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 this episode of the Pioneering Today podcast with me, Melissa Kay Norris,

where we inspire your faith and your pioneer roots. Today is episode

number 88 and I'm super excited to dive into one of my favorite things in the

whole wide world you guys is canning food at home.

So specifically I get asked this question fairly frequently and I think it's a really good question to dive in and answer and kind of dissect and look at because I

think when we're doing anything you know what really anything not just

necessarily homesteading and that kind of a thing in saving money and

being frugal and self-sufficient and all those wonderful things that we love here on

the Pioneer Today podcast but we really need to evaluate and make sure that it is worth doing and that it's really benefiting

us and I think from time to time it's super important that we kind of step back and do that evaluation on the things that we're spending our time on.

So today specifically we are talking about home canning. Is home canning really worth it?

And does it save money to can at home because I get asked this a lot and especially

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