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 the pioneering today podcast. This is episode number 125.

With me, Melissa K Norris, your host, where we teach families how to grow, preserve, and cook their

own food using old-fashioned skill sets and wisdom to create a natural self-sufficient home in a modern world.

One of my goals with the podcast is to walk you through season by season both with growing our own food, foraging and

preserving food and if you're not able to necessarily grow it yourself, you know that when it is in season or when it is coming on,

so that you can get that, preferably local if at all possible,

and then use it in your homestead so you're getting the benefits of those things even if you can't harvest them or grow them yourself yet.

And with the hopes that you'll be able to plan for the following season so that you may be able

to grow or to get that resource yourself so that you can plan ahead but still take advantage

of the right here and now. On today's episode we are

going to be diving into the world of maple syrup. We're going to be specifically

talking about tapping your own maple trees or

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