Welcome to the 50th Homesteading Carnival - Getting the Garden In! This is my first time hosting a carnival, and on a bit of short notice, so please bear with me! I feel so humbled to be able to host the big #50 - a milestone of a marker!

Here in Alberta, Canada it is finally planting season! You should see the big snow we had here in late April. Planting season comes a bit later than in other parts of North America, so many of you likely have gardens in already. However, it does seem that the theme of the submissions for the week is Getting the Garden In.

Thanks to everyone for participating in this week’s carnival! Don’t forget to link to this post on your blog and let your readers know to head on over here for some great homesteading blog posts!

Laura Williams presents Plantin’ Season around the Ol’ Homestead posted at Laura Williams’ Musings. Laura is busy cleaning up her garden beds and making plans for the upcoming growing season.

Sheri presents Dandelions posted at Shades of Pink. A nature study on dandelions, great for homeschoolers! Directions for making dandelion chains! We don’t have any here yet, but they are in town now, so we should have some soon.

Carole DeJarnatt presents The Basics Needed for Raising Baby Chicks posted at Fowl Visions. Baby chicks are so sweet, our girls just love them, find out some of the basics of baby chick care in this post.

Penny Raine presents tackle it tuesday- WFMW- instant garden posted at pennyraine.com. Photo’s of Penny’s new garden making efforts.

Grandma Rosie presents Grandma Rosie’s Texas Home - Recipe for soap spray……….From OHG Files posted at Grandma Rosie’s Texas Home. Recipes for soap spray, hot stuff spray and *shiver* bug juice spray!

Miss Amanda presents My Learning Experience - How Great Are His Works posted at My Learning Experience. Beautiful photographs of God’s handiwork in nature.

Dora Renee’ Wilkerson presents Y-2K Hippie: 05/07/08 posted at Y-2K Hippie. A neat project to do with honeysuckle! I was always trying to figure out lotions and potions to make out of flowers as a child, this looks like fun to do with your little ones.

Miss Jocelyn presents The Homesteading Carnival - ELDERBERRY RECIPES posted at The Homesteading Carnival. Oh, these sound so yummy! I look forward to having some fruit producing plants here on our homestead.

Becca Beardx presents Mission of Motherhood - Uses for Breastmilk posted at The Mission Of Motherhood.  Yep, I’ve used breastmilk in some of these ways too - particularly in the eyes!  Great list of breastmilk uses.

Peach presents Using Organic Fertilizers For A Healthy Lawn | Spring Lawn Care - Lawn Care Tips posted at Hobby Lawn Care.  Why you DON’T want to use synthetic chemicals on your lawn, and some suggestions for natural alternatives.

And then there’s me, Jennifer Bogart presents We ARE Going To Have a Garden This Year posted at Quiverfullfamily.com Blog. Our garden defeats in past years, and our determination to have a garden this year. Just to clarify, we have had many, many gardens in years past in different locations, but this patch of sod is proving hard to break in.

Thanks for visiting the Homesteading Carnival for this week! Don’t forget to submit your posts for next week’s carnival, to be held at Grandma Rosie’s Texas Home.