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Blending Pioneer Wisdom with Modern Practices

Even though we live in a busy modern world, preserving traditional skill sets and methods are not only worth it, but doable. Myself and the thousands of people who have went through my classes are living proof, come join us!

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Courses

Practical Home Herbalism for Cold and Flu Season

Gain the confidence of knowing exactly what remedy to make and have a cabinet stocked full of natural medicine for your family to use at a moment’s notice.

Home Canning with Confidence

Learn how to SAFELY stock the pantry with shelf-stable healthy food. Use both a pressure canner and water bath canner to preserve your food for year round eating.

Backyard Gardening System

The complete guide to growing your own organic food (I share absolutely EVERYTHING). This is your one-stop-shop for creating a garden that will feed and nourish your family for decades.

Sourdough Mastery for the Home Baker

Make delicious homemade sourdough bread EVERY TIME! Includes our entire sourdough starter, bread, and baking series using traditional cultures and wild yeast.

Home Baking Mastery

Who has time to make healthy snacks for their family all week?! Learn essential bread-making skills and fill your kitchen with baked goods, without stressing for hours in the kitchen.

Natural Homemade Bath and Beauty

Learn how to make your own natural products at home in just 30 minutes, from soap, herbal creams, lip balm, and candles!

Fermenting Mastery

Learn how to create fermented foods in your home, from vegetables, vinegar, and dairy!


Mini Courses

Home Fruit Preservation Canning

Learn how to put up jams, jellies, and fruit butter without store-bought pectin and using low sugar. Make homemade pie fillings and jars of juicy peaches and pears!

Tomato Canning

Get my recipes with acid charts for safety, step-by-step video instructions, the secret trick for fast tomato sauce, (and much, much more) and fill your pantry with tomatoes, salsa, and sauce!

Fresh Ground Flour Baking Mastery

With step-by-step video instructions, this course will teach you everything you need to know about grinding your own flour at home and becoming a master fresh-ground flour baker!

Fermenting Dairy

Learn to transform milk into yogurt, kefir, sour cream, and more! With step-by-step instructions, make safe, culture-rich dairy treats at home that taste better than store-bought. Save money, reduce waste, and confidently create delicious, gut-healthy snacks your family will love!

Raise a Year's Worth of Tomatoes

This masterclass will teach you EVERYTHING you need to know about growing healthy tomatoes. From eliminating blossom end rot to watering for a healthy tomato, you’ll learn it all!

Successful Seed Saving

Learn everything there is to know about seed saving, from how to store your seeds to learning about self-pollinating and cross-pollinating plants so your NEVER have to buy garden seed again!

Dehydrated rosehips on three stacked dehydrator trays.

Master the Art of Dehydrating

Transform your kitchen into a hub of flavor and sustainability. Learn to preserve fruits, vegetables, and herbs with ease, reducing food waste and boosting your pantry's potential!


Ebooks & Guides

Seed Secrets eBook

Ready for healthier plants and more fresh vegetables that cost less? This ebook will teach you the secrets to choosing, germinating, and saving seeds for a thriving garden!

Sourdough eBook

Get my best and favorite tested sourdough recipes, including 25 wild yeast recipes, bread, pizza crust, rolls, and pastry recipes. All with easy to follow instructions for delicious results!

Home Baker's Guide

Discover the secrets to from-scratch baking that’s healthy but tastes as if it came from a bakery. This guide includes my top 16 baking tips and tricks, plus my home baker’s flour guide!

Canning Systems Toolbox

Make your canning time efficient and productive using my digital library of helpful tools and resources for planning how many jars you need, where to find supplies, exactly how much produce per jar, easy organization and storage systems, and SO much more!

Membership

Pioneering Today Academy

Over 6 e-courses covering homegrown food cultivation, food preservation, traditional from-scratch cooking (including cultured and outdoor cooking), gluten-free bread baking, natural and herbal medicine, all within a private community!

Homestead Foundations

Get on-demand access to the The Vault – a curated library of 130+ videos designed to teach you essential homesteading skills so you can make your homesteading dreams a reality.


Courses

Practical Home Herbalism for Cold and Flu Season

Gain the confidence of knowing exactly what remedy to make and have a cabinet stocked full of natural medicine for your family to use at a moment’s notice.

