Have you ever had the opportunity to can with little helpers? I have. We've had so much fun and so many messes. This spring I decided I would get 25 pounds of each of our three favorite types of dried ...

Today daughters Lovina, 17, and Loretta, 21, and I canned 42 quarts of red beets from our garden. Yesterday we froze sweet corn and now tomorrow plans are to freeze green beans. Loretta also started ...

We are in the midst of canning season. Yesterday, we canned 16 quarts of sweet and sour dillpickles. Now I want to make dill spears yet. I’ll use the rest of my cucumbers to can some fordaughter ...

A bountiful harvest of green bell peppers, ready to be used in this week’s Thick and Chunky Salsa recipe. Canning season is still in full swing around here. Yesterday after doing laundry, I helped ...

There are signs less obvious than handwritten “No Sunday sales” that this is an Amish garden. First, the garden is large enough to feed a family in the double digits. Long straight rows of beans, ...