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Melissa K. Norris

Melissa K. Norris

Simple Modern Homesteading for a Healthy & Self-Sufficient Life

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Simple Living Starts Here

Are you concerned about where your food comes from, the rising costs of feeding your family, or what’s in the cleaning products you use every day?

The Made-from-Scratch Life includes helpful charts, checklists, recipes, and strategies to help you incorporate time-tested homesteading practices into your everyday life.         

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In The Made-from-Scratch Life, Melissa shares detailed advice on how to…

  • grow and preserve your own fruits and vegetables
  • build a well-stocked pantry
  • cook hearty meals featuring homegrown ingredients
  • create safe and effective cleaning products     
  • raise animals for healthier and more sustainable sources of meat and dairy

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  • Pantry Prep 101 Worksheets

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About the Author

Melissa K. Norris believes that the simple things in life are truly the best and that everything just looks better in a Mason jar. Her mission is to inspire people’s faith and pioneer roots. Through her popular blog and podcast, Pioneering Today, she reaches hundreds of thousands of people, inspiring them to live their dreams, while sharing easy tips and ways to live frugal, grow it yourself, and make it at home pioneer style. Her advice has been featured in The New Pioneer Magazine, Self-Sufficiency Magazine, and Molly Green Magazine.

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Articles

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Podcast

Time Spent to Grow a Year’s Worth of Food

Fruits and Vegetables in Season by Month and Tips for Preservation

How to Start Seeds Indoors (Planning, Starting & Mistakes to Avoid)

Spring Gardening Tips to Increase Harvest Yield

Books

  • Everything Worth Preserving
  • The Family Garden Planner
  • Handmade
  • 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


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