Welcome to the Southern Sunsets Edition of The Homesteading Carnival. We took a great vacation last month, and I enjoyed snapping shots of the Southern/Southwestern skies. We have a lot of really great entries this week, so take some time and enjoy them!
Delicious! Abi presents her Strawberry Shortcut Cake posted at lighter side. Strawberries and summer. How refreshing!
Jocelyn is Feelin’ Feminine on the homestead, and she has issued a challenge for all who care to participate: Feelin’ Feminine – What’s Your Story?. Read her story about why she wears skirts almost all the time and how she lives on a homestead wearing them at A Pondering Heart.
Paul Suarez Jr. is blogging his travels across the country with his family. You can read daily/hourly Updates from His Trip via his Blackberry and see the beautiful pictures from all over.
July 12th is Paper Bag Day. “Excuse me ma’am, but would you like paper or plastic.” You might hear that whenever you go to the grocery store. Lady Olivia shares some ideas for using paper bags for crafts and shares a neat link with us at Growing in Grace Magazine.
Dora Renee’ Wilkerson presents Y-2K Hippie: 07/07/08 posted at Knitting, horses, and my family.
My mother came for a visit and made this really easy and tasty cake with my daughter. I thought some of you may enjoy it.
Amanda is making Fried Green Beans all over the country! Check out her recipe and the picture of her cookin’ in LA!
Erica Burgan made up a cool and refreshing icy fruit drink to enjoy. You can enjoy it too! It’s Cool and Refreshing…Ahhhh! posted at The Sojourner.
SeaBird presents crafts for young children posted at SeaBird Chronicles. You must go over and read all of the great ideas she has for fun times with your Littles this summer! She has pictures too!
Kendra presents When life gives you cherry plums? posted at A Sonoma Garden.
Sometimes the tastiest food is food we find in the wild. When my husband decided to can these strange cherry plums I thought he had gone bananas, but now we can jar after jar of this jam every year!
I absolutely love Laura Williams’ idea to give each child their own raised bed to care for! I so wanted to do that this year. Boy did that two-week vacation and planning cut into our garden this year! That and the chickens! Read about Laura’s summer as she presents Around the Homestead Today… posted at Laura Williams’ Musings.
GP presents Inn Your Comfort Zone posted at Manely Montana Memories-Come on Inn.
Ah summertime and the livin’ is easy… or is supposed to be. Unlike what you ‘re most likely to read about going out of your comfort zone… now ’s the time to go inn to it instead… Hmmm you thinks.. Trust me I’m going somewhere with this.
Robin at Heart at Home shares Another Use for a Leaf Blower. Ever think of using your leaf blower to clean the garage, barn, or patio? She tells that she “dusted” and “swept” our horse barn and metal storage building with a leaf blower. “No more sweeping yucky cobwebs on my head!”
Rachel is at home, Just Bein’ A Country Girl. She has, for the past few days, been letting the does out to eat the apples that are right next to the barnyard. She also found a giant egg last night that has two yokes in it.
Christmas in July? Grandma Rosie posts her Christmas Jam..My all time # 1 Favorite jam The recipe yields 14 half-pints.
ElCloud of ElCloud Homestead who admits she is not a country girl was raised in towns and on military bases. She has never been in 4-H and I have never raised poultry. Her pets were limited to fish, one bird, cats, and dogs. She asks, “How did I End Up With This Job?“.
Jonash of Two of A Kind, Working on A Full House reminisces about her Apple IIE. About 17 or 18 years ago, her dad brought home their first computer, an Apple IIE,. Come reminisce with Ashley.
Cameo, a ten year old Country Girl, shares about Frogs and Toads and shows pictures of her new frog, Beans.
Laura, an Organizing Junkie, shares her Monthly Organizing Round-Up – Organizing under the bathroom sink. I need to do that. Seems everything finds its way under the sink in the bathroom. It’s like the adage about the dryer eating one of a pair of socks.
Marsha, at Clutter Control Freak Blog, lets us in on her Favourite Organising Tools #9: Baskets. Baskets are a great way to organize, and she shows us some ideas on how to use them!
Sherry, of Large Family Mothering, gives us a peek into her days as a homeschooling mom of fourteen in My life, and other things. Sewing, teaching, reading, managing… take a peek in yourself!
That’s all for this weeks Homesteading Carnival! If you would like to participate in next week’s carnival, please be sure to send your submission in! For future carnivals, please be sure to check out The Hosting Schedule. Thanks to Jocelyn, for putting time into this carnival. It is fun and encouraging and informational to have all of these links put into a carnival!
blessings!
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Jacque Dixon