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.

Hello and welcome to the Pioneering Today podcast with me Melissa K Norris where we inspire your

faith and your pioneer roots. Today is episode

number 95 and I am going to be sharing it was originally titled three tips but

it ended up evolving into a lot more than three so let's say

five tips for a frugal homestead and homemade Christmas and as we share these

tips as we get into the further ones, they are definitely more homestead related, but really even these beginning ones, even though they may seem simple, have really been key in helping me to keep our Christmas season where it needs to be

so that we don't overspend and that we enjoy the season because it's not just about money

but it's also about our time. And I also want to specify, even though this is titled A Homemade and Homestead Christmas,

we do talk about purchasing things because there is very few.

I don't know if there's really any homesteaders that truly

are able to produce everything themselves and raise it on their homestead that they use.

So we do love to use as much as we can

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