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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Lovina's daughter Verena provides an update on her life, discussing the changing seasons and her favorite activities. Verena and her husband Daniel Ray recently butchered two deer with help from ...