The Ultimate Seed Starting Guide
Pioneering Today Podcast - Homesteading in a Modern World
Melissa K Norris
4.8 • 978 Ratings
🗓️ 16 February 2018
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Everything you need to know about starting seeds at home, when to start them for your area, which seeds to start indoors and which ones you shouldn't. Plus get our FREE seed starting blueprint and chart.
Includes 5 mistakes homesteaders and gardeners make when seed starting and how to avoid them, plus my favorite resources to use with seed starting.
Find out how to get a free packet of my families heirloom Tarheel green pole beans. All of the show notes, resources, and freebies are at Episode #130 on the website here
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| 0:00.0 | If you want to learn how to use herbs medicinally and not only medicinally but also grow them, |
| 0:06.4 | 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 |
| 0:16.2 | 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 |
| 0:28.2 | 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. |
| 0:40.0 | Each week we are going to pick one of those herbs and do a deep dive on how to grow that herb, |
| 0:47.8 | but more importantly, how to use it, including safety, and if you should use it or not if you are pregnant or breastfeeding. |
| 0:56.9 | We go through all of the cautions, the medicinal properties, and its uses. |
| 1:02.1 | So when you get done done you will have in your pocket and hopefully by |
| 1:06.2 | 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 |
| 1:18.2 | summer herb and make sure that you get registered. Summer school is in session and it has never been better. |
| 1:26.8 | You are listening to episode number 130 of the Pioneering Today podcast, the ultimate seed starting guide, planning, starting, and mistakes |
| 1:37.1 | to avoid to successfully grow your own food. Seed starting can be an excellent way to extend your harvest and |
| 1:45.6 | depending upon your location in some instances seed starting is the only way |
| 1:50.2 | you're actually going to be able to grow and harvest certain crop. |
| 1:54.8 | But not all seeds should be started and if you have ever had your seedlings die or you're |
| 2:01.0 | wondering which seed should I be starting and when should I be |
| 2:04.8 | starting them how do I go about this do I really need to have a grow light and what |
| 2:10.3 | are the things that I need to know to make sure I don't put all of this work in and then my seedlings don't make it. |
| 2:17.0 | This, my friend, is the episode for you. |
| 2:20.0 | Welcome to today's episode with me, Melissa K Norris, your host, |
| 2:24.7 | where we help you raise, cook and preserve |
| 2:30.0 | your own food with old-fashioned wisdom and skill sets for a farm-to-table experience with or without |
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