The Holiday Rush Will Be Here Soon!
November is here and many of us are getting prepared for the holiday season. If you’re anything like me, you want to be prepared early to beat the Holiday Rush. If so, you’ll want to get started soon. It’s hard to believe that Thanksgiving is right around the corner!
A Special Holiday Season for Me!
I love the holidays and this year will be extra special because my family is celebrating my Dad’s 80th Birthday on Thanksgiving Weekend! It sure doesn’t seem like he will be 80…he is such an active guy!
My Mom is planning a Lumberjack themed party for my Dad…shhhh! Don’t tell him, lol. 🙂 And I already have a red and black plaid shirt for each of us to wear to the party.
In case you are wondering, my Dad has been cutting his own firewood and working in the woods and on the farm pretty much his whole life.
Here is a post I shared of my Dad making canes and walking sticks from saplings he harvested from his woodlot and another about his workshop.
Start Now on Your Homemade Gifts!
Last week I made Apple Jam to give as gifts for family and friends. I shared a sheet of gift tags that you may download and print for free to attach to your apple jam if you make the recipe in my post. You don’t have to sign up for my newsletters or pay anything, just print them out and use them!
Check out the full recipe, with complete canning instructions and printable gift tags here!
I have a bunch of links to share over the coming month to help you make your own gifts for the holidays.
Chicken Garden Giveaway Announcement!
The Chicken Garden Giveaway ended on Sunday evening and we have a winner! Our lucky lady is Christy! And here is what Christy said when she found out she won…
“Thank you so much for this Giveaway. I’m excited to grow these for my chickens. I want to grow as much food as I can for my chickens!!! ”
And now for this week’s blog hop…
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Farm Fresh Features!
Last week we had our Halloween & Harvest Hop… So this week I am featuring posts that fit the Halloween & Harvest Theme. There were a bunch of fun posts and I had trouble choosing…as always!
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Lisa Lombardo
In addition to writing for her own websites, Lisa has contributed articles to The Prepper Project and Homestead.org.
The author lives outside of Chicago with her husband, son, 2 dogs, 1 cat, and a variety of poultry.
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I love all of your features!! Amazing creativity with the Apple pallet project.
Hi Laurie! I really loved those posts too…and yes, those pallet pumpkins are lovely!
Lisa,
Thanks so much for hosting and thanks too for visiting!! This is a special time for us too as my youngest son’s wedding anniversary is Thanksgiving Day and both of my son’s Birthdays are in December!!
Hugs,
Debbie
Hi Debbie!
What a wonderful month you will have! Enjoy your Thanksgiving and the anniversary celebration…and Happy Birthday to your sons! Thanks so much for stopping by and sharing your pretty posts on the party!
Thank you for hosting! This is what I featured the week of 10-28 to 11-1 on my blog. On Tuesday morning was a Raspberry Custard Pie. Wednesday I posted a Blackberry Cobbler. Wrapping up this week of fruity pies, cobblers and tarts I highlighted a Key Lime Tart. Enjoy!
Yum! thanks for sharing all these goodies with us, Marilyn!
Lisa
Thank you for hosting! I appreciate you so much- Thank you for sharing my mini pumpkin buckets in the feature.
Your Dad’s party sounds like a great idea-what a creative theme! Happy Birthday to your Dad.
xo Lisa S
Hi Lisa! Thank you! I’ll tell my Dad that my blogging friends wish him a Happy B-day!
Your mini-pumpkins are so adorable! Love them! Thanks for sharing!
Hey, what fun to find a bunch of blogging kindred spirits! I’ll be back when I’m writing on this theme again!
You’re welcome anytime, Michele! Thanks for stopping by!
Congratulations to your Dad on his 80th birthday! The lumberjack party sounds like a lot of fun. 🙂
I cohost the Simple Homestead blog hop which begins every Thursday morning. We welcome posts on gardening, real food, recipes, decor, homemaking, homesteading, homeschooling and much more!
Thank you so much, Kathi! My Dad will get a chuckle out of the lumberjack party, I think. 🙂
Thanks for sharing the information on your hop! I’m adding a link here for folks who would like to stop by…
https://www.oakhillhomestead.com/
For folks who like to join parties…Kathi has a great one! And she has a really nice feature that allows you to sign up just for her linky party notice if you like. 🙂
Thank you for hosting once again Lisa! This week I’m back in the garden with #19, Cover Crops - The Best Green Manure For Your Garden and I agree…it’s never too early to be thinking of the holidays with # 20, a gift guide for those canners in your life or maybe treat yourself 🙂
Sounds wonderful, Suzan! I’ll be over soon to check out your posts!
Thanks so much for featuring my Spiced Crabapple Jelly! I have to say your Apple Jam looks amazing! I love giving homemade gifts for Christmas!
Thank you, Nancy! Me too! I’ve got another type of jam for a gift planned soon and hope to have a post up next week 🙂 Have a great day!
Thank you so much for the feature and thanks for a wonderful party. I hope you have a lovely week.
Hi Chas…Happy to feature your pretty pillow! Thanks for joining us each week 🙂
Thank you so much for featuring my pallet pumpkins. You made my day!
Hi Ann…I love those pumpkins…so pretty! Thanks so much for being a part of our party each week!
Those printable are so cute. I’m celebrating a birthday on Thanksgiving Dayton. A lumberjack birthday sounds fun. My hubby chops all the wood for our home too. He says it’s great exercise.
Thanks, Amy! Happy early Birthday! That’s great that he is your ‘lumberjack!” lol! My hubby and son do most of the wood chopping these days, but I used to before I had my hip replaced. I should probably get back into it. 🙂