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From the Farm Blog Hop #32

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Hello everyone!  I am very excited to announce that My Healthy Green Family has been selected as a co-cost for the all-new From The Farm Blog Hop!  Formerly Farm Girl Blog Fest, this new and improved Blog Hop will include articles on homemaking, homesteading, recipes, DIY projects, repurposing and upcycling, raising livestock, gardening and more, all in one post!  Bloggers link up and readers watch for free raffles for related products we’d all love to have!  Watch for it every Friday.
 -Free Range Mama 
 
 
Welcome to

From the Farm Blog Hop #32!

 

Photo provided by Chicken Scratch Poultry http://chickenscratchpoultry.com/
Photo provided by Chicken Scratch Poultry http://chickenscratchpoultry.com/

Thank you for joining us today at our kickoff of our new blog hop name, format, and best of all, OUR NEW CO-HOSTS! For those of you who don’t know, this blog hop was previously called the Farm Girl Blog Fest, but now that we have more than doubled in size, we want to welcome you to participate in a bigger and better blog hop than before!

 

Please join us in welcoming:

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Leona from My Healthy Green Family, Elaine from Sunny Simple Life
and Jennifer from 1840 Farm!!

 

We are so happy to have them as part of our weekly blog hop team! And to make the Blog Hop even MORE fun, we are excited to invite your blog to guest host From the Farm Blog Hop with us!

Beginning May 17th, you will be meeting a new blog author and their new blog each week here at From the Farm Blog Hop! If you are interested in guest hosting on your blog please email Kristi here!.

To kick off this momentous occasion, we thought we would really go all out and throw in a HUGE giveaway!

We are thrilled to welcome Irrigation Direct as sponsor of our new launch! They have generously provided an amazing automatic watering system to make one lucky reader’s summer chore list WAY easier!


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This kit is AMAZING! Check out the specifics of what this watering kit includes here! And the automatic timer bonus here!

Irrigation Direct is a fabulous US based small business that provides great irrigation equipment for a fraction of the price you would find elsewhere! The quality is amazing and working with them has been a phenomenal experience. If you are looking to add a watering system to your garden this year definitely check out their Drip Irrigation section….the kits make it super easy to shop too!

All entries must be logged through the Rafflecopter widget to count. Good luck!

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And now, for our new and improved linky party, From the Farm Blog Hop! If you would like to join in this week, please share up to three of your best: • Gardening or homesteading tips • Farm-themed posts • Recipes • Homemaking and simple/frugal living tips • Decorating ideas • DIY projects, craft ideas, thrifty makeovers or repurposed items • Healthy and sustainable living tips      

 
   

Photo provided by Chicken Scratch Poultry http://chickenscratchpoultry.com/
Photo provided by Chicken Scratch Poultry http://chickenscratchpoultry.com/
Photo provided by Chicken Scratch Poultry http://chickenscratchpoultry.com/

  Please grab the Blog Hop button above or somehow link to this party from your blog. We would love for you to follow our blogs, and if you are a new blog follower, let us know so we can return the favor! Note: Linking up to this party will automatically sign you up for an invite to next week’s party via email. To unsubscribe, please reply to any email you receive and you will be removed. Linking up also allows us permission to publish one of your photos on our blogs, Facebook, and/or Pinterest pages. Let’s see what you’ve been up to this week! Don’t forget to visit some of your fellow authors’ blogs and let them know that you found them through the From the Farm Blog Hop!

Warmly,

  Your From the Farm Blog Hop Co-Hosts:   Dani from The Adventure Bite   Elaine from Sunny Simple Life   Jennifer from 1840 Farm   Kristi from Let This Mind Be in You   Leona from My Healthy Green Family   Lisa from Fresh Eggs Daily  

The Best Butter Tarts Recipe From Sratch.

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My all time favorite treat as a child was butter tarts.  My mom made them at Christmas and I soon learned how to make them for my own family.  There is something about the sweet, chewy raisin centres that are to die for.

 

Crust

(Makes enough for 3 pies so you can freeze what you don’t use, or half the recipe)

  • 4.5 c. white flour
  • 1 c. whole wheat flour
  • 1 tbsp. brown sugar
  • 1 egg, beaten lightly
  • 1 tbsp. white vinegar
  • 1 lb. butter or lard

Directions for crust:

  1. Mix first 3 ingredients well.
  2. Combine egg, vinegar and 1 c. cold water in a glass measuring cup.  Mix well.
  3. Cut butter or lard into dry mixture with pastry cutter until pieces are pea-sized.
  4. Add water mixture, a bit at a time, while tossing with a fork, until dough will form a ball.
  5. Kneed a few times to make a ball.  Roll out half of the dough to about 1/4 inch thick or thinner, as preferred.  Cut into circles with large round cookie cutter or wide mouth mason lid.
  6. Press dough carefully and evenly into un-greased muffin tin.
  7. Freeze extra dough for another day.

Tart Filling:

  • 1 c. raisins
  • 1 c. brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 1/4 c. melted butter

Directions for filling the tart shells:

  1. Combine and mix tart filling ingredients in a bowl.
  2. Spoon the filling into the tart shells, about 3/4 full.
  3. Bake at 375F for 15-17 min.
  4. Allow to cool in muffin tin for 10 minutes.
  5. Remove from tins carefully and cool fully.

This post has been linked to Farm Girl Friday Blog Fest #14.

3 Last Minute DIY Body Product Gift Ideas on the Cheap.

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Need a last minute gift for someone who enjoys all natural body products? Don’t have a lot of money to spend?  Want to quickly make it yourself?  Check out these three recipes for spa-quality products made from easy to find ingredients, some of which you will already have in your pantry!   They make great stocking stuffers or put them  together in a basket and you’ll have a fantastic gift.

Decadent Whipped Body Butter for thirsty skin

You can easily spend $20 on a 3 oz container of all natural body butter.  Make this one for a fraction of the price!

Chai Spice Body Scrub and more!

A 15 oz. all natural sugar scrub can cost up to $34 for a container.  Make the equivalent product in less than 5 minutes for less than $1.

Chocolate Chip Mint, Honey Vanilla, or Sweet Almond Lip Balm

You can buy 1 tube of organic lip balm for $8.  You can make 3 of them for much less than that!!

Need more convincing?  Check out 100% Pure products to see the price comparisons.  They have delicious products, but you can make products of equal quality and effectiveness for a fraction of the price.  And who doesn’t love homemade gifts!  Merry Christmas!

 This post has been shared on Homestead Barn Hop 92., Frugal Days, Sustainable Ways#58, Waste Not, Want Not #10, Homestead Abundance #2, Farm Girl Blog Fest #14 and Wildcrafting Wednesday #68.

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