Essential Skills for the Modern Homesteader

Pioneering Today

Melissa K Norris

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

4.9 • 931 Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2023

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

One of the most commonly asked questions I get is how does someone start homesteading. I get this question from people who already have their forever homestead, and from people who don’t yet have that property. Truth be told, there’s a LOT you can be doing to prepare yourself for this modern homesteading lifestyle right now, no matter where you live. From an apartment in the city, to 40 acres on a homestead, there are skills you can be learning and mastering that will bring you in to this modern homestead life. For more information and any links mentioned in this episode, visit: https://melissaknorris.com/388.

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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.
1:25.8	Hey pioneers, welcome to episode number 388. Today's episode we are going to be talking
1:32.4	about a beginner's guide to homesteading.
1:35.6	So if you are on my email list I send out a survey asking what kind of
1:41.7	questions you guys have and if I were to dedicate a
1:47.2	the very next newsletter that goes out to you on a topic what would that be? And a lot of you sent in and said you really wanted something
1:58.2	that was geared toward beginner homesteading. And a lot of you don't actually have your acreage yet or really
2:07.0	feel like you are homesteading, that it's something that you want to be doing soon.
2:12.0	So I thought let's just tackle this. that it's something that you want to be doing soon.
2:12.6	So I thought, let's just tackle this
2:16.1	right from the beginning on, first off,
2:18.5	what the definition of homesteading.
2:20.6	What is homesteading actually mean? And then go through criteria for
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