Welcome back to another week of homesteading and natural goings-on.

Things happening in the community.

It's been a busy week for me with decorating, a daughter's 18th birthday and a 16th to come in a month. So when @riverflows announced that @naturalmedicine is adding Mindful Life, which will focus on meditation and yoga, it's like she was trying to tell me something...again. You can also find more on it in @riverflow's post here. The @naturalmedicine curation post is up again for their favourite natural healing picks and a reminder that the plant medicine challenge still has another week to go, if you want to get your entries in for it.

There are even more home educators added to @altlife's latest Homeschoolers and Unschoolers list.

I'm not normally one to promote myself, but I think this is more important than me. Do you have under 500 SP, or do you know someone who is still a redfish, and would benefit from a 200 SP delegation for a month? If so, pop over to the latest For the Love of Comments competition and add your comment to be in the running for the delegation and @steembasicincome shares. The competition still has a couple of days left to run and not many entries yet.

Welcoming Newcomers

A super new arrival has posted their introduction with a gardening tag! That's always exciting for me! I hope we can give @alein a warm welcome.

Someone who joined in January, but is back giving things another shot is @hawgwild.

Another who has joined Steem just this month is @godsthirdacre.

As always I hope the community can give them all a big welcome.

If you're new here and feel like you're struggling to fit in or get noticed, then please reach out and talk to people. Often, when we get busy, we won't get around to reaching everyone and it helps to remind us who's around.

Some highlights of the week

Homesteading is always a learning experience and things don't always go as expected. @hebrewhousewife shares her lessons from her first year of chicken raising.

Something I've always wanted to do is make soap, so naturally, I was drawn to @fotostef's post on how easy soap making is.

Growing food year-round can be a challenge in some areas, so I'm always impressed by those indoor gardeners who have so much success. @r2cornell tells us a bit about his take on growing food in containers and his pictures show some tasty successes!

We've heard of chicken soup for a cold, but have you heard of sour groats soup for the stomach?! Well it comes highly recommended by @zkalemiss who shares the recipe.

Thank you for stopping by. This week's newsletter was brought to you by @minismallholding.

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