The HomeAcre Hop #83
Welcome to The HomeAcre Hop! I’ve been busy this week butchering poultry, picking veggies from the garden, and working on my kitchen remodel. I stopped to buy straw from an elderly gentleman nearby...
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Welcome to The HomeAcre Hop! Autumn is right around the corner, all my senses tell me so. The birds are starting to gather in flocks for the night. Early in the morning they take flight from the woods...
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Welcome to The HomeAcre Hop And a special invitation to join in The Great Zucchini Hop this Saturday! Please share your homesteading, homemaking, and homeschooling posts today, and on Saturday stop by...
View ArticleLate Summer on My Homestead & The HomeAcre Hop #86
Welcome to The HomeAcre Hop We Have News! The HomeAcre Hop sends Our Best Wishes to our co-host Mary from Homegrown on The Hill and her Little Bundle of Joy on The Way! Mary will be taking a break from...
View ArticleNew Chicks in the Flock & The HomeAcre Hop #87
Welcome to The HomeAcre Hop I have some new additions to my flock to show off this week! 20 little balls of fluff hatched in my incubators and ready for you to ooo and ahhh over. I’m hoping for a good...
View ArticleSigns of Autumn & The HomeAcre Hop
Signs of Autumn! The Canada geese are on the move. Each morning flocks of starlings and grackles take off from the woods back behind the hayfield, making quite a ruckus. The chickens and turkeys beg...
View ArticleHappy Autumn & The HomeAcre Hop #89
Happy Autumn! The days are getting shorter and there are so many fall projects to work on around our homestead. I will have a lot of older laying hens and this year’s turkey brood to butcher soon. I...
View ArticleSure Signs of Fall & The HomeAcre Hop #90
Welcome to The HomeAcre Hop Life on our homestead seems so bittersweet in the autumn. I dread the coming of our first frost and the end of my peppers and tomatoes. On the other hand, I really enjoy the...
View ArticleLeaves of Gold & The HomeAcre Hop #91
Welcome to The HomeAcre Hop Are you enjoying sunny fall days with colorful leaves and blue skies? I am! I love this time of year, even though ‘you know what’ is comes right after Autumn. Here are a few...
View ArticleThe HomeAcre Hop #92
Welcome to The HomeAcre Hop The weather is getting chilly here in northern Illinois. I have chickens to cull, root crops to harvest, and the never-ending kitchen remodel to work on. What’s the news...
View ArticleThe HomeAcre Hop #93
The HomeAcre Hop It’s been a busy week on my homestead. I culled some old laying hens and pressure canned the meat and broth to use this winter. There’s Cinnamon Raisin Bread baking and a pot of beef...
View ArticleThe HomeAcre Hop #94 & Don’t Forget to Enter the Giveaway!
Welcome to The HomeAcre Hop Be sure to enter the giveaway for a chance to win a Starter Kit from Fermentools! Another busy week on my homestead…hard to believe, I know. This week I am prepping for new...
View ArticleGearing up for Thanksgiving & The HomeAcre Hop #95
Welcome to The HomeAcre Hop The season is winding down on our homestead. I still have a few root crops to harvest and we have plenty of kale still green and growing. Now my thoughts are turning to...
View ArticleFluffy Ducklings and The HomeAcre Hop #96
Welcome to The HomeAcre Hop I had an awesome duckling hatch this week! Fourteen out of fifteen duck eggs hatched. Only three out of 22 chicken eggs hatched and my handsome rooster, Brutus, is on...
View ArticleThe Thankful HomeAcre Hop!
The Thankful HomeAcre Hop! We would love to have you share your Thanksgiving and Harvest posts today on this special edition of The HomeAcre Hop! This is a chance to share posts from your archives,...
View ArticleCleaning the Coop & The HomeAcre Hop #99
Welcome to The HomeAcre Hop The temperatures in my neck of the woods have been pretty nice for December, a welcome change to our below average November. I’ve been taking advantage of the warmer weather...
View ArticleThe HomeAcre Christmas Hop!
Welcome to The HomeAcre Christmas Hop! We’re so excited to read your special holiday posts this week! You’re still welcome to share your regular homesteading, homemaking, and homeschooling posts too....
View ArticleTop 10 Homesteading Posts for 2014
My 10 Most Popular Posts This Year! It’s fun to look back over the year to see what my most popular posts were. I like to know what information people have found the most helpful or interesting. Stop...
View ArticleHappy New Year’s from The HomeAcre Hop!
The New Year’s HomeAcre Hop! We welcome all of our blogging friends to share their best homesteading, homemaking, and homeschooling posts from 2014 on our special edition of The HomeAcre Hop this...
View ArticleOld Man Winter & The HomeAcre Hop #102
Old Man Winter is Definitely Here… And many of us are firmly in his grasp. We are experiencing subzero temperatures here on our homestead and everyone is buckling down for the deep freeze. I love the...
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