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 ...

Happy birthday to my sister Verena, whose 52nd birthday was Aug. 22. We wish her God’s richest blessings and many more happy, healthy years! As I'm writing, it is Thursday morning, and it seems the ...

We’re having another warm day with the temperature in the mid sixties. Yesterday was even warmer, plus it was also sunny. We did laundry and hung it all outside on the lines. By the afternoon hours ...

SUGARCREEK, Ohio, Feb. 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Today marks the beginning of a new era in home canning as Arglass, a trailblazer in innovative glass manufacturing, partners with Superb Sealing, the ...

This week I will write a daily diary. 3:15 a.m. The alarm rings and it’s time to begin another day. I pack my husband Joe’s lunch and fill his water jug with ice and water. I pack extra food so Joe ...

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 ...

WALNUT CREEK, Ohio—Self-sufficiency enthusiasts still have time to get tickets to the Food Independence Summit in Walnut Creek, Ohio, next week. The two-day event on June 20-21 at Timbercrest Camp and ...