Encouraging Hearts & Home 7.26.18

Posted on July 26, 2018 by Jennifer

Welcome to Encouraging Hearts & Home!

The Encouraging Hearts & Home Bloggers

Join your Encouraging Hearts & Home Co-Hosts each week for encouragement and support for your heart & your home. We hope to provide a space that builds each other up and lends a helping hand along the way. With all the negativity in the world, let’s shine a positive light!

Anne at Learning TableLinda at Apron Strings & Other Things

Amy at A Nest in the Rocks

***Each week, our co-hosts will each choose 10 of our favorite links, along with the most clicked link, and pin them to our Encouraging Hearts & Home Pinterest board.

The most clicked post from last week’s Blog Hop was:

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From Linda at Apron Strings & Other Things

Join us each Thursday! Link up your family-friendly blog posts and find encouragement for your heart & home!

How to Link Up

  • Use the form below to share your posts this week, and maybe you’ll discover some new ideas from all the fabulous links!
  • Please share only your family friendly posts with us!
  • Please only link up images that you have the rights to use.
  • By linking up, you agree that if your blog post is selected to be featured on any of our hosts’ blogs, we can use an image from your post with a link back to your post.

Other nice things you can do

  • Follow and/or subscribe to your host’s blog.
  • Visit a few other bloggers and show them your support. We all love getting comments, and who knows what inspiration you may find? Be sure to share the love–that’s what a blog hop is all about!
  • If you are interested in co-hosting, contact Anne at anne@mylearningtable.com

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Love, Honor, and Virtue ~ Review

Posted on July 25, 2018 by Jennifer

Do you desire the best for your children? In a culture in which sex sells, it can be hard to teach the next generation to regard sex the way God does. I recently had the opportunity to review a book that does a great job addressing the topic of sex God’s way.  Love, Honor, and Virtue: Gaining or Regaining a Biblical Attitude Toward Sexuality is specifically written for young men aged 12-20 something and published by Great Waters Press. However, men older than 20 who want encouragment on living a life of love, honor and virtue will also be encouraged by this book.

Authors, Hal and Melanie Young are the parents of six sons (four already grown) and two daughters. They are the award-winning authors of Raising Real Men and My Beloved and My Friend: How to Be Married to Your Best Friend Without Changing Spouses. It is obvious in their writing through books and blog posts, and through their speaking engagements, that Hal and Melanie are passionate about equipping Christian families to raise Godly children.
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For this review, I received the unabridged audiobook, Love, Honor, and Virtue: Gaining or Regaining a Biblical Attitude Toward Sexuality. The audiobook features the recording of Hal reading the entire book on three CDs. This book doesn’t tiptoe around the topic of gaining or regaining a Biblical attitude toward sexuality. I would not recommend popping the cd in the car and taking off with a carload of kids. However, I absolutely do recommend Love, Honor, and Virtue as a great tool in raising young men. Continue reading →

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Fall Gardening in a Drought

Posted on July 23, 2018 by Jennifer

Starting a fall garden during a drought can be a risky venture. However, that is exactly what I am preparing to do. We have now reached D3-Extreme Drought conditions with very little hope of improvement in the near future. Yet, I am planning to transition several of my garden boxes over to a fall garden as the spring plants finish.

What Steps am I Taking to Boost My Success?

  1. Starting as many plants indoors as I can in an attempt to control growing conditions.
  2. Thoroughly watering the garden beds just prior to transplanting plants to them.
  3. Heavily mulching the new transplants upon moving them to the garden
  4. Watering late at night or early in the morning to give the plants as much time as possible to utilize the water before the sun is beating down on them.
  5. I am also planning to add row covers to my brassicas since I had such trouble with cabbage worms on my spring plants.

Baker Creek Giveaway

Now is a great time for you to be making plans for your fall garden. Wouldn’t it be great if you could has some help gardening this fall? I have been able to team up with some other bloggers to offer you helpful tips and insight into fall gardening. I am also excited that we get to host a giveaway from Baker Creek Seed  for 12 packets of seed that will be perfect for fall gardening!

I’d like to introduce you to the other ladies who are bringing you great ideas for your fall garden!

Spring Lake Homestead – A Fall Garden with the Kids

Clarissa R. West – Backyard Garden Basics For Homemakers with FREE Printable

Our Good Life – Bouquets from My Cutting Garden 2018

Mid-Life Blogger – D is for Discouraging

Homestead in the Holler – Tips for a Successful Fall Garden

The Inquisitive Farmwife – Gardening Woes, But it’s NOT too Late!

SoulyRested – What Every Gardener Needs to Know About Egg Shells and a FREE downloadable book — Composting: The Low-Down and a Few Things You Should Know

The Farmer’s Lamp – 7 Tips for Preparing the Fall Garden

Oak Hill Homestead – When to Plant a Fall Garden

Giveaway Rules:

This giveaway is sponsored by Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds. One winner will receive a package of 12 packets of seeds, perfect for planting in a fall garden. The giveaway begins at 6:00 a.m. Central Time on Monday, July 23rd, and ends at 7:00 a.m. Central Time on Monday, July 30th. We will announce the winner on Monday night; the winner will have 36 hours to respond or another winner will be chosen. Prize will be shipped directly to the winner by Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds. Eligibility: Open to U.S. Residents 18+. Winner will be chosen at random through Giveaway tools. No duplicate entries.

Blessings,

Jennifer

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The Josefina Story Quilt eGuide ~ Review

Posted on July 19, 2018 by Jennifer

The younger kids and I have had the opportunity to review a fun literature guide recently, The Josefina Story Quilt – eGuide. While we reviewed The Josefina Story Quilt – eGuide other members of the Homeschool Review Crew had the opportunity to check out other titles from Progeny Press including; The Green Book – eGuide, The Scavengers – eGuide and Perelandra – eGuide.

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Code for Teens ~ Review

Posted on July 18, 2018 by Jennifer

Homeschooling Dad and longtime teacher, Jeremy Moritz has authored a fun coding book called Code For Teens: The Awesome Beginner’s Guide to Programming (Volume 1).  Code for Teens is written directly to teenagers in a fun, conversational tone. His intention was that he would write a book that we could hand our kids and they could learn to code even if we don’t have a clue. Thank you, Jeremy, because I really don’t have a CLUE! His wife, Christine, even illustrated the book for him.

There are several things I learned from Code for Teens. Like, did you know “that software engineering (aka coding) is one of the most in-demand, high-paying careers in the world right now?” I sure didn’t! I also didn’t know that JavaScript is the most common programming language and is used in 90% of all website!

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