My favorite season is on its way! Is there any other season so invigorating and exciting as spring? This spring, I’ve had lots of fun watching the earth awaken as the first spring peepers were heard, ...

We are having great weather this week. It cools down at night and makes sleeping more comfortable. Very pleasant days so far. Mornings are actually chilly, with temperatures in the upper 50s. It sure ...

It is hard to believe that we can start seriously thinking about planting seeds and bedding plants in our gardens. On second thought, I have been getting tired with not being outside and working in ...

Amish gardener Lapp offers an intimate journal of a year of gardening, cooking, family life, and friendships in the small, rural valley in Pennsylvania where she lives. She begins in January, with the ...

I wrote last week about how chilly it was, and now this week we are wishing we had some of that cool air. It has been a warm, muggy week. We had a thunderstorm and quite a bit of rain one night. Maybe ...

Lovina and Joe have a bountiful supply of tomatoes from their garden. Many quarts of vegetable juice and pizza sauce are canned and shared with family for the winter months ahead. Last week I wrote ...

CADWELL, Ill. (AP) -- Self-sufficiency is a way of life in the heart of Moultrie County Amish country. But Ben and Betty Graber and their children have taken that Old Order ethic a step further.