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 | Podcast , Preparedness/Survival
Off grid living, many are intrigued by it and some dream about it. How about you, ever dreamt of living off-grid? If so then today’s topic is for you my friend. We’re talking about just what it takes to go from city life to off-grid living, and here to talk about all of this are […]
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | Natural Medicine Cabinet , Podcast , Raising Your Own Food
Medicinal herbs and their uses for growing an herbal tea garden, more specifically eight of my favorites! You ready? Today we’re diving into a fun subject, and that is how to grow herbal tea at home. Growing an herbal tea garden is fun because it’s really easy, and at the end you can dry your […]
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | Gardening , Podcast , Raising Your Own Food
Maximize your garden yield and beat overwhelm, almost sounds too good to be true, huh? When it comes to gardening, it can be really easy to fall behind and feel overwhelmed with everything that needs to be done, or even to miss important windows for planting certain crops or fertilizing for maximum production. And then […]
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | Gardening , Podcast , Raising Your Own Food
Tomato growing tips for a disease free harvest, can I get an amen! Today we are talking all about growing tomatoes; specifically, how to grow healthy tomatoes and how to avoid many of the common things that plague them. Because, as the saying goes, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. And […]
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | Podcast , Raising Your Own Food
How to start beekeeping, because honey bees offer us so much besides the delicious liquid gold we love to sweeten our foods. Even though when we typically think of livestock on the homestead, we tend to think of raising chickens for eggs and meat, cows for milk and grass-fed beef, maybe even goats and pigs, […]
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | Gardening , Podcast
Natural weed control and heirloom flowers in the garden. Can I get an amen? How to create beauty using flowers, not only in your homestead flower beds, but also in the vegetable garden so that you can create a haven wherever you look on your homestead. I do not have a ton of experience with flowers. […]
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | Herbal Remedies , Natural Medicine Cabinet , Podcast
Traditional fire cider recipe & benefits guide is the topic today where we are talking all about herbal remedies and their history and place now within our modern lives and healthcare. Fire cider is a long held old fashioned remedy that is used to boost the immune system and to help aid the upper respiratory […]
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | Homestead Life , Podcast
Urban homesteading – today we’re talking all about modern homesteading on a small property, because you do not need lots of land to start living a more self-sufficient lifestyle. In fact, my guest today has been homesteading on 1/10 of an acre for years! Now you may have more land than that. You may have a […]
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | Gardening , Podcast , Raising Your Own Food
Today we’re talking the best way to germinate seeds, including germination tips and how to get your seeds to sprout sooner, because the sooner those bad boys sprout, the sooner they grow into plants and the faster we are putting homegrown food on the table. Can I get an Amen? Listen in below to the […]
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | Podcast , Raising Your Own Food
How much time per week does it take to raise a year’s worth of food or a large vegetable garden with fruit? Today we’re diving into how much time it really takes to raise a year’s worth of food. This is a question I get asked often, so I wanted to share a glimpse into […]
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