By Melissa Norris | Podcast
If you want to have an old fashioned Christmas, where the focus is on things being handmade, more on relationships with others, cutting out the stress factor, not being in huge long lines, or running around crazy when it comes to the holidays, then you my friend are in the right place. We are talking about […]
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | Homestead Life , Podcast
The biggest homestead mistakes we made and what to avoid on your homesteading journey… or another way of putting it, things I wish I had known to do differently. Hopefully, with my sharing these homestead tips you will not make these same mistakes so your journey goes a bit more smoothly than ours did. I […]
Read MoreBy Anastasia Sakawsky | Homestead Life
To some, it might sound crazy to prepare for Christmas now when fall has just barely begun. But for most modern homesteaders, preparing for winter is something we do from the last frost to the first. So why not prepare for Christmas too? In fact, I start preparing for Christmas on Boxing Day (the day […]
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | Gardening , Podcast , Raising Your Own Food
Grow more food next year with these 5 fall gardening tips, yes please. These tips apply if you are doing raised garden beds, container gardening, regular in the ground gardening, or any type of growing your own food, aka, universal no matter where or how you’re growing. Learn how to analyze this year’s garden for […]
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Seasonal living is about as old-fashioned and pioneer as you can get, where families are in touch and plan their lives (and kitchen) around the seasons. Even if you don’t live on a full homestead or have distinct seasons, you can use these tips as we move into the fall and winter season. Specifically today […]
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | DIY Recipes & Tutorials , essential oils , Natural Medicine Cabinet
A homemade wound healing salve is something everyone should have a recipe for and on hand, and this is the perfect all purpose healing salve to fit the bill. One of the beautiful things about a homemade natural salve recipe is you can customize it for your specific needs (anyone else a bit of a […]
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | Podcast , Preparedness/Survival , Skills
Today I am going over one of my favorite things and that is cooking with cast iron. We are going to go over the aspects of primitive outdoor cooking using cast iron. If you’ve been curious or timid about cooking with cast iron and how to use this pioneering method of cooking, then you my friend […]
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Homemade freezer meals and real food batch cooking should have a place in your meal planning, especially if you struggle to find the time to make everything from scratch but don’t want to sacrifice your families health with processed convenience food. Today we are talking about freezer meals and batch cooking. For some of you who […]
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | Canning , Food Preservation , Fruit, Jam and Jelly
Learning how to can apple pie filling means you never have to buy apples out of season, when they cost an arm and a leg, and it also means you can have pie whenever you want. Which makes it one of my favorite pantry staples. Nothing says fall like a good crisp apple. I love […]
Read MoreBy Melissa Norris | Homestead Life , Podcast
I often get asked for advice on what to look for when purchasing homesteading property. What are the top things to look for, how do you analyze, how do you make the decision on where you’re moving? If you’ve been curious about this yourself, then you my friend are in for a treat today. I’ve […]
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