I’m the type of gal who loves free things and I’m guessing so do you. As my way of saying thanks for hanging with me, I have three free ebooks for my friends. (If you’re here I consider us friends, hope you feel the same)
Heirloom Gardening Guide-Plant to Save Money is a 40 page ebook of everything you need to know to get gardening with heirloom seeds.

- The difference between GMO, hybrid, and heirloom seeds
- Benefits of heirloom seeds and where to get them
- Customized plan for which plants will save your family the most money
- Planting worksheet at the end
- Introduction to seed saving
- Container planting and space saving
- Pest control
- Which veggies and fruits to plant for preserving the harvest and which preserving methods work best.
A FREE Bonus gift to my newsletter subscribers!
Once Upon a Snow Storm is a short historical romance and free to my author newsletter subscribers.
Will love thaw her heart before it’s too late?
Heat sparked Callie Olson’s cheeks. Her breath stuck in her chest. What was Gary doing
back in town?
Her hands trembled as she folded the bolt of red flannel. His footfalls echoed across the
roughhewn boards of the mercantile. Clumps of snow fell from his boots. Dirty ice chunks
melted at his feet. I know how they feel.
7 Days to Simple-Purify Your Life has two of my favorite recipes that will help you simplify your kitchen. Including my thin crust tomato basil pizza, ready to eat in just 20 minutes, from starting the dough to pulling it out of the oven. It also will help you turn to Jesus first, as our lives will never feel simple or pure without Him. This is free to my newsletter subscribers.
Coming Closer to God in Your Daily Choices helps you take a look at things you do everyday that can easily be changed and will have a huge impact on your relationship with Jesus. This is free to my blog subscribers.
Here’s the bonus chapter to my book, Pioneering Today. It features my blackberry and dumplings recipe you won’t find anywhere else. For the first chapter and reviews of Pioneering Today click on the cover photo below.
Pioneering Today-Faith and Home the Old Fashioned Way Bonus Chapter.



I just signed up for your newsletter. I also downloaded your free book on Amazon and tweeted it. I look forward to delving into it. Thank you. Donna
Thanks, Donna! I hope you enjoy them. I’d love to hear what you think once you have a chance to read them. Blessings to you.
Melissa, I ordered Pioneering Today, and I must say wonderful, wonderful… I also subscribed to your newsletter and enjoyed your ebooks… while reading closer to God, my hubby and I were just talking last night on how to hear God Speak… I so get now, you said by reading and studying in the Bible, (the living word) stood out loud and clear… we have busy lives and finding the time has been an issue… but now I know it must be a priority… Thank you so much for sharing all of this…
One last thing I wanted to mention… on your blog I have difficulty seeing your words you wrote due to the background colors… i love the background though… just wanted to let you know … Connie
Connie, thank you so much. I love it when God uses something I’m reading to get a message to me, so I’m thrilled my words spoke to you.
I’ve had another reader say something isn’t loading right on the blog. It should be a background of an old house with white in the center and black text on the white. So I’m going to have to investigate. What web browser are you using? I have google chrome and it’s loading normal.
Hi Melissa! I am a subscriber to your newsletter already – that’s how I found out about the book…. would love to receive it (love your Pioneering one!!) … don’t see a link anywhere… What am I missing?? I have to ‘re-subscribe’??
Michelle,
If you have the newsletter you received via email yesterday, just click on the cover of the heirloom guide. It will take you directly to the book and you can read it there and if you want to save it, right click on it and choose the save as option and save it to your computer. Let me know if you can’t find it (melissa@melissaknorris.com) and I’ll email you the link again.
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Found you at the perfect time, planting my first herb garden this year. Look forward to receiving your newsletters and reading your books!
Glenda, I’m so happy you’re here. I’ll have posts on how to preserve and dry herbs this fall, too.
I am checking out your website thanks to CINDY WOODSMALL’S blog. I am definitely adding you to my watch list and I will be reading your articles!
God has blessed us with a garden for our own veggies, I hope to start canning this year, and plenty of chickens for our own eggs. The kids want to do some poultry raising for meat too this year.
I will be reading up about your herbs. This is an area I am not too familiar with.
Thank you for a wonderful site!
Sarah
God Bless!
Welcome, Sarah! I love Cindy’s blog and books, so I’m honored to have you come visit. I’ll be doing lots of canning posts as we get into that season, with some video tutorials as well, so I hope they’ll help you get started. Farm fresh eggs are the best!
Yeah so glad to find your site signed up for newsletters can hardly wait I am designing a sensory herb garden for my disabled son medical herbs fragrant and edible half way through at present so excited. Found you through Cindy’s Facebook page so glad she shared.
Nadine, what an honorable reason to plant a garden, and a beautiful gift to your son. I’d love to see a picture when your garden is done.
I have just retired at 62, I am re-starting gardening after year off. I need to keep us healthy as well as save money. I believe your book will be a great help! Thank you!!
Jan, congrats on re-starting your gardening! It does save money. Yesterday I made homemade chili with our own beef and all of the beans and veggies went into it were canned from our garden. I look forward to hearing about your gardening adventures!