I hope you were all staying safe and warm through our frigid weather this week! I woke on Monday to -20…not a nice way to start the day. But we stoked up the wood stove and I hung an extra heat lamp securely in the chicken coop to keep the girls from freezing their combs. As I write this, I can hear the wind blowing relentlessly against the north side of the house. The dogs are contentedly dozing on the hearth, and the cat is looking out the window as if to say, ‘Bring it on Old Man Winter…I’ve got a warm home now!’

 

Congratulations to Jennifer!

Winner of the Turn Over a New Leaf Giveaway!

Jennifer won a 6 month Heirloom Seeds of the Month Membership and 4 Pack of Soil Amendments from Mary’s Heirloom Seeds! Check out the great selection of organic, non-GMO, heirloom seeds and soil amendments available from this 100% USA owned and grown seed company! Mary has made a commitment to help make the world a better place with her products. I hope you’ll stop by and check out her seed collections!

Welcome to The HomeAcre Hop!

As I promised last week, we created new buttons for our hop! I’d love to have you change out the old button for the new one! Here is a new button for your side bar or blog page, if you’d prefer that to posting a button or link in your post each week.

 

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Please take a moment to visit my Co-hosts!

HomeAcre Hop Co-hosts!

Featured Post

One Acre Farm ~ Foraging Ethic

Congrats to my featured blogger! If you would like to be featured in the future, be sure to link back to the hop. We love to read encouraging posts about homesteading. Please stop by to congratulate the featured blogger this week. If you were featured, grab the button to display proudly on your blog!

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You are invited to share your original posts on: Homesteading, livestock care, gardening, environmentally friendly farming, self sufficiency, preparedness, off grid living, healthy recipes, home remedies and herbal concoctions, green living, homeschooling, food preservation, environmentally friendly crafts and home decor, photo posts of natural living and homesteading subjects! Now that’s a lot of information to share! If it fits any of these topics, we want to hear about it There are just a few little rules to follow:

• Family friendly posts only. ‘Nuff said

• Please, no posts dedicated to advertising products.

• Link as many appropriate posts as you’d like each week. Older posts are great too.

• Please share posts that you haven’t linked up previously to keep the hop fresh.

• Please visit as many of the other posts as you can and let them know you found them here!

• If you wish to be featured, you must link back to the hop (on any host’s blog, in the post, your side bar, or on a blog hop page) with the button or a text link!

• Please follow us by email! You’ll receive notice when the hop is open for business.

• Only share content and photos that you have created or have permission to share.

• Please remember that the whole idea of a blog hop is to visit the other bloggers and make connections and friendships…so share the linky love!

• By linking to this hop you are giving us permission to link back to your post if you are featured. We will include one photo from your post in the interest of sending visitors your way.

• Please note: Posts that don’t follow these few little guidelines will be deleted.

 

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Now show us what you’ve got!