Affiliate Disclosure
This blog may earn money through affiliate programs, including Amazon Associates. This means I may receive a small commission if you purchase a product through a link on this site, in my emails, or on social channels – at no extra cost to you.
My goal is for your experience here to focus on helpful content, without random pop-ups or distracting ads. Working with affiliates helps support our family, and I’m grateful for your support! Please know I only recommend products I’ve personally used or carefully researched, and that I truly believe may be helpful to you.
Website Photography Policy
All images on this site watermarked with “Peggy Pulvermacher,” “Blooming Rock Homestead,” or “Faith and Farmin’” are copyrighted by Margaret “Peggy” Pulvermacher, unless otherwise noted.
These images may not be edited, cropped, or resized for any use, including print, digital, or social media, without my express permission. If permission is granted, any changes to the original image must be approved in advance.
Thank you for respecting my work and helping to protect the integrity of these images.
Return & Refund Policy
Digital Products
Because digital downloads, such as e-books, photos, or digital art, can’t be returned once delivered, all digital sales are final. If you have any trouble accessing or using your files, please reach out so I can make sure you receive everything you purchased.
Shipped Products
Items that are printed or made to order are created just for you. Returns and refunds are only available if an item arrives damaged, defective, or incorrect. If that happens, please contact me within 7 days of delivery and include a photo of the issue so I can make it right.
Medical Disclaimer
This blog sometimes provides general information and discussion about medicine, health, nutrition, and related topics. I make every effort to use current information from trusted sources. However, the medical field is always evolving, and new discoveries are made all the time. I am human, so there may occasionally be mistakes or errors.
The content on this blog, including comments and any linked materials, is not intended and should not be construed as medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. I am not a doctor and do not hold a medical degree. The content reflects my personal experiences, opinions, and information I have found helpful.
Please consult a licensed physician or healthcare professional before starting any new regimen. If you or someone you know has a medical concern, seek professional guidance. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay seeking it. In the case of a medical emergency, contact a doctor immediately.
Privacy Policy
Blooming Rock Homestead (Peggy Pulvermacher) is committed to protecting your privacy online. This Privacy Policy describes the personal information collected through this website at bloomingrockhomestead.com (the “Site”), how it’s collected and what it’s used for.
The term “personal information” is defined as information you voluntarily provide to us that personally identifies you and/or your contact information, such as your name, phone number, and email address.
Who your personal data is shared with
Site data is not shared with anyone.
What, why, and how personal data is collected
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the Site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the Site, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the Site can download and extract any location data from images on the Site.
Contact forms
Contact form submissions are kept for a certain period for customer service purposes, but the information submitted through them is not used for marketing purposes.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this Site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Analytics
Anonymous analytics data is provided by Jetpack and Google Analytics.
How long your data is retained
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so the Site can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue. For users that register on the Site (if any), the personal information they provide in their user profile is also stored. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Site administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this Site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data held about you, including any data you have provided. You can also request that any personal data held about you be erased. This does not include any data the Site is obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Cookie Policy
About this cookie policy
This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are and how we use them, the types of cookies we use i.e, the information we collect using cookies and how that information is used, and how to control the cookie preferences. For further information on how we use, store, and keep your personal data secure, see our Policy Privacy above. You can at any time change or withdraw your consent from the Cookie Declaration on our website. Learn more about who we are, how you can contact us, and how we process personal data in our Privacy Policy. Your consent applies to the following domains: bloomingrockhomestead.com[Wisconsin]
What are cookies ?
Cookies are small text files that are used to store small pieces of information. They are stored on your device when the website is loaded on your browser. These cookies help us make the website function properly, make it more secure, provide better user experience, and understand how the website performs and to analyze what works and where it needs improvement.
How do we use cookies ?
As most of the online services, our website uses first-party and third-party cookies for several purposes. First-party cookies are mostly necessary for the website to function the right way, and they do not collect any of your personally identifiable data.
The third-party cookies used on our website are mainly for understanding how the website performs, how you interact with our website, keeping our services secure, providing advertisements that are relevant to you, and all in all providing you with a better and improved user experience and help speed up your future interactions with our website.
What types of cookies do we use ?
Essential: Some cookies are essential for you to be able to experience the full functionality of our site. They allow us to maintain user sessions and prevent any security threats. They do not collect or store any personal information. For example, these cookies allow you to log-in to your account and add products to your basket, and checkout securely.
Statistics: These cookies store information like the number of visitors to the website, the number of unique visitors, which pages of the website have been visited, the source of the visit, etc. These data help us understand and analyze how well the website performs and where it needs improvement.
Marketing: Our website displays advertisements. These cookies are used to personalize the advertisements that we show to you so that they are meaningful to you. These cookies also help us keep track of the efficiency of these ad campaigns.
The information stored in these cookies may also be used by the third-party ad providers to show you ads on other websites on the browser as well.
Functional: These are the cookies that help certain non-essential functionalities on our website. These functionalities include embedding content like videos or sharing content of the website on social media platforms.
How can I control the cookie preferences ?
Should you decide to change your preferences later through your browsing session, you can click on the “Privacy & Cookie Policy” tab on your screen. This will display the consent notice again enabling you to change your preferences or withdraw your consent entirely.
In addition to this, different browsers provide different methods to block and delete cookies used by websites. You can change the settings of your browser to block/delete the cookies.
If you have any concerns regarding the Privacy Policy, Disclosures, or Disclaimers; please use our Contact form.