What's up everyone? Welcome back to the Epic Gardening Podcast. We're joined again by

the amazing Melissa Norris, a fifth generation homesteader. She is the host of the

pioneering today podcast. Today podcast, amazing

YouTube channel as well.

I'd recommend you checking that out.

And she has an upcoming book,

her third traditionally published book

called The Family Garden Plan.

Now today, we're going to be discussing something that I think all of us

care a lot about and that is seed starting in a frugal way. I know, I don't know about you Melissa,

maybe just due to your family history of growing up growing

food maybe you've avoided some of this stuff but I know for me when I first started

out gardening I bought bought a lot of different little tools and trinkets that I don't use now and so for seed

starting I think getting someone off on a frugal foot is a really good idea.

Yeah, and you're right.

It can, you can make anything expensive,

but I feel especially with gardening can get expensive really quick

unless you have done it for a while

or have someone to say oh no these are the

essentials you don't really need all of that and seed starting definitely can be one of

those areas so some of my favorite things is I don't buy seed starting containers.

There's just really no need and I know that even if you do buy them we can

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