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Winners Galore Today From The Golden D Homestead

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Last week I was busy being a Stewards Of Gondor and spreading the steemit love in my posts; well now today I start paying up and rewarding those who chose to enter my #qurator2018 challenge AND award one winner some cayenne peppers and lavender seeds for his or her garden next season.

So let's get on with the announcements!

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Homesteadersonline Seed Exchange Giveaway

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Homesteadersonline Seed Exchange winner is @squishysquid

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Every week, usually on Monday, we have a seed exchange through the homesteadersonline Discord community and each week, a name is randomly drawn to receive what the seed of the week is.

This week's seeds

So I need @squishysquid to contact me through Discord messaging to claim her winnings! CONGRATULATIONS!!

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Watch tomorrow when I post the newest seed exchange giveaway!

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qurator2018 WINNERS ANNOUNCED

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REMINDER- Memberships will be PAID for upon @qurator moderator's approval

Not only will you have to be approved by me here, but then I will turn your names over to qurator to get approved by the accounts' moderators. Once you are approved, I will PAY for your registration to become a qurator member. This is a one-time registration fee of either 2sbd's or 2 steems each

So onto the winners' names and their posts, in no particular order.

• @powellx5 Fingers Crossed - Qurator2018 Membership Contest Entry
  She said....

I’ve experienced and observed many benifits from Steemit, but three really stand out.
https://steemit.com/qurator2018/@powellx5/fingers-crossed-qurator-membership-contest-entry
I share what I’m excited about, and I get excited feedback.
I have the opportunity to offer excitement for what others share.
There is a treasure trove of information and advise offered and received on Steemit.

The only factors that limit my opportunity to share experiences and excitement, mine and that of others, are the number of eyes reading my posts and the number of posts I read.

• @phedizzle Why me? Qurator2018 membership contest entry
  She said...

Once I joined Steemit and stumbled onto this lovely community of homesteaders I haven't had interest to participate in those other platforms because it became abundantly clear that I needed to search no more.
Becoming a member of Qurator would allow me to network on a grander scale with people who are participating in this community, or would like to be but aren't familiar with it yet. Membership would allow me to have a bigger audience, spread the word, and have a greater impact when upvoting these well crafted posts

• @jonpetrich My Entry to "Qurator2018 Membership Contest"
  He said....

I am human like most and as a human I am motivated by reward. On a homestead, the reward of a completed project and the satisfaction one gets from it is more than enough to keep me going. On a platform like Steemit, the number of upvotes and the amount of monetary rewards one gets is a major motivating factor. There certainly is a sense of fellowship that one gets when finding a great niche as we have found in the homesteading community. This can also keep one coming back but sometimes it is not enough. This is where @qurator comes into play. Without proper support and exposure the numbers are stacked against us "minnows" to be discovered and therefor reward for our work is not guaranteed

• @twinislandflames Qurator2018 Membership - Request for Inclusion
  She said...

Now in 2018, I have a new opportunity! I can feel the STEEM movement inside of me - inside of so many of us - growing and expanding. I feel the questions that are developing: what can be done to nourish this? To help promote the best content? To give back to this community that loves sharing so much?
By being a member of qurator I can give back to a support system that has already given so much. My visibility, status and reputation will grow in relation to the community. I will grow as a person. Our homestead will grow - and flourish

• @yulem Homesteading Qurator 2018
  She said...

To do a job well one must have a passion for the job. Those without passion might perform adequately but those with passion will love their work and it will show. But passion alone isn’t sufficient. One must have the requisite skills too
But frankly, as a lowly plankton/minnow the only way one can begin to contribute is to curate. Even then a $0.02 vote means virtually nothing much beyond the thought itself. So we try our best to increase that vest. But Steemit is a popularity platform and I’m not real good at popularity contests. Quality yes, popular, not so much! I’ll leave it in your very capable hands to judge if I possess these skills

• @katedansyng qurator2018 membership
  She said...

With the number of posts to Steemit growing exponentially expanding my audience, being noticed, and rewarded for my efforts is increasingly difficult. I spend hours taking detailed pictures and manipulating them for presentation, all to represent the subject matter I am discussing. I also spend time writing, reviewing and editing the narrative for each post. My goal for each post is to make it interesting, both visually and intellectually, and to provide working instructions that can be easily understood and followed to success.

A membership in qurator2018 would be a benefit to me as I would have a specific audience who shares my interests and passions. It would also allow me to focus my parameters for reading relevant posts without having to search through the thousands of daily posts.

SO CONGRATULATIONS EVERYONE!! I WILL BE NOTIFYING @QURATOR OF YOUR NAMES AND THE APPLICATION PROCESS WILL BEGIN- APPROVAL TAKES ANYWHERE FROM 1-3 DAYS

Join Link: https://discord.gg/VKCrWsS Community Link: http://homesteaders-online.com