We have noticed that quite a few blogs are not linking back to one of the Simple Lives Thursday host blogs (see guideline #2, below). If this is you, please realize that this prevents us from choosing you as a featured blog. Thank you for linking back to us!
The Simple Lives Thursday Blog Hop
Welcome to Simple Lives Thursday, a blog hop dedicated to simple living. “Consume less, produce more. ” So many topics fit: Gardening, raising animals, cooking from scratch, real food, natural cleaners, sewing, recycling, thrifting, a mindset of simplicity, saving a buck…
This blog hop is hosted by:
- Diana at A Little Bit of Spain in Iowa
- And me!
- And others who are, for now, taking breaks.
Featured Posts from Last Week’s Submissions
We really enjoy reading your posts each week! Featured post bloggers, please grab the badge above and display it on your site! Link it to one of the host blogs’ posts for the specific week that you were featured.
Here are our picks from last week’s submissions. Thanks to all who participated — it is always hard to choose!
1. Perfect Iced Tea by the not so super mama. Naturally sweetened cold iced tea. A perfect summer refresher.
2. A Weed Free Garden by Healthy Frugalista. This post includes a tip on a weed free garden from a documentary with rave reviews -– Back to Eden.
3. Lacto Fermented Yellow Squash Pickles from Natural Health and Prevention. A great summer pickle!
Share Your Simple Lives Thursday Post
Bloggers, make a “Simple Lives Thursday” post on your own blog, then come back here to add your post to the linky box below the featured posts. If you don’t have a picture, feel free to download the Simple Lives Thursday banner (at top of post) and upload it using the script’s prompts (it is easy). Your post will appear on all host blogs!
Non-bloggers, feel free to add a comment here with any ideas or thoughts about simple living.
These are three simple guidelines for participation:
1. If linking real, traditional and simple recipes, please make sure all ingredients used are whole — such as whole grains, vegetables, legumes, meats, even sugar. In order to keep the integrity of “nourishing” food, we will delete any recipes that utilize processed, boxed foods. We are definitely not going to be ingredient policemen! But, please note that this is a hop hosted by advocates of the real, local and sustainable food movements.
2. Please link your posts back to one of the hosting blogs. This is a common blog hop courtesy. This link helps build the Simple Lives Thursday community by sending your readers to all of the other participants’ posts. We all end up sharing and learning from each other.
3. No giveaway or otherwise primarily advertising oriented posts. Keep your topics to fit our simple living theme of “consume less, produce more.” We will delete posts that don’t fit.
What will you share this week? We all look forward to your submissions!
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About Wardee Harmon
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Thank you for featuring my Weed Free Garden Tip post. It’s an honor to be featured here!
Today I’m sharing #21, Do You Have the Guts to Butcher a Chicken? It’s a newbies perspective on raising meat chickens and butchering…Is it worth it?
Kristel from Healthy Frugalista recently posted… Do You Have the Guts to Butcher a Chicken?
Good morning! This week I’m sharing our raw lavender lemonade; a GAPS and Paleo-friendly drink! Thanks for hosting!
http://www.riddlelove.com/2012/07/raw-honey-sweetened-lavender-lemonade.html
Katie recently posted… My Real Food Confessions
It’s so good to be back here again. I’ve discovered so many great bloggers here on your blog hop! I’m sharing #29, “My Chicken Tractor…Sort Of!” It’s my attempt at making an embarrassingly redneck chicken tractor, but it’s frugal and it works!
Brenda recently posted… My Chicken Tractor…Sort Of
Hello!
This week I am bringing the community two posts:
One involves some reflections on my evolving ideas about diet, dieting, and eating ‘relgiously.’
http://www.give-the-rest.org/dieting-a-middle-way/
The other is a recipe method for making vegetable gratins and including lots of nutritious ingredients. I plan to use it even more in the upcoming fall months!
http://www.give-the-rest.org/small-stumbles-man-i-love-eating-out-but-thats-dumb-and-a-banging-gratin-recipe/
Thanks for reading! I loved all of last week’s entries!
<3
Sarah
Sarah recently posted… A Quick Meditation for Fear
Happy Thursday Wardee and thanks for another great week of Simple Lives Thursday!
I’m sharing some awesome Pork & Kale Tacos w/ Cherry Cilantro Salsa, My Rant On Cool Whip & Frozen Peanut Butter Pie, and 5 Minute 4 Ingredient Raw Protein Bars (DF, GF, Sugar Free, Vegan).
http://www.beyondthepeel.net/2012/07/5-minute-4-ingredient-raw-protein-bars.html
Have an awesome day!
France recently posted… Keep It Real Thursday – My Rant on Frozen Peanut Butter Pie
HI,
I shared my Grain Free Zucchini Blossoms as well as an article about Stevia – Is it as good as they say?
Thanks for hosting!
Jill recently posted… Stevia: Is It as Good As They Say?
I’m sharing a few posts here – a vacation recipe roundup, my thoughts on hospitality and my recent housekeeping failures and how I’m handling them.
Would love to have you stop by.
Thanks to the lovely blogging gals hosting this link-up party.
Amanda Z recently posted… Around the House: Housekeeping Failures
Can Sleeping Make You Skinny? Good question. I think there’s something to it.
Kendahl recently posted… Can Sleeping Make You Skinny?
Hi!
Thanks for letting me share my own recipe of helathy and tasty Soda Pop Substitute: Essential Oil “Sassy” Water!
Here’s the link:
http://www.momessentials.net/soda-substitute-essential-oil-water/
Jenni recently posted… Healthy Peanutty Cookies
I made homemade magnum oil! LOVE this stuff
http://www.mygutsy.com/2012/07/23/homemade-magnesium-oil-and-giveaway/
caroline recently posted… Homemade Magnesium Oil and GIVEAWAY!
Thanks for hosting and for featuring my yellow squash “pickle’ recipe. They are so yummy, I just put up a gallon jar of them!
Today I posted about how to make your own vitamin water.
http://naturallivingsocal.blogspot.com/2012/06/fruit-flavored-water-make-your-own_12.html
Jessica recently posted… Watermelon Link Love!
I just posted about how I threw a frugal, real food birthday party for 45 kids! It was fun!
http://sarahsbasicingredients.blogspot.com/2012/07/forty-five-kids.html
Sarah recently posted… Forty Five Kids – a Frugal Birthday Party!
Thanks so much for the feature on my iced tea! Hope you can enjoy an ice cold glass and relax on the porch soon. Take Care!
the not so super mama recently posted… What’s Cooking Around Here…
Hi and thanks for hosting!
This week I’m sharing a recipe for Easy Peasy Pomegranate Soda. Whether you’re a beginning fermenter or a fearless fermenting kitchen witch, you can create this delicious soda!
Enjoy!
Emily recently posted… Nourished Baby E-Book Winners AND a Coupon for 20% OFF!
Hi!
Thanks for letting me share my own recipe of helathy, tasty and delicious Nourishing cocoa bars!
Here’s the link:http://www.momessentials.net/nourishing-cocoa-bars
Jenni recently posted… Healthy Peanutty Cookies