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

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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. This is episode number 99

where we're going to be sharing 8 plus tips for cutting out sugar.

So I want to welcome you.

My name is Melissa Kay Norris and this is where we inspire your faith and your pioneer roots.

Typically we talk about modern homesteading, self-sufficiency,

cooking from scratch, old-fashioned tips,

and cutting out sugar might not necessarily seem like it falls into that, but it really does because if we take a look back at the pioneers, even just going back a hundred years and of course much further,

they did not eat anywhere near the amount of processed sugar that the

mainstream or modern Westernized that the

modern westernized diet, American diet that we consume on an average basis.

Now, there's a huge difference.

And there's a lot of reasons for wanting to cut back on the sugar or

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