Hardy Hill Homestead

06/25/2026

Did you guys know market day is this hard? They didn't either. LOL Now they're tucked into bed, ready to do it again today!

06/25/2026

Who's excited for tomorrow's market?? The weather is looking great and we have a nice line up of vendors for you!! Here is map to your favorite vendors for tomorrow. If you have a favorite vendor, stock up this week, some of us are on vacation next week!!
Plan on grabbing you some dinner from the one and only Phillin Philly, follow it up with a refreshing drink from Holy Groundz Coffee . While you are sipping your drink and walking off your dinner, visit all of these amazing vendors that work hard for each and everyone of us to bring us quality and affordable products!!

06/25/2026

It's market day at the Rustburg Ruritan Community Farmers Market!
We will be there today from 3pm-7pm.

Our list of items this week is as follows:
Pickled Beets
Chocolate Milk Powder (like Nesquick, but homemade)
Pepperoni Pizza Bread
Banana Bread with Hazelnuts & Raisins
Dark Mint Chocolate Dipped Honey Wheat Pretzel Twists
Lemon Bars
Brioche Bread (if my kids don't demolish it first)
BBQ Sauce
Honey Mustard Sauce
Powdered Laundry Detergent
& Sarcastic Tea Towels

Get what ya' need today, because next week we are ON VACATION BABY!!!!!!

Can't wait to see you all later on today!

When we get back we have A LOT of work to do! We have yellow relish to make, pineapple crack to make and working on testing out some new cake and pie recipes too!

06/24/2026

It’s a busy Wednesday on the homestead, y’all. The kitchen smells like lemon bars, banana bread, and a whole tray of pepperoni pizza bread that keeps mysteriously disappearing 👀

We’ve also got mint chocolate–covered pretzels, almond bark pretzels, and maybe even some cookies if my ADHD stays in line long enough to finish them.

We’re packing for vacation, baking like crazy, and getting ready for market day tomorrow. Who’s coming to see us?

06/22/2026

Patreece Hobbs I hope you’re ready for some beets my dear! Processed 25lbs today!

7 quart jars of sliced beets, 3 quarts of chunky beets and one pint for dinner tonight! 💕

06/22/2026

🌾 Hardy Hill Homestead Update 🌾
It’s been a minute since I’ve posted, so here’s a quick family + homestead catch‑up because… whew. Life has been A LOT lately.
Hayden gave us quite the scare and has officially been diagnosed with three different tick‑borne illnesses — early ehrlichiosis, stage 2 Lyme disease, and Rocky Mountain spotted fever. She’s finally on the mend, acting more like herself, and we’re so grateful for that.
As if that wasn’t enough excitement, our poor puppy ended up needing emergency surgery, but he’s healing up great and gets his staples out this week.
We are hoping to make it to the farmers market this week, but we also leave for vacation at the end of the week… and y’all know how that goes. The to‑do list is doing the absolute most.
Today’s homestead agenda looks like:
🥣 processing beets
🍫 making homemade Nesquik
🧺 and tackling laundry… laundry… and more laundry.
Basically, we’re running a full‑scale operation over here.
Thanks for sticking with us even when life gets wild. Hoping to see everyone soon — and if not, we’ll catch you after vacation with a little more rest and a lot fewer medical bills.
💙 — Destini & the Hardy Hill crew

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05/27/2026

Whew… y’all, sorry for going quiet on here. It’s been A WEEK with hospital visits for the littlest one and everything else life decided to throw at us. 🫩 But we’re finally coming up for air and getting back into the swing of things. 😝

Today’s project: cocktail sauce 🦐🍤— a brand‑new addition to our menu and it already smells amazing in this kitchen.

And since it’s Wednesday, you know what that means… Market Day prep mode. If my ADHD self can stay focused (and everyone stays healthy long enough), here’s what we plan to have ready for tomorrow:

• Orange Pound Cake 🍊
• Lemon Blueberry Bread 🫐🍋
• Pineapple Upside‑Down Sugar Cookies 🍍
• Chocolate Chip Cookies 🍪
• Cookie Sushi Rolls
• BBQ Sauce 🍖
• Honey Mustard Sauce 🍯
• Jalapeño Honey Mustard Sauce 🌶️
• Pineapple Crack
• AND the brand‑new Cocktail Sauce

Thank y’all for being patient with us.
We appreciate you more than you know.
Can’t wait to see everyone tomorrow at the Rustburg Ruritan Community Farmers Market! And as usual, we will also have some of these items in the Mor-Lyn-Del Farm stand!

05/22/2026

Happy Fri-yay!

Mor-Lyn-Del Farm stand has been stocked!

Go grab some goodies to brighten your rainy day 🫶
There are:
Red Barn Cookies (red velvet)
Classic Sugar Cookies
Conan-Doodles (brown sugar snickerdoodles)
& Chili-Lime Granola Bars!

Feel free to reach out with suggestions and feedback!

I do plan on making some more things and putting them in there either this evening or tomorrow, I’d love to know what you guys want 🥰

The rest of our day will be spent cleaning this house I destroyed while baking so I can bake some more and destroy it again 😂

05/20/2026

It’s Market Week and the kitchen at Hardy Hill Homestead has been busy!

We will be at the Rustburg Ruritan Community Farmers Market tomorrow from 3-7pm!

We’re rolling in with 🍓 Strawberry Shortcake Bread, 🍫 Red Velvet Cookies, Brown Sugar Snickerdoodles, 🍋 Lemon Coconut Shortbread Cookie Bites, 🍪 Chocolate Chip Cookies, Sugar Cookies, Chili‑Lime Honey Oat Bars, and our 📦 Cookie Sampler Box for the indecisive snackers. As usual, we will have free samples available too!

We’ve also restocked all the favorites — BBQ Sauce, 🍍 Pineapple Crack Jelly, and Chocolate Sauce — plus we’re bringing our brand‑new Honey Mustard and 🌶️ Jalapeño Honey Mustard.

And if you can’t make it to the market, don’t worry… we will be stocking up the Mor-Lyn-Del Farm Stand too.

Come see us and treat yourself to something sweet! (or savory, or canned)