Friendly Reminder

Just wanted to remind everyone that I am stopping the drawing at 6:00 pm this evening for the copy of The Funeral Dress book giveaway. If you haven't already don't forget to go over to  this post and leave a comment to enter ! 

http://hickeryhollerfarm.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-funeral-dress.html

Good Luck and thanks so much for all your support and continued reading of the Hickery Holler farm Blog!

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Congratulations We Have A Winner

The winner of our Thy Hand Hath Provided cookbook is Pixie.  

Congratulations to Pixie and a special thanks to Jane at Thy Hand Hath Provided blog for making this giveaway possible. Pixie I have sent you a personal email and if you will send me your mailing address we will get your prize in the mail to you. 

For all of you who commented and participated I would like to extend a sincere thanks. My readers are truly the best!

And for all you that did not win.....chins up...the next giveaway I have planned will be when my view counter reaches 1,000,000 views which should be within the next month or two. Can you believe that almost a million times readers have visited this blog. I can remember O Wise  One and I being tickled when we had 10 followers and 5 of those were family : ) What a blessing you all have been and we will try to make the next giveaway really special.

And don't forget to visit Jane over at Thy Hand Hath provided and maybe next time you need that special gift think of purchasing this wonderful cookbook to help support my fellow bloggers out there. 

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A Brand New Giveaway

What blogs do you read? I read many things during the course of a day but rarely does a morning go by that I don't sit down at my computer with a hot cup of coffee and catch up on my morning blogs. Most of the blogs that I read faithfully are listed on the sidebar of my own blog.They tend to vary greatly but usually pertain to homesteading, cooking, quilting or gardening in some way. None of the sites have been there longer than Thy Hand Hath Provided. Why do I read her blog faithfully ? Because I can relate....A young mother trying to raise her small children, homeschool, garden and can while trying to keep up with the day to day weeding, laundry and general responsibilities of motherhood and keeping a home. I remember fondly my years of canning with a house full of little boys under foot. Those same boys now 37, 35 and 34, no longer living with mama or even in the same state. All 3 now married and with wives and children of their own.  But daily I turn back the clock and relive those days when it seemed I cooked for a small army of little folk and life was a never ending line of cloth diapers hanging on the clothesline.  

Thy Hand Hath Provided....You can find me here!

This blog is written by a young woman we will simply call Jane.Recently Jane was nice enough to gift me with a signed copy of her new cookbook appropriately titled Thy Hand Hath provided!You can read all about her cookbook at this link. This cookbook is beautifully done and full of wonderful recipes and even an excellent section on canning and preserving. It even includes my favorite public service announcement on canning overload disorder an ailment that I suffer frequently.  

Thy Hand Hath Provided........Asparagus Lemon Pasta

Jane has graciously provided a free cookbook for some lucky Hickery Holler reader to win in a give away. To win your own copy of Jane's cookbook leave a comment below and tell Jane and I what information or recipes you would most like to find in a cookbook. 

Please leave an email contact in your comment so that you can easily be notified if you win. This giveaway is for continental US residents only and will end Sunday June 16th at midnight. Monday morning we will let one of Jane's wee ones draw the winning number. 

Thy Hand Hath Provided....Beekeeping

Good Luck to you all and in the mean time don't forget to pop on over to Jane's blog and check it out. I think you will enjoy her unique writing style, keen wit and unending ability to find joy and humor in the face of adversity. Their newest endeavor is bee keeping! And don't forget the recipe section because there are some definite keepers there. I use several of her salad dressing recipes regularly. Her honey mustard recipe is divine and a family favorite of ours!

Thy Hand Hath Provided Link

     

Thy Hand Hath Provided

 In the mean time I am off to the garden! Making hay when the sun shines ....

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She's A Winner

Congratulations # 14 Brenda London you are our winner. Please email me at cannedquilter@yahoo.com with a mailing address.

Hickery Holler would also like to send a big thank you to Anna Hess and Skyhorse Publishing for making this giveaway possible! 

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The Weekend Homesteader Review and Giveaway

Recently I was asked to review the new book being released by author Anna Hess called The Weekend Homesteader, A Twelve Month Guide To Self Sufficiency. 

This is a great little book broken down into 12 months of projects with a homesteading skill suggested for each weekend of the month. You'll find projects that range from everything from building a clothesline and hanging laundry to no till gardening.  Baking bread, bees, seed saving, food preservation, chicken keeping and much much more. Each project is broken down into goals, costs, time required and difficulty. For the new homesteader this book is a must. Not a book that gets bogged down with too much technical information but rather an introduction to new skills explained simply and concisely from an experienced homesteader and entrepreneur.    

This would make a great holiday gift for anyone interested in homesteading, permaculture, self sufficient living or just general  gardening and food preservation. 

Whether you are a novice or longtime homesteader, rural or urban, there is a project in this book for everyone.  

You can find a link to Anna's blog The Walden Effect listed on my right side bar. 

Skyhorse Publishing has kindly sent an extra copy of The Weekend Homesteader to give away to one lucky reader. To enter the giveaway just leave a comment below about what you think the most important homesteading skills are and what were the easiest and most difficult ones for you to learn.  I'll pick a random winner Monday December 3 from the comments. This giveaway is open to continental US residents only.   

The Weekend Homesteader is now available at Amazon.com for $10.43

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We have a winner!

Congrats to our winner of the Only Cows Allowed! book, Barbara Rogers .

Barbara please email me your mailing address so I can send your winnings.

And a special thanks to the author, Lynn Plourde for donating a signed copy for this giveaway and a special thanks to everyone who participated.   

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