9 Tips How to Prepare for Emergencies and Winter on the Homestead

Pioneering Today

Melissa K Norris

Cookingfromscratch, Oldfashionedliving, Selfsufficiency, Home & Garden, Gardening, Heirloomseeds, Homesteading, Growyourownfood, Education, Survival, Pioneeringtoday, Leisure, How To

4.9 • 931 Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2019

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Learn these 9 tips on how to prepare for winter and emergencies on the homestead now. Melissa walks you through where to start if you're beginning, how to do so without being overwhelmed, and where to build once you have your foundation so you're prepared no matter what winter or other emergencies come your way. For links to the resources and supplies Melissa uses on her homestead go here https://melissaknorris.com/196

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0:00.0	If you want to learn how to use herbs medicinally and not only medicinally but also grow them,
0:06.4	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
0:16.2	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
0:28.2	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.
0:40.0	Each week we are going to pick one of those herbs and do a deep dive on how to grow that herb,
0:47.8	but more importantly, how to use it, including safety, and if you should use it or not if you are pregnant or breastfeeding.
0:56.9	We go through all of the cautions, the medicinal properties, and its uses.
1:02.1	So when you get done done you will have in your pocket and hopefully by
1:06.2	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
1:18.2	summer herb and make sure that you get registered. Summer school is in session and it has never been better.
1:25.2	Welcome to episode number 196 of the pioneering today podcast.
1:30.2	Today we are going to be talking about getting things ready on the homestead for the winter months.
1:41.0	This is a question that has come up in a couple of different places this last week and I feel like whenever I hear people asking the same question, then it's definitely something that we need to talk about here on the podcast because if a few of you have
1:54.2	that question then I know the rest of you guys probably do as well.
2:00.0	Let me welcome you first to the pioneering today podcast.
2:02.9	My name is Melissa K Norris, and this is where
2:05.8	we talk about all things living, homegrown, and handmade,
2:09.8	where we use modern homesteading to raise preserve and cook our own organic food no matter where we live.
2:17.6	At the time of this recording, we just got back from our week-long yearly family vacation.
2:24.1	We went with extended family and we shared and rented a houseboat on a lake for five days,
2:32.1	which was really fun. We pretty much had great weather up until the very last day when we were coming in.
2:38.0	It began Thunder and Lightning, which makes it really easy to come home from vacation if you are out on a lake on a boat
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