Last week I wrote about how chilly it was and 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 during the night.

This easy Amish recipe is a farm favorite, made from ruby red tomatoes bathed in a tangy homemade marinade. Take advantage of your homegrown tomatoes, or the ruby red beauties at the Amish market, and ...

Back in the late 1800s, members of one of the oldest Amish communities in Wisconsin began growing a flavoursome, red heart-shaped tomato. They treasured it for its taste, especially when used to make ...

Dear Helen: Even though I have only a balcony garden, I want to try growing Roma (paste) tomatoes for making seedless sauce. I find the Romas yield a meatier pulp and they are easier to de-seed than ...

Last week we had zucchini patties on the table; this week, we'll be enjoying vine-ripened tomatoes. Now