Pioneering Today
Pioneering Today is all about getting back to basics, simple living, and self-sufficiency with old-fashioned skills and wisdom in a modern world. With heirloom gardening, canning, preserving the harvest, from scratch cooking, raising your own food, including livestock (backyard chickens, pigs, and cattle), natural medicine, herbs, DIY like soap making along with living a simple self-sufficient life, no matter where you live. Hosted by 5th generation homesteader, Melissa K. Norris, author of The Made-from-Scratch Life. This podcast brings you the conversation from MelissaKNorris.com and The Pioneering Today Academy, with Q&A's, teaching, tutorials, and always giving you practical ways and tips to live the simple and self-sufficient life.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 38 minutes
- Episodes
- 407
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
Beginner's Guide to Soap Making
Learn why store bought soap is a poor alternative, why homemade soap is better, the actual chemical process of making soap, the 3 methods or types of soap making, and how to choose which is the best …
Time & Budget Saving Tips from the Great Depression
Learn these easy time saving tips that help keep the grocery budget down (and your energy bill) when serving up from scratch foods to your family. Shared from the Great Depression and my homestead ki…
12 Tips to Get Your Homestead Ready for Winter
I share the exact steps we take to get our home and homestead ready for winter, from livestock, to the garden, inside and more.
5 Tips to Cut Debt Homesteader Style & My Story Quitting My Day Job
Learn the tips we used to cut our debt and enable me to quit my day job
5 Tips from the Pioneers to Increase Self-Sufficiency Now
Learn these 5 tips to take your harvest further, how to create your own natural medicine items, and putting all parts of the harvest to work in multiple ways.
Dear Forbes, Homesteading and Self-Reliance is a Delusion?
Are homesteaders truly self-reliant? Looking at the myth of self-reliance in a modern age and back through history.
In answer to Forbes article on Homesteading and Self-Reliance is a Delusion from a…
How to Make Homemade Soap with Natural Colorants
Learn the benefits of homemade soap, how to source natural fats, and using natural colorants to create vibrant colors that are nourishing with herbs and spices.
Einkorn- History, Health, and Baking Tips
Learn about ancient grains, how they differ from modern wheat, and the health benefits to Einkorn. Plus, tips to altering your recipes and baking with Einkorn to ensure delicious meals for you and yo…
The Truth About Essential Oils & How to Stay Safe
In this episode I share why the truth about essential oils and how to stay safe when using them. The story of how I got started with essential oils, why I stopped using them for a time, and how I now…
7 Natural Remedies for Cough and Colds
My favorite 7 Natural Remedies I immediately put into practice to help treat coughs and colds.
Natural Remedies to Repel Insects
Learn how to use insect repelling herbs and essential oils safely to create your own homemade bug block.
A Pioneer Kitchen
A pioneer kitchen consisted of basic tools to help them provide food for their family. These tools were found in kitchens a 100 years ago or more, but should still be used in every home and kitchen t…
Raising Baby Chicks- Complete Guide for the First 6 Weeks
Learn how to care for your baby chicks to set them up for a successful life span and providing you with fresh healthy food, that doesn't come from the grocery store. Our guide for the first 6 weeks.
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Growing Herbs for the Kitchen
Growing herbs for the kitchen is a great way to stock both your spice and natural medicine cabinet without having to buy them from the store. I share our 5 favorite best herbs to grow in pots when cr…
Permaculture Gardening Beginners Guide
Permaculture Gardening- Beginners Guide with 9 easy tips to implement in your garden today. Learn exactly what permaculture means, how to begin adding permaculture design to your garden, with both y…
Behind the Scenes on Our Homestead
I share what we've been struggling with and the criteria we use to decide what crops are worth it to grow at home and what ones we purchase from the store. And a little bit about why you haven't hear…
Best Seed Starting Containers and Tips
Learn the best seed starting container choices, reusing items in your home already, and how to choose which is best for which type of plant. Tips for starting your seeds and germination and special i…
5 Tips to Add Extra Hours to Your Week that Actually Week
Feel like you have way more to do than hours in a day or week? You're not alone. These are 5 tips to help you find more time in your days and weeks so you can focus on the things that are important t…
The Real Cost of Raising a Garden Part 1
Look at the real cost of putting in a vegetable garden, from raised beds to in the ground gardening, with case studies from other gardeners, and how much money we save by growing our own vegetables t…