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 ...

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 ...

Canning season is still in full swing around here. Yesterday after doing laundry, I helped daughter Loretta make Thick and Chunky Salsa (recipe below). We canned 20 pints for them. On Saturday, I also ...

It has been another busy day here at the Eichers. Besides working outside we processed 25 quarts of pickled red beets. These are the red beets we serve for the church meal when services are held at ...

Canning season is still in full swing around here. Yesterday after doing laundry, I helped daughter Loretta make Thick and Chunky Salsa (recipe below). We canned 20 pints for them. On Saturday I also ...

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 ...

KALONA, Iowa (AP) -- The teenage girls were up at 3 -- in the morning -- and working by 4. They were smiling and laughing, wiping dry hundreds of cans with white dish towels. And not complaining. Not ...

Thirteen years ago today − Sept. 14 − sister Emma and Jacob were blessed with a daughter Marilyn. She died eight and a half months later, leaving heartbroken parents and siblings. We were so close to ...

Today daughters Lovina, 17, 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 ...