Hey you guys, it's Carolyn from homesteading family. Now I've been preserving food for almost two decades,

and there are times I wish I could go back to my younger self and tell her what I now know. I wasted so many

hours sweating over hot canners and using untested recipes that resulted in wasted food. But while I can't go back in time, I can share

what I've learned over the years with you guys. So I'm hosting a free live online training

coming up on Thursday, June 19th, all about preserving. I'm sharing the lessons I wish I'd learn sooner, how to decide which preserving methods

to use when, and the basic steps to my top seven methods, and what you can do right now

to increase your food security.

So register now at homesteadingfamily.com forward slash podcast

dash live training. That's all one word. Now don't worry if you can't actually make it to the

live event, remember, it's online. You don't have to show up in person. But if you can't make it

even online on Thursday, June 19th, there will be a replay,

but you do have to be registered for this free event even to get access to the replay.

So register at homesteadingfamily.com forward slash podcast dash live training.

Hey, you guys, this is Carolyn with homesteading family.

And this week on the pantry chat, we have a special guest in house.

Actually, I'm in her house.

And so welcome to Melissa Norris from Melissa MelissaK.Norris.com.

I'm so excited to have it here.

And today we're going to be talking about stepping up your gardening so that you're actually growing a year's worth of a crop.

So I'm really excited about this because there are a lot of people out there who are like,

okay, I'm ready to go from like salad gardening or maybe hobby gardening to getting serious

about putting food on a pantry shelf.

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