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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.

Leisure Home & Garden How To Education
Update frequency
every 7 days
Average duration
38 minutes
Episodes
406
Years Active
2016 - 2025
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EP 438: Mistakes I Made Using Woodchips in the Garden (And How I FIXED Them)

EP 438: Mistakes I Made Using Woodchips in the Garden (And How I FIXED Them)

Join me with Back to Eden master Paul Gautschi as we discuss basic methods for using woodchips in the garden. He walks me through some of the common mistakes I made and how to fix them. I’m happy to …

00:22:53  |   Fri 09 Aug 2024
EP 437: Fast & Easy Ways to Preserve Food

EP 437: Fast & Easy Ways to Preserve Food

This week I’m sharing my favorite easy and FAST preservation methods. When the harvest comes on, it’s not always convenient timing. But we don’t want all our efforts to go to waste. Learn about my to…

00:17:42  |   Fri 02 Aug 2024
EP 436: Herbal Elixers, Mocktails, and Shrubs with Laura Gilmore

EP 436: Herbal Elixers, Mocktails, and Shrubs with Laura Gilmore

This week I’m excited to have Laura Gilmour on the podcast talking about herbal elixirs, shrubs, cocktails and mocktails. She’s given me plenty of inspiration to start using my herb garden to create …

00:45:46  |   Fri 26 Jul 2024
EP: EP 435: Hidden Toxins in Foods & My 6 Month Detox

EP: EP 435: Hidden Toxins in Foods & My 6 Month Detox

This week I’m sharing part two of my health journey and updating you on my six-month toxin results. Though I’m not going to disclose my exact detox protocol (because it’s so individualized based on m…

00:29:16  |   Fri 19 Jul 2024
EP: 434 Health Update: Toxin Results & What You Need to Know

EP: 434 Health Update: Toxin Results & What You Need to Know

This week I’m sharing my health journey and update on some toxin testing I’ve been doing for better health. It’s been quite the journey, but one I’m happy to share about because I know I’m not the on…

00:22:12  |   Fri 12 Jul 2024
EP: 433 Raising Goats for Dairy, Meat & Packing w/ Marc Warnke

EP: 433 Raising Goats for Dairy, Meat & Packing w/ Marc Warnke

Join me with guest Marc Warnke as he nearly convinces me to get goats again! We’re talking all things raising goats, from the space and supplies required, time it takes to milk them daily, and the va…

00:50:57  |   Fri 21 Jun 2024
EP: 432 Homesteading 101 Series (Back to the Basics): Preserving

EP: 432 Homesteading 101 Series (Back to the Basics): Preserving

Join me as I continue on in this Homesteading 101 Series (Back to the Basics). Today’s episode is all about the basics of preserving. There are ten different methods I’ll discuss in today’s podcast, …

00:45:41  |   Fri 07 Jun 2024
EP: 431 - Why Every Homestead Should Adopt These Regenerative Agriculture Practices Now

EP: 431 - Why Every Homestead Should Adopt These Regenerative Agriculture Practices Now

In the realm of sustainable farming practices, regenerative agriculture has really come to the forefront of our attention. It provides hope with a holistic approach to land stewardship that goes beyo…

00:36:42  |   Fri 31 May 2024
EP: 430 - Healthy Soda Alternatives with CeAnne Kosel from Farmhouse Teas

EP: 430 - Healthy Soda Alternatives with CeAnne Kosel from Farmhouse Teas

This week I’m sharing a bit more about my own health journey and what I learned about the dangers of soda. I’m excited to have CeAnne Kosel from Farmhouse Teas joining me as she’s a wealth of informa…

00:44:46  |   Fri 24 May 2024
EP: 429 Must Have Herbs for Your FIRST-AID KIT with Dr. Patrick Jones

EP: 429 Must Have Herbs for Your FIRST-AID KIT with Dr. Patrick Jones

While I continue my podcast break, please enjoy this podcast episode that was published as a YouTube video only. I’m interviewing Dr. Patrick Jones on the medicinal herbs I’m growing in my garden, pl…

