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Getting Started With Homesteading

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Thursday, May 7, 2026

5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

FREE Event with Jen at the Memphis Public Library

GETTING STARTED WITH HOMESTEADING!

If you feel drawn to the idea a simpler life but overwhelmed by the idea of homesteading, this class is for you. Whether you’re on a city lot or 100 acres, you too can homestead where you are!

Analysis Paralysis: Many of us feel like if we can’t do it ALL, it isn’t worth starting! If we can’t see our way clearly, it isn’t worth doing! The truth is that if we TRY to start it all, we’ll burn out. Whether that’s in 6 months or 5 years, we WILL burn out.

So let’s explore the idea of being a “gradual homesteader,” of starting where we are, RIGHT NOW, with what we’ve got TODAY. Whether you’ve got a few pots in a city apartment or 100 acres at your disposal, let’s just pick a starting place and GO.

Whether that’s chickens in the backyard, sourdough in the kitchen, or learning to replace ONE thing you used to buy at the grocery store, YOU CAN DO THIS. And I can help.

I’d love to explore with you the skills and interests, and resources you have TODAY, so you can build a manageable foundation for future success.

Space is limited, and registration is requested. Click below or call the Memphis Public Library at 810-392-2980 to register.

Thursday, May 7, 2026

5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

FREE Event with Jen at the Memphis Public Library

GETTING STARTED WITH HOMESTEADING!

If you feel drawn to the idea a simpler life but overwhelmed by the idea of homesteading, this class is for you. Whether you’re on a city lot or 100 acres, you too can homestead where you are!

Analysis Paralysis: Many of us feel like if we can’t do it ALL, it isn’t worth starting! If we can’t see our way clearly, it isn’t worth doing! The truth is that if we TRY to start it all, we’ll burn out. Whether that’s in 6 months or 5 years, we WILL burn out.

So let’s explore the idea of being a “gradual homesteader,” of starting where we are, RIGHT NOW, with what we’ve got TODAY. Whether you’ve got a few pots in a city apartment or 100 acres at your disposal, let’s just pick a starting place and GO.

Whether that’s chickens in the backyard, sourdough in the kitchen, or learning to replace ONE thing you used to buy at the grocery store, YOU CAN DO THIS. And I can help.

I’d love to explore with you the skills and interests, and resources you have TODAY, so you can build a manageable foundation for future success.

Space is limited, and registration is requested. Click below or call the Memphis Public Library at 810-392-2980 to register.

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 fragrant 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