If you want to learn how to use herbs medicinally and not only medicinally but also grow them,

I can think of little else that gets me excited as knowing I can literally grow our medicine right outside our back door, then you, my friend, are going to want to make

sure that you are registered and signed up for our herbal summer series. This is completely free, though you definitely could charge for it because it is

packed with information. Once you sign up starting in August, every week you are going to get an email from me going over my top 10 favorite herbs.

Each week we are going to pick one of those herbs and do a deep dive on how to grow that herb,

but more importantly, how to use it, including safety, and if you should use it or not if you are pregnant or breastfeeding.

We go through all of the cautions, the medicinal properties, and its uses.

So when you get done done you will have in your pocket and hopefully by

that point in your medicine cabinet my favorite top 10 herbs to always have at the ready. Go to Melissa K Norris.com forward slash

summer herb and make sure that you get registered. Summer school is in session and it has never been better.

You're listening to the Pioneering Today podcast with Melissa Kianaurus inspiring

your faith and pioneer roots and this is episode number 65 11 ways to cook off-grid or without power.

So one of my favorite things about the pioneer days was their ability to accomplish so much without electricity.

It's amazing when you look at how reliant we are today on electricity.

When you look at how they lived and what they did,

many of us would be hard-pressed to make it a few hours, days, let alone

years, without our electricity and all of the stores that we have. Now I'm not saying that I don't appreciate my

power and use of said stores because I totally do and as long as they're here I

plan on using them. However, I also believe in knowing how to do things without those

said benefits. I'm often an eclectic mix of old-fashioned and modern and I'm guessing that you probably are too.

See? I knew we'd be fast friends. So cooking outdoors or off-grid which is just

aka without power,

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