Melissa K. Norris inspires people's faith and pioneer roots with her books, podcast, and blog. Melissa lives with her husband and two children in their own little house in the big woods in the foothills of the North Cascade Mountains. When she's not wrangling chickens and cattle, you can find her stuffing Mason jars with homegrown food and playing with flour and sugar in the kitchen.
By Melissa Norris | Food Preservation , Podcast
How do you know if a canning recipe is safe? Or what do you do when someone isn’t following canning safety? Is there a way to tell if a jar of home canned food someone has given you is safe? These are legit questions and concerns. I’m thrilled there are so many people getting back […]
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | Homestead Life , Podcast
Learn how my 6 tips to create a successful homestead business. This is Part 2 of our series, you can catch part 1 of How to Make Money Homesteading here You’ve chosen how you’re going to make an income and are ready to start bringing in the money honey. But creating a true and profitable […]
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | Homestead Life , Podcast
How to make money homesteading, because let’s face it, most of us could use some extra cash and there’s not much more homesteady (did I just create a new word) than having your land and homestead create your income. You can find lots of lists online on how to make money homesteading, but most of […]
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How to stay cool in summer naturally without electricity or air conditioning or a pool- aka straight up homesteader and pioneer style. Summer is one of the busiest times on our homestead with raising a garden and preserving as much of that harvest as possible. We don’t have air conditioning and though I shared my […]
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | Food Preservation , Podcast
How to pick the best preserving methods for you summer harvest for a year’s worth of food, or if not a year’s worth of food, how to preserve it to keep it from going bad before you and your family can eat it. I invited back Carolyn Thomas of HomesteadingFamily.com to discuss how we go […]
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How to keep your house cool in summer without electricity when and you’re in full board preserving mode, aka a homesteader kitchen in summer is vastly different than the majority of main stream society, can be a challenge. We’ve got bread to bake, cast iron skillets to sizzle, Mason jars and canners waiting to be […]
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | Food Preservation , Podcast
Home food preservation- how to create a preserving plan for a year’s worth of food to help keep you same, manage your time, and get the harvest put up! We plan out our garden, start seeds, plant, lovingly tend to it, get a little sad over thinning out our darlings, water it, and then when […]
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | Gardening , Podcast
Saving time in the garden is important, because modern homesteaders need all the time they can get for preserving, crafting and some time enjoying their haven. One of the things that all of us wants is to have is a beautiful crop from whatever it is we’re planting. We want to get the most produce […]
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | Cattle , Livestock , Podcast
Keeping a family milk cow or having a home dairy on the homestead is something I’ve long considered. Grass fed organic raw milk at he store is hard to come by… and you’re also paying more for all that wonderfulness. Dreams of cream, farmers cheese, cream cheese, buttermilk, glass jars of creamy white milk lined […]
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | Lifestyle , Podcast
Tips for homesteading off-grid, living without running water or a refrigerator, and how to get creative using old-fashioned pioneer skills to preserve your food. Learn how one family is using solar power to live off grid in a one room cabin without running water or a refrigerator, just like the pioneer families of old, and […]
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