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Homestead Where Life Finds You! (Classes With Jen)

Canning with Confidence Series

Saturday, December 13, 2025

10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

On-farm and in-person!

Do you dream of stepping into your pantry and gazing at jars of food, prepared by YOU? of the sense of satisfaction that comes from learning a new old skill? of KNOWING what’s in your food, because you put it up yourself?

Now you’re crankin’. You’ve been playing around with water bath canning for a while, and your shelves are really looking good. You are SO thrilled every time you open your cupboard and see YOUR OWN food staring back at you! You go to the farmer’s market and look at things with a totally different eye: “Hey! I’ll bet I can can this!”

And NOW…you’d really like to step it up a notch. You’re starting to eye the pre-packaged meals at the grocery store with a pretty critical eye. What’s IN this stuff?

So here I am, ready to guide you on to the next levels. Days get nuts, and plans go awry. That trip to town that was supposed to take an hour somehow took four…and the kids are hungry…and fast food is calling. But wait! YOU have options! You’ve got White Bean Chicken Chili (made with nourishing Cluckery chickens, of course) on your shelves! Or…Beef Carnitas for some quick nachos. Or…Beef Stew. Or…oh, the options. Glorious Options!

As always, we’ll answer questions, remove intimidation, and build skills. Because pressure canning at this level adds SO MUCH CALM to your busiest days.

Join me in my homestead kitchen (Awww…doesn’t that sound cute? It’s just a plain kitchen, I assure you!) as we explore and relearn lost skills…the skills my mom taught me…the skills Grandma Mary taught her…the skills Aunt Mary taught her…

 Join me, Jen, as we can, we chat, and I teach. A simple homestead lunch will be provided.

Space is limited, so there are only 10 tickets available.

Kids 10 and under are free, but each child must be accompanied by a paying adult. This event is not geared toward young children (read…may be long and boring for your 2-year-old!), so bear that in mind.

Tickets are non-refundable, but may be transferred to someone else. Obviously, if WE cancel for any reason, we will refund the price of your ticket.

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Homestead Where Life Finds You! (Classes With Jen)

Canning with Confidence Series

Saturday, December 13, 2025

10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

On-farm and in-person!

Do you dream of stepping into your pantry and gazing at jars of food, prepared by YOU? of the sense of satisfaction that comes from learning a new old skill? of KNOWING what’s in your food, because you put it up yourself?

Now you’re crankin’. You’ve been playing around with water bath canning for a while, and your shelves are really looking good. You are SO thrilled every time you open your cupboard and see YOUR OWN food staring back at you! You go to the farmer’s market and look at things with a totally different eye: “Hey! I’ll bet I can can this!”

And NOW…you’d really like to step it up a notch. You’re starting to eye the pre-packaged meals at the grocery store with a pretty critical eye. What’s IN this stuff?

So here I am, ready to guide you on to the next levels. Days get nuts, and plans go awry. That trip to town that was supposed to take an hour somehow took four…and the kids are hungry…and fast food is calling. But wait! YOU have options! You’ve got White Bean Chicken Chili (made with nourishing Cluckery chickens, of course) on your shelves! Or…Beef Carnitas for some quick nachos. Or…Beef Stew. Or…oh, the options. Glorious Options!

As always, we’ll answer questions, remove intimidation, and build skills. Because pressure canning at this level adds SO MUCH CALM to your busiest days.

Join me in my homestead kitchen (Awww…doesn’t that sound cute? It’s just a plain kitchen, I assure you!) as we explore and relearn lost skills…the skills my mom taught me…the skills Grandma Mary taught her…the skills Aunt Mary taught her…

 Join me, Jen, as we can, we chat, and I teach. A simple homestead lunch will be provided.

Space is limited, so there are only 10 tickets available.

Kids 10 and under are free, but each child must be accompanied by a paying adult. This event is not geared toward young children (read…may be long and boring for your 2-year-old!), so bear that in mind.

Tickets are non-refundable, but may be transferred to someone else. Obviously, if WE cancel for any reason, we will refund the price of your ticket.

Homestead Where Life Finds You (Classes with Jen)

In our increasingly disconnected and chaotic world, the call for a return to our roots rings ever louder. Join me (Jen) in my homestead kitchen as we rediscover the skills our great-grandparents took for granted. There is little in life more satisfying than pulling a loaf - or four - of freshly-made sourdough bread or fresh rosemary croissants out of the oven, or seeing your pantry filling with jars of your own home-canned jams, sauces, tomatoes…and even meats or heat-and-eat meals!

The truth is that most of DON’T have a “back 40.” Hey, I call myself a homesteader, yet I’ve “only” got 12 acres, and we really only “farm” on 3 of them. What’s more, I started canning, fermenting, and baking back when I lived on a little city lot in Fraser. One of my friends blows my mind with how much she grows, composts, forages, ferments, cans…all on a city lot on the outskirts of Detroit! When I hear her talk, I’m reminded of the woman in the Bible of whom our Lord said, “She hath done what she could.” We could ALL do more with what we have NOW, where we live NOW.

So don’t let where you are right now hold you back. Once you start diving in, you’ll be surprised at how much you can accomplish.

Stay tuned for announcements of more upcoming classes! Things like…

  • Homemade Yeasted Bread Baking

  • SOURDOUGH Bread Baking

  • Yogurt and Butter Making (No raw milk required!)

  • Cheese Making

  • Canning without a Pressure Canner! (Think fruits and jams.)

  • Canning with a Pressure Canner (It’s not as scary as you think.) Learn to fill your pantry shelves with YOUR OWN “pre-packaged” meals!

  • Fermenting (A terrific way to put up a little of this, a little of that…it’s how folks “canned” before canning was a thing. And, oh, the gut-health benefits!)

  • Bone Broth