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31 Comments | Jill Winger

Homestead Barn Hop #131

“Cultivating the Homestead Community”

It’s sooo close I can hardly stand it… Sorry if you are tired of hearing about it, but I have eBook-on-the-brain at the moment!

The official launch day is October 23rd— only 10 days away! I’ll be working furiously this week snapping a few more photos and finishing the formatting. But we are close folks!

And, I haven’t officially announced the title or subject. Until now—->

Natural Homestead: 35+ Recipes for Natural Critters & Crops is a nearly 200-page eBook full of recipes, tutorials, photos, tips, and techniques to help your homestead stay as “chemical-free” as possible. It’s packed full of  tutorials for DIY udder balm, teat dip, garden sprays, fertilizers, fly sprays, chicken feed, and more.

And when it’s done, I think I am going to sleep for a week. 😉

So what happened on YOUR homestead this past week? I wanna hear!

This hop is hosted by The Prairie Homestead and New Life on a Homestead. 

Did you share any homesteading related posts on your blog this week? If so, we’d love to have you link up below! Even if you don’t have a blog, we always welcome your comments!

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1. Please remember that the Homestead Barn Hop is meant to be a place to share homesteading related encouragement and inspiring ideas specifically related to homesteading. In an effort to keep our weekly round-up clutter free, links which are not specifically homestead related, and any promotions such as giveaways, contests, carnivals, etc, will be deleted in order to maintain the integrity of the Barn Hop.

2. Please remember this is a family-friendly link up. Any pictures or posts linked to the hop which aren’t appropriate for our children to view or read will also be deleted immediately. We’re pretty conservative, so we ask that you use good judgment and err on the side of caution.

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Have fun, get to know some new homesteading friends, and be sure to join us every Monday!

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31 Comments

  1. Danielle says

    October 14, 2013 at 5:34 am

    Hi Jill! Thanks for hosting again! How exciting that your ebook is going to be released! We don’t have any critters yet, but hope to when we move soon. I will definitely have to check it out!

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  2. Stacy @ Stacy Makes Cents says

    October 14, 2013 at 6:45 am

    Thanks for hosting!

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  3. tessa says

    October 14, 2013 at 7:59 am

    Thank you for hosting – we learned a lot! We shared several posts with our FB readers at homesteadlady.com.

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  4. erin @ blue yurt farms says

    October 14, 2013 at 8:10 am

    I literally cannot WAIT for your book to launch…and I can’t even imagine the work it took to compile and create all of those recipes and methods. SO excited!!!

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  5. Vickie says

    October 14, 2013 at 9:13 am

    Good morning, Jill. Glad your book is almost finished. You need a vacation when all is said and done! Congratulations. Thank you for hosting this fun hop. Have a great week!

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  6. TJ says

    October 14, 2013 at 1:55 pm

    Thank you kindly!

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  7. Marianne @ Ragdoll Kitchen says

    October 14, 2013 at 4:15 pm

    Thank you for hosting 🙂

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(I’m diving heavily into my essential oil stash right now (melaleuca, On Guard, and Oregano), but I’m also taking penicillin.... because I’m not afraid to mix Eastern and Western medicine when needed... and I need it.) 😜

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Except it’s not.
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I made this pie last-minute this morning in the middle of packing for DoTERRA convention trip, homeschooling the kids, and processing 20 lbs of nectarines that should have been dealt with yesterday…
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It’s not because I’m superwoman (because I’m most certainly not—trust me), but it’s just NOT that hard. Really. In less than 25 minutes of hands-on time, I had a from-scratch nectarine pie that I will give to Christian as a peace offering before I leave him home alone with the kids for the next 4 days. 😬
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I used to think I started homesteading just for the food, but ultimately, this quote beautifully sums up the deeper reason I was drawn to this old-fashioned lifestyle.
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That journey will look different for each and every one of us. But for me? It means choosing to grow vegetables even when we live in a harsh environment. It means raising our own meat, even though the styrofoam-packages at the store are so much less messy. It means standing in the kitchen canning green beans even though I can buy cans for 89 cents. And it means celebrating sourdough and fermented foods in a world obsessed with fast and convenience.
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How about you??

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💐 Lavender for calming, pre-show jitters, muscles/joints, and wound care
🌲 Rosemary for making DIY mane/tail detangler and adding to fly sprays
🍋 Lemongrass for fly sprays and muscles/joints
🌿 Tea tree for wound care, fungus, and fly spray
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Basically, my horse is like a giant walking diffuser whenever I go to a horse show… but let’s just say we both benefit from some oiling up before we run a reining pattern. 😉
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P.S. I had way too much fun setting up this photo shoot… Striped beets, yellow beans, purple carrots… I ❤️ heirloom veggies.
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Google ‘prairie homestead quick pickles’ for the formula to turn almost any veggie into a pickle— no canning required!
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