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Hand Made: The Modern Woman's Guide to Made-from-Scratch Living
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Homemade Shouldn't Be Hectic
Do you wish you could slow down and create a home you and your family love and enjoy spending time in? Melissa K. Norris, author of The Made-from-Scratch Life and voice of the Pioneering Today podcast, offers down-to-earth tips and guidance to help you learn how to...
- bake old-fashioned recipes (everything from biscuits to shepherd's pie) with quick, stress-free steps
- grow, harvest, and preserve culinary and medicinal herbs (with DIY tutorials for soaps, salves, and balms)
- make your own cultured and fermented foods at home following simple instructions for buttermilk, sour cream, sourdough, and more
- simplify your routine and declutter your home with room-by-room guides and Depression-era wisdom
Open your heart to God-given rest and discover practical and tangible ways you can craft your home into a refuge for yourself and the ones you love.
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Melissa K. Norris
Melissa K. Norris inspires people's faith and pioneer roots with old-fashioned skill sets and wisdom featured in her books, podcast, and blog. She is the author of The Family Garden Plan, The Family Garden Planner, and Hand Made. She lives with her husband and two children on their fifteen-acre homestead in Washington state. She and her family are also reviving a forty-acre farmstead as a teaching farm.
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