Melissa K. Norris
  • Start here
  • Podcast
  • Articles
  • Books
    • The Family Garden Planner
    • The Family Garden Plan
    • Hand Made
    • The Made From Scratch Life
  • Classes
  • Academy
Log In

Living Homegrown
& Handmade

Simple Modern Homesteading for a Healthy & Self-Sufficient Life


Howdy, I’m Melissa.

Welcome to My Homestead.

I’m just a plain country girl who loves playing in the dirt, stuffing food into Mason jars (after I wash my hands of course), and hunting down as many traditional old-fashioned skills as I can to put into use on our homestead.

We live on 14.96 acres in the foothills of the North Cascade mountain range of Washington state. We raise 100% of our own meat from our organic grass fed beef (holler to the sturdy white faced brown Herefords), a flock of hens for fresh eggs, meat chickens we butcher ourselves, and organic pork (cuz you haven’t eaten bacon until you’ve had home grown).

More About Melissa

Hey, Friend…

Get the best homesteading resources & tips

Grow a Year's Worth of Food

Increase your harvest with easy natural and organic methods that work.

GET THE WORKSHEETS & BOOK NOW

Listen to the Top-Ranked Modern Homesteading Podcast-Pioneering Today

Learn the best tips and tricks from growing a homestead garden, preserving the harvest, raising your own livestock, creating a homestead kitchen, and building a natural medicine cabinet from Melissa, a 5th generation homesteader, and other homesteading experts living this lifestyle.

Check Out The Episodes

Join us FREE for the conversation each week.

Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Spotify TuneIn Overcast

The latest podcast

Episode #294

American Guinea Hogs – Were They Really Worth It?

Planting Berry Bushes and Fruit Trees (How Many Fruit & Berry Plants Per Person)

Episode #293

Homesteading + Making Money (How to do it All)

Homestead & Old-Fashioned Living Articles

How to Make Real Buttermilk (Cultured Buttermilk Recipe)

Dried elderberries in a jar and two small jars of elderberry syrup sitting on a counter.

How to Make Elderberry Syrup + Additional Add-Ins

woman in pasture with cattle

Planning your Livestock for a Year's Worth of Meat per Person

A woman's hand putting whole grain into a measuring cup with a Mockmill home grain mill in the background.

13 Healthy Ingredients to Swap Out Now

Picture of a vegetable garden with mountains and a blue sky in the background.

13 Basic Steps to Starting a Vegetable Garden

Photo of chai tea concentrate being poured into a cup filled with a chai tea latte.

Chai Tea Concentrate (And Dirty Chai Recipe)

YouTube videos

We covered 1/2 the garden in wood chips | One Year Later | Did it IMPROVE the Soil?

We covered 1/2 the garden in wood chips | One Year Later | Did it IMPROVE the Soil?

Self-Sufficiency Tips from the Great Depression | What My Grandparents Raised

Self-Sufficiency Tips from the Great Depression | What My Grandparents Raised

She DOUBLED the Vegetable Harvest by doing this ONE Thing | Summer Garden Tour

She DOUBLED the Vegetable Harvest by doing this ONE Thing | Summer Garden Tour

How Much to Plant Per Person for a Year's Worth of Food

How Much to Plant Per Person for a Year's Worth of Food

Garden Tour (This FEEDS a Family of 4 for a Year)

Garden Tour (This FEEDS a Family of 4 for a Year)

14 Vegetables to Plant NOW for Fall Harvest [Fall Gardening]

14 Vegetables to Plant NOW for Fall Harvest [Fall Gardening]

See More Videos
Melissa K. Norris

Follow me:

  • Start Here
  • Courses
  • Academy
  • Contact
Log In

Articles

  • Gardening
  • Homesteading
  • Recipes
  • Lifestyle
  • DIY

Podcast

  • American Guinea Hogs – Were They Really Worth It?
  • Planting Berry Bushes and Fruit Trees (How Many Fruit & Berry Plants Per Person)
  • Homesteading + Making Money (How to do it All)
  • The Ultimate Seed Starting Guide- Planning, Starting & Mistakes to Avoid
  • How to Grow a Large Scale Garden & Livestock Without Acreage

Books

  • The Family Garden Planner
  • Hand Made
  • The Made From Scratch Life
  • The Family Garden Plan

Education

  • Organic Gardening Workshop
  • Home Fruit Preservative Canning e-course
  • Home Canning With Confidence
  • Homemade Bread & Baking Class
  • Natural Homemade Bath and Beauty
  • Pioneering Today Academy

Copyright 2021 - Melissa K. Norris Pioneering Today LLC

  • Privacy Policy
  • Affiliate Disclaimer
  • Terms of Use

Melissa K. Norris and Pioneering Today LLC is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.