<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5324875650073673500</id><updated>2021-09-07T11:59:46.765-04:00</updated><category term="homestead highlight"/><category term="homeskills"/><category term="garden"/><category term="digging deeper"/><category term="gardening"/><category term="planning"/><category term="Review"/><category term="bees"/><category term="chickens"/><category term="design"/><category term="garden grow"/><category term="inspiration"/><category term="weather"/><category term="farm to table"/><category term="goats"/><category term="homesteading"/><category term="giveaway"/><category term="planting"/><category term="ducks"/><category term="ebook"/><category term="family"/><category term="farm style"/><category term="geese"/><category term="growing"/><category term="herbs"/><category term="holiday"/><category term="land"/><category term="rabbits"/><category term="seeds"/><category term="to do"/><category term="turkey"/><category term="vegetables"/><category term="why"/><category term="yard"/><title type='text'>The Backyard Farming Connection</title><subtitle type='html'>Where homesteaders learn, share and inspire.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.backyardfarmingconnection.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5324875650073673500/posts/default?max-results=3'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.backyardfarmingconnection.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5324875650073673500/posts/default?start-index=4&amp;max-results=3'/><author><name>Gretchen Stuppy Carlson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07291250980834419050</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>378</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>3</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5324875650073673500.post-1093970919348915662</id><published>2015-01-06T03:00:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2015-01-06T03:00:02.882-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The final blog hop</title><content type='html'>After quite a bit of reflection over the holidays and a whole list of New Years thoughts and commitments, I&#39;ve decided that it is time to say a fond farewell to the weekly blog hop here at the Backyard Farming Connection.&amp;nbsp; Over the last two + years, I&#39;ve learned from and been inspired by so many posts and blogs here and I will truly miss meeting here each week to share with each and every one of you.&amp;nbsp; For those who have linked up here - thank you, and for those who have visited here, keep coming back for more new posts in the coming months.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Keep posting, sharing and inspiring others to follow their homesteading dreams and do stop by and leave a comment here once in a while.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.backyardfarmingconnection.com/feeds/1093970919348915662/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.backyardfarmingconnection.com/2015/01/the-final-blog-hop.html#comment-form' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5324875650073673500/posts/default/1093970919348915662'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5324875650073673500/posts/default/1093970919348915662'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.backyardfarmingconnection.com/2015/01/the-final-blog-hop.html' title='The final blog hop'/><author><name>Gretchen Stuppy Carlson</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07291250980834419050</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5324875650073673500.post-1872738175622412501</id><published>2014-12-22T20:10:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2014-12-22T20:10:26.169-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy Holidays and a Wonderful New Years</title><content type='html'>See you back here after the New Years for more blog hops and posts!&amp;nbsp; 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target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Grow, Pray, Build: 21 Everyday Uses for White Distilled Vinegar&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dLdQ2Bv0Vn8/VI-oXLPwZwI/AAAAAAAAKMU/3pAc3NnRQ4A/s1600/Uses-for-Vinegar.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dLdQ2Bv0Vn8/VI-oXLPwZwI/AAAAAAAAKMU/3pAc3NnRQ4A/s1600/Uses-for-Vinegar.jpg&quot; height=&quot;298&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I want to know what&#39;s happening, in your garden, on your homestead, in the barnyard, and in the kitchen.&amp;nbsp; Whatever is in your backyard farm and home, I would love to hear about it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Each week I will share some of my favorite posts on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.facebook.com/TheBackyardFarmingConnection&quot;&gt;Backyard Farming Connection Facebook page&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; 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