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.

Hey guys and welcome to episode number 247 of the pioneering today podcast.

I'm your host Melissa Kay Norris, best-selling author of three books including my newest book The Family Garden Plan, which if you are looking to grow more of your own food this year than

last year, whether that means you are a beginner gardener or an advanced gardener, you are going

to want to get your hands on a copy of that book.

At the time of this recording there is a lot of concern over the food supply because none of us really know what's going to

happen with the whole coronavirus.

But the good news is that this is the best time of year. I know that sounds kind of funny

But I truly am the glass is half full. There's always a silver lining and honest to goodness this time a year is the best year that something like this could happen because there is plenty of time no matter where you live basically in any climate in the northern

hemisphere where we're going into spring right now to still plant your

garden. There's still time to seed start. There's still time to put in

fruit trees and berry plants and elderberries, your flowering medicinal herbs, your

herbal plants, your perennialsials and of course your annual

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