blog Hop

Each week, we take turns selecting three featured posts from the Homestead Blog Hop. These features are shared across all of our social media platforms, helping spotlight the creativity and hard work of our fellow homesteaders. Here are the featured posts from last week’s hop:

Homestead Blog Hop Feature - Keeping a Homestead Nature Notebook

1. Keeping A Nature Notebook from The Once and Future Homestead

Homestead Blog Hop Feature - First Day of School Signs

2. Free First Day of School Printable Signs (2026-2027 School Year) from Press Print Party

Homestead Blog Hop Feature - Easy Blackberry Cobbler Recipes

3. Easy Blackberry Cobbler Recipe from Organized Island

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

Just right click and ‘save image as…

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Guidelines for the Homestead Blog Hop

  1. Click the “Add Your Link” button below and upload a clear, eye-catching image from your project or recipe. Please link directly to the family-friendly post itself, not your blog’s homepage.
  2. You may link up up to three posts each week.
  3. Take time to visit a few other blogs in the hop and leave a thoughtful comment to let them know you stopped by. Community support makes this hop special!
  4. Please include a link back to the Homestead Blog Hop in your post. Posts without a backlink are not eligible to be featured. All featured posts are shared across all hosts’ social media channels.
  5. Share posts that haven’t been linked to the hop before. Older posts are welcome as long as they are new to the hop.
  6. By joining the Homestead Blog Hop, you grant the hosts permission to use one image from your post, with a link back to your site, if your post is selected as a feature next week.
  7. This is a family-friendly link-up designed to encourage, inspire, and support the homesteader in all of us.

Let the Party Begin!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Which project are you excited to try this week? Leave a comment below.

Join Our Homestead Blog Hop Pinterest Board

Follow all of your hosts on Pinterest and send a message if you’d like to be added to our Homestead Blog Hop group board. This board is a great place to share your DIY projects, crafts, and from-scratch recipes with the homesteading community.

Guideline: Only pin posts that you’ve linked up to the Homestead Blog Hop.

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One Comment

  1. Laurie,
    My Entries for today’s party are # 1, 2 and 3!!
    Thanks so much for hosting!! I really appreciate the time and effort that goes into it along with visiting all the links!! I hope you are enjoying your week and you are doing well…
    Hugs,
    Deb
    Debbie-Dabble Blog

What is your experience? 💜 I read every comment, and so many times I find that I gain encouragement from what’s shared. ❤️