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.

Welcome to episode number 169 of the Pioneering Today podcast.

We're going to be talking all about fruit plants. So putting in an orchard or

bury plants, it may be you've already got an existing or orchard and you need to do some work or bring in some new plants or you might not have any and you're looking to bring in your first one. So I'm really excited to talk about this with you guys today because at the time of this recording

it is the very tail end of January 2019 and we do have an existing orchard on our homestead that we put in ourselves,

oh my goodness, going on over 10 years now, as well as a lot of berry plants but I still this time of year usually

always bring in one or two more so we're kind of constantly growing so I'm gonna

walk you through the process and what we're doing here in our homestead and how I pick and why I bring certain things in as well as share to you why I've had to do that over the years so that you don't make the same mistakes that we made

in the very beginning when we were putting in our fruit trees and creating our mini orchard.

So welcome, this is the pioneering today podcast,

and I'm your host, Melissa Kay Norris,

the author of the Made From Scratch Life

and Handmade the Book. And this is where we don't just inspire you but I

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