Describing the reasons our family chose to live off grid, from experience gained in the first five years living off grid. If we can, so can you!
Why Do We Live Off Grid? First Five Years Looking Back
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A Homesteading Woman is not for Wimps. Also—I’m a Wimp. 🏡 Homestead Blog Hop 454
Ridge Haven Homestead Blog, Character development, Homestead Blog Hop!, Homesteading Journey, Homesteading Woman
A day in my life—and one of the more labor-intensive ones at that! 💪👩🦰 🔨
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🐌 Little by Little 🐌Austin’s Progress & Homestead Blog Hop 440
🐌 Little by Little 🐌 When the boys were younger, we used to listed to a song by Patch the Pirate. Little by little Inch by inch By the yard it’s hard By the Inch, what a cinch Don’t stare up the stairs Just step up the steps Little by little Inch by inch How…
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🐑 The Lord is My Shepherd 🐑 & Homestead Blog Hop 421
Give Thanks and Be Grateful for What You Have & Homestead Blog Hop 420
Let’s Get Cozy 🔥 & Sunday Sunshine Blog Hop 36
Two of my favorite things are cute kittens, and sitting in front of a cozy fire. So here you go: Little Britches (Mom’s cat) just hanging around in a little trash can. What a crazy kitty! And here’s what I’d love to spend a long cozy evening doing sometime soon. ❤️ 🔥 🧦 Honestly, life…
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Hanging Insulation for our Home
🏡 Time to hang some insulation and make this cabin home as snug as a bug in a cozy bear rug! 🐻
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Countdown to Thanksgiving & Homestead Blog Hop 419
Hi, Friends! In just a week and a day, here in North America we will gather. I love that word. To gather means so much more than just meeting up. It means coming together for a purpose. It assumes a crowd, which is what most Thanksgiving celebrations entail. And in my mind, gathering suggests a…
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Big Creek Church Picnic and Hike & Sunday Sunshine Blog Hop 43
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Welcome to the Sunday Sunshine Blog Hop! All aboard! It’s a day for riding on the Virginia Creeper Trail! Our church is taking a group, and we are all going to ride down the Creeper Trail together. It’s a seventeen-mile ride, along what used to be a railroad line, so the grade is very gentle…
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Laundry Days & Homestead Blog Hop 414
Laundry Days I never used to even think about Laundry days. You know… Monday wash day Tuesday Ironing Wednesday Baking Etc… Then, several years back, our family lived out West for five months in our camper. Laundry day became something we had to plan, and it took half a day a week at least. That…
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Kitties, Falling Leaves, and the Sunday Sunshine Blog Hop
Welcome to the Sunday Sunshine Blog Hop! Hi, Everyone! Not so much dramatic going on in the last couple days. I’m thankful for that. Honestly, when I posted on Wednesday about Hairball, that was all I could handle for awhile. See that post here. 😢. Since that day I’ve nursed a huge headache, so I’ve…
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TBH on the Homestead 1—Since the last UBC
TBH. To Be Honest We’ve occasionally listened to some podcasts entitled TBH History. We enjoy the lighthearted approach to historical events, but they are solid. Not long ago, I desired to take the TBH approach as well on my blog. TBH includes truth, and maybe it’s not all Pinterest-worthy, but I’d rather just be real….
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The Bountiful Harvest & Homestead Blog Hop 412
A Bountiful Harvest and the Garden’s Last Hurrah! Every time I hike up the hill to check out the garden goodies, I find more to pick! Green beans and purple pole beans have not disappointed me. They just keep on producing! I think we are at the end, and today’s picking was half as much…
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🏕️ Happy Campers & Sunday Sunshine Blog Hop ⛺️
Greetings from Cumberland Falls Resort Park and our campsite! We are on a little weekend getaway, and the weather has been spectacular! Camping with our church youth group has rewards and challenges. But it’s been nice to come away and especially to spend some time in nature. I hope everyone is having a nice weekend….
