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 Pioneer and Today podcast with me, Melissa K Norris, and this is episode number 108.

And we are diving into the world of natural remedies and recipes to repel bugs using natural products to repel insects and create a natural medicine cabinet

and having those natural remedies in your arsenal is pretty big on my list and

one of my main passions.

We do a lot of camping and outdoor activities here on our homestead and living in the

Pacific Northwest especially as we move into spring and summertime and because we're pretty

rainy here we have a good breeding ground for mosquitoes and we have our fair share

of mosquitoes. Back in the day I used to use Diet. I would use Diet-based bug

sprays all the time because nobody likes mosquito bites and it's what everybody used which is not an excuse

but we've all said it and had that happen to us at least a few times in our lives and

I'm kind of cringing as I'm sharing this with you guys but I used to use D.

And even back then before I really started to

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