Learn the money mistakes even frugal people make and how to get back on track homesteading style. 

Learn how to dry cure meat at home like the pioneers, which recipes and cuts don't require refrigeration, salt ratios, and safety to making shelf stable meats like salami, pepperoni, and prosciutto with traditional methods at home. 

Learn the best picks that double for companion planting and preserving while helping control pests naturally in the garden. 

Learn how much of each plant you need to plant in order to feed your family for a year. Old time advice on putting up enough food from what you've grown to last you all year. 

Put edible plants into your landscaping. Learn forgotten plants that are edible and how to incorporate these elements into existing areas or create brand new ones. 

What life was like during the Great Depression and 1940's without electricity or indoor plumbing. 

A lost historical canning recipe and life lessons from the Great Depression. Plus, a special invite to send in questions for the Q&A podcast with my father, who was raised during the Great Depression.

How to raise ducks & why they're our top pick for preppers and homesteaders wanting a daily egg source! 

Tips on raising chickens without heat lamps, best breeds for cold climates, and how to keep your flock healthy and warm like the pioneers. 

Learn how eating this one old-fashioned food daily helps naturally boost your immune system and how to make it in less than 15 minutes for half the cost of store bought! 

Which vegetables give you the most harvest for the smallest amount of space and are the best candidates for seed saving. We grow enough of these two plants to save the seed and preserve enough food to feed our family year round. 

Make your own homemade from scratch mixes for gifts. 

Learn how the pioneers celebrated Christmas and how to use the same tips to transform your Christmas into something special and memorable without spending money. 

Learn how to store vegetables using root cellar and cold storage techniques, even if you don't have a root cellar, for long term food storage!

Surprising lessons learned when we ate only from our food storage and pantry for two weeks straight. 

Find out these 7 things our great-grandparents did better than us and what steps we need to take to bring these back. Plus, a free 14 Day Eat from Your Food Storage/Preparedness Challenge!

7 herbs to use in your medicine cabinet for common ailments, plus safety tips and precautions. Create a medicine cabinet and preserve the knowledge our great-grandparents had while creating a more natural home.

Learn how to forage wild edibles and the rules to keep you and your family safe. 

Learn 11 ways to cook without power

Why everyone should be grinding their flour, not just for emergency or preparedness situations and how to choose which mill is right for you.

Learn these 10 ways to afford money in order to fund your simple life living, homesteading, and preparedness projects when you're broke. Things everyone can do and use to save money. 

10 tips for troubleshooting when making traditional jam and jelly without store bought pectin. Learn how to get your jam to set and what might be causing the problem. 

10 tips for troubleshooting when making traditional jam and jelly without store bought pectin. Learn how to get your jam to set and what might be causing the problem. 

10 tips for troubleshooting when making traditional jam and jelly without store bought pectin. Learn how to get your jam to set and what might be causing the problem. 

Learn how to make old-fashioned traditional jam at home without store bought pecting. Tips for natural pectin sources and safety on using older recipes. 

Learn why every home should be using a solar powered sun oven in their home. No electricity, no fuel, and no heating up the house. Plus, you can purify water and preserve food. 

Learn how to safely convert combination recipes for canning and important canning safety guidelines and rules. 

Learn these tips to keep your kitchen free from processed foods without feeling like all you do is cook!

Learn how to grow fruit trees depending upon where you live. 

Avoid these costly mistakes with your food storage. Plus, easy tips to getting started with food storage and organizing your pantry.

Learn how to make traditional brone both and stock. A frugal and healthy way to stretch your food budget dollars. Plus, 5 ways to preserve your stock and bone broth at home. 

These are ten ingredient swaps I use to make our recipes healtheir and more frugal. Some of our favorite family holiday recipes call for not so healthy ingredients, these are great options we use when wanting wholesome real food food for your family. 

Learn how to use potatoes to stretch your food budget and increase your food storage. Recipes from the 1920's including using potato water in place of milk in your baking.

These 7 tips and recipes from the Depression Era will help you stretch your food budget and serve easy tried and true recipes to your family from folks who lived through hard times. Like this? Pop over and leave us a review-->https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/melissaknorriss-podcast/id677542913

Learn 8 ways to preserve pumpkin at home, including the only way to safely can pumpkin at home. Build up your home food storage by learning how to preserve food when it's in season for a frugal kitchen. 

Grinding my own flour at home makes me feel like a real pioneer woman. However, the first few weeks of baking with my fresh flour made me feel more than a little frustrated with dense breads and spread out pancake thin cookies. I've been grinding my own flour for almost two years now and I've learned some tips to save you time and help you bake fabulous goodies. Including why to grind flour at home, which kind of wheat is best for what kind of baking, and 6 tips for baking with fresh flour, because let me tell you, it ain't the same as regular store flour. 

6 Fall Canning recipes and tips to increase your food storage by preserving fall crops and produce.

Learn how to build a Great Depression Era pantry with these frugal tips and recipes. Stories from my father, who was raised during the Great Depression, and how we can prepare from their experiences.

Learn how to grow your own food.

Learn how to forage wild edibles in the spring. Morels and nettles are among the first to appear. Learn safety tips, medicinal purposes, and recipes. 

Find out how home canning and help you survive the expense and extreme weather during the winter months with tips and recipes from the Canning Diva Diane Devereaux and Melissa K. Norris of Pioneering Today. 

Starting seeds indoors can greatly increase your growing season and reduce your gardening cost. In today's episode we cover:

• Why you should start seeds indoors
• How to figure out when to start which seeds
• Why seed starting is frugal
• Which plants you should not start for transplants
• Seed starting container options, including homemade
• How and why to harden off tranpslants

You'll learn the 5 main benefits of growing your own food. We'll discuss heirloom and hybrid vegetables and what's best for your family. Plus growing options for those with limited space.