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Melissa K. Norris

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Grow Your Own Food

Learning how to grow your own food at home is an amazing thing. There's nothing like stepping outside your back door and picking your groceries straight from the garden.

Resources for growing your own food

There are so many reasons to get excited about growing your own food. It's frugal. That alone is reason enough because I don't know anyone who wouldn't like to shave a little bit more off their grocery bill, right?

I encourage everyone to grow at least one thing themselves. No matter where you live, you can grow at least one thing, apartment homesteader, I'm talking to you.

Learning to Grow an Heirloom Garden

10 Easy Steps to Grow Your Own Food

4 Tips to Successfully Growing Your Own Food from a 4th Generation Homesteader

How to save your garden seed- Seed Saving 101

How to start seeds indoors

10 Tips to for Organic Gardening and Pest Control

How to Plant and Grow Potatoes

How to Plant and Grow Beets

How to Prune Tomatoes for a Larger Harvest

Small Space Gardening

How to Grow Basil Indoors Without Dirt

How to Plant Garlic

How to Grow Fruit

How to Grow Fruit Trees

When and How to Plant Fruit Trees

How to Plant Strawberries

How to Prune Raspberries

How to Tie and Trellis Raspberries

How to Prune Blueberries for a Larger Harvest

How to Raise Livestock

5 Tips to Success Raising Backyard Laying Hens

10 Tips on Raising Meat Chickens

How to Butcher Chickens at Home

12 Tips to Raising Pigs for Meat

Raising Your Own Grass Fed Beef

Learn how to return to a simple and frugal life in The Made-From-Scratch Life.

For more on growing and raising your own food, check out The Made-From-Scratch Life


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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

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  • Everything Worth Preserving
  • The Family Garden Planner
  • Handmade
  • The Made from Scratch Life
  • The Family Garden Plan

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


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