00:22:06  |   Fri 03 May 2024
EP: 428 Start Using These NOW for Your Animals | Herbal Remedies for Livestock & Animals w/ Doc Jones

EP: 428 Start Using These NOW for Your Animals | Herbal Remedies for Livestock & Animals w/ Doc Jones

I know last week I said I’d be taking a break from podcasting, and while that’s still true, I just couldn’t leave you all hanging for three whole weeks. So this week and next week I have a couple of …

00:48:56  |   Fri 26 Apr 2024
EP: 427 Save Big on Animal Feed: Historical Fodder for Today w/ Deanne Converse

EP: 427 Save Big on Animal Feed: Historical Fodder for Today w/ Deanne Converse

Join me with my guest Deanne Converse as we discuss ways to become more self-sustainable with our livestock feed costs. Deanne is sharing her years of experience in feeding livestock without the feed…

00:48:56  |   Fri 19 Apr 2024
EP: 426 Homesteading 101 Series (Back to the Basics): Livestock

EP: 426 Homesteading 101 Series (Back to the Basics): Livestock

Join me as I continue on in this Homesteading 101 Series (Back to the Basics). Today’s episode is all about the basics of raising livestock, and I’ll heavily focus on cattle. If you’ve ever wanted to…

01:06:38  |   Fri 12 Apr 2024
EP: 425 Seed Freedom & Resilience Why Open Pollinated Is More Important than Ever Siskiyou Seeds

EP: 425 Seed Freedom & Resilience Why Open Pollinated Is More Important than Ever Siskiyou Seeds

Join me and my guest, Don Tipping from Siskiyou Seeds as we discuss the history of seeds and seed saving and how it’s changed over the past 100 years. Our conversation takes a deep dive into how seed…

00:58:52  |   Fri 05 Apr 2024
EP: 424 Growing Fruit Trees Fast with Susan Poizner

EP: 424 Growing Fruit Trees Fast with Susan Poizner

Join me and my guest, Susan Poizner, as we discuss the basics of growing fruit trees. With a few tips under your belt, you’ll know what fruit tree varieties will work best for your climate, when to p…

01:02:45  |   Fri 29 Mar 2024
EP: 423 Homesteading 101 Series (Back to the Basics): Gardening

EP: 423 Homesteading 101 Series (Back to the Basics): Gardening

Join me as I continue on in this Homesteading 101 Series (Back to the Basics). Today’s episode is all about the basics of gardening. Which ultimately means understanding the basics of soil. You don’t…

00:41:56  |   Fri 22 Mar 2024
EP: 422 The Medicinal Benefits of Mushrooms with Dr. Christopher Hobbs

EP: 422 The Medicinal Benefits of Mushrooms with Dr. Christopher Hobbs

Join me for this podcast interview with Dr. Christopher Hobbs as we discuss the health benefits of mushrooms. The benefits are vast, and when you consider that you can easily grow mushrooms at home (…

01:07:38  |   Fri 15 Mar 2024
EP: 421 Growing Nut Trees on a Homestead Scale (What You Need to Know)

EP: 421 Growing Nut Trees on a Homestead Scale (What You Need to Know)

One of the crops that’s easily overlooked for growing a sustainable food source on the homestead is the nut tree. As with fruit trees, once a nut tree is established, it can produce food for your fam…

00:49:53  |   Fri 08 Mar 2024
EP: 420 Homesteading 101: Back to the Basics Series

EP: 420 Homesteading 101: Back to the Basics Series

Join me for this podcast series on Homesteading 101: Back to the Basics. We know countless people are joining this homesteading movement, and I would like to hold the door open and welcome you in. In…

00:26:27  |   Fri 01 Mar 2024
EP: 419 GMO Seeds & The Recent Changes You Need to Be Aware Of

EP: 419 GMO Seeds & The Recent Changes You Need to Be Aware Of

For the first time ever, genetically modified seeds have been made available to the common gardener for home use. I’ve been hearing from many home gardeners how excited they are to grow this new vari…

00:30:26  |   Fri 23 Feb 2024
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