Are you ready to Escape Your Comfort Zone???

This website for people who are ready to escape their comfort zone and learn something new, like how to preserve the bounty of your garden through canning and other preservation methods. You can even learn about curing your own meat or making cheese. 

 

A selection of my home canned fruit butters, jams, jellies, marmalades and sauces.
The middle photo is pickled carrots, garlic scapes and fallen apple cider just starting.
Of course, on the right, is home canned apple pie filling.

My Favorite Jams and Marmalades
My Favorite Jams and Marmalades
Pickled Carrots, Dilly Beans, and Fallen Apple Vinegar
Pickled Carrots, Dilly Beans, and Fallen Apple Vinegar
Canned Home Made Apple Pie Filling
Canned Home Made Apple Pie Filling

– How to Preserve the Bounty to Stock Your Pantry

– Curing your own meat

– Make cheese to go with your home cured meat

Through my membership with the Elk Grove Lions Club, and with the assistance of the Cosumnes Community Services District, I teach these three classes each year. 

Pickle Me Class Flyer
This class was offered in June 2026. Look for it next year.
Salsa n the Kitchen Flyer
This class was offered in July 2026. Look for it next year.
Advertisement for Jammin With Jack Class
The next class in on September 10, 2026. Click this graphic to sign up.

Fermenting can be fun too. Below are some lactofermented dill cucumber pickles and cherry tomatoes, brie cheese and lactofermented green beans and cucumber pickles.

Lactofermented cucumbers and cherry tomatoes
Lactofermenting cucumbers and cherry tomatoes
Brie Cheese being aged.
Brie Cheese being aged.
Lactofermented green beens and cucumbers
Lactofermenting green beens and cucumbers

Another area where you may want to escape your comfort zone is by following a dream to create a non-profit business or organization.

– How to create a non-profit organization in California.

– How to Change the Name of your non-profit organization in California