FAQs

Definitely! I love to help walk people through the unique challenges of starting out

I offer classes at all levels. Even if you already know how to grow vegetables, perhaps you’d like to step it up and plant fruit trees, or create a full Permaculture Design for your property. You may already make all of your own bread, but have you ever made sprouted wheat bread? Even apart from the classes, the organizational resources, inspiration and community alone are worth the price of membership.

All of our classes are recorded and turned into podcasts, so you can catch up anytime, anywhere. 

I know you are busy! Some classes offer eBooks but reading is always supplemental, the live classes and podcasts are made to stand alone. 

Homegrown Home is fully responsive, and functions beautifully on any device. The online classes are run through Zoom, which does work on a phone, but may work better on a computer.

The internet is full of wonderful resources for learning homesteading skills. Unfortunately they are not always easy to find, and not all free resources are very good. If you have the time and energy to sort through it all on your own, then you may not need me!

But if you have ever felt overwhelmed by trying to research and learn things online, or if you would really prefer to have someone curate, simplify and deliver the learning right to you, enjoying the benifits of human connection along the way, then you are in the right place!

Store up summer’s goodness, in a jar!

Have you always wanted to learn how to preserve food, but felt too intimidated? This free workshop series will get you started!

Through eBooks, recipes and live online classes, these workshops will cover super simple beginner techniques, step by step, to give you the knowledge, skills and courage you need to fill your kitchen with jars.

Food Preservation 101

Free Workshop Series

How to Make Jam – October 3rd

Quick Pickles – October 10th

Freeze It! – October 17th

Summer in Jars
Calamity Jane and Henny Hen

Meet Calamity Jane

Allow me to introduce myself. I am a mother, gardener, and educator. I live with my family in Eugene, Oregon, where our ¼ acre homestead is an abundant tangle of vegetables, fruit trees, flowers and herbs. I am a Master Gardener and Certified Permaculture Designer, but I don’t believe that these titles mean half as much as my 25 years experience of making mistakes in the garden.

I am also the homemaker of our home. I started baking my own bread when I was 14 and it sparked a lifelong love of cooking from scratch. My kitchen is a jungle of jars, with every kind of food inside. Perhaps most importantly, I spent 7 years as a full-time mama, and understand the unique challenges of trying to maintain a productive home and homestead, while also wiping up spills and breaking up fights for 12 hours a day. 

I love the beauty of a handmade life, and still get a thrill of pleasure when I bring in a basket of eggs or a bunch of freshly pulled carrots. But I value authenticity even more, and I don’t like to hide the dirt under my nails. Years ago someone jokingly dubbed me Calamity Jane, not because I’m a cowgirl but because I’m a rule-breaker. Join me as I topple the edifice of Pinterest Perfection and get right into the nitty gritty details of real life homesteading!