Home Canning with Confidence

Learn how to SAFELY stock the pantry with shelf-stable healthy food. Use both a pressure canner and water bath canner to preserve your food for year round eating.

Backyard Gardening System

The complete guide to growing your own organic food (I share absolutely EVERYTHING). This is your one-stop-shop for creating a garden that will feed and nourish your family for decades.

Sourdough Mastery for the Home Baker

Make delicious homemade sourdough bread EVERY TIME! Includes our entire sourdough starter, bread, and baking series using traditional cultures and wild yeast.

Home Baking Mastery

Who has time to make healthy snacks for their family all week?! Learn essential bread-making skills and fill your kitchen with baked goods, without stressing for hours in the kitchen.

Natural Homemade Bath and Beauty

Learn how to make your own natural products at home in just 30 minutes, from soap, herbal creams, lip balm, and candles!

Fermenting Mastery

Learn how to create fermented foods in your home, from vegetables, vinegar, and dairy!


Mini Courses

Home Fruit Preservation Canning

Learn how to put up jams, jellies, and fruit butter without store-bought pectin and using low sugar. Make homemade pie fillings and jars of juicy peaches and pears!

Tomato Canning

Get my recipes with acid charts for safety, step-by-step video instructions, the secret trick for fast tomato sauce, (and much, much more) and fill your pantry with tomatoes, salsa, and sauce!

Fresh Ground Flour Baking Mastery

With step-by-step video instructions, this course will teach you everything you need to know about grinding your own flour at home and becoming a master fresh-ground flour baker!

Fermenting Dairy

Learn to transform milk into yogurt, kefir, sour cream, and more! With step-by-step instructions, make safe, culture-rich dairy treats at home that taste better than store-bought. Save money, reduce waste, and confidently create delicious, gut-healthy snacks your family will love!

Raise a Year's Worth of Tomatoes

This masterclass will teach you EVERYTHING you need to know about growing healthy tomatoes. From eliminating blossom end rot to watering for a healthy tomato, you’ll learn it all!

Successful Seed Saving

Learn everything there is to know about seed saving, from how to store your seeds to learning about self-pollinating and cross-pollinating plants so your NEVER have to buy garden seed again!

Dehydrated rosehips on three stacked dehydrator trays.

Master the Art of Dehydrating

Transform your kitchen into a hub of flavor and sustainability. Learn to preserve fruits, vegetables, and herbs with ease, reducing food waste and boosting your pantry's potential!


Ebooks & Guides

Seed Secrets eBook

Ready for healthier plants and more fresh vegetables that cost less? This ebook will teach you the secrets to choosing, germinating, and saving seeds for a thriving garden!

Sourdough eBook

Get my best and favorite tested sourdough recipes, including 25 wild yeast recipes, bread, pizza crust, rolls, and pastry recipes. All with easy to follow instructions for delicious results!

Home Baker's Guide

Discover the secrets to from-scratch baking that’s healthy but tastes as if it came from a bakery. This guide includes my top 16 baking tips and tricks, plus my home baker’s flour guide!

Canning Systems Toolbox

Make your canning time efficient and productive using my digital library of helpful tools and resources for planning how many jars you need, where to find supplies, exactly how much produce per jar, easy organization and storage systems, and SO much more!


Membership

Pioneering Today Academy

Over 6 e-courses covering homegrown food cultivation, food preservation, traditional from-scratch cooking (including cultured and outdoor cooking), gluten-free bread baking, natural and herbal medicine, all within a private community!

Homestead Foundations

Get on-demand access to the The Vault – a curated library of 130+ videos designed to teach you essential homesteading skills so you can make your homesteading dreams a reality.


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Podcast

Time Spent to Grow a Year’s Worth of Food

Fruits and Vegetables in Season by Month and Tips for Preservation

How to Start Seeds Indoors (Planning, Starting & Mistakes to Avoid)

Spring Gardening Tips to Increase Harvest Yield

Books

  • Everything Worth Preserving
  • The Family Garden Planner
  • Handmade
  • The Made from Scratch Life
  • The Family Garden Plan

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  • Home Fruit Preservative Canning e-course
  • Home Canning With Confidence
  • Homemade Bread & Baking Class
  • Natural Homemade Bath and Beauty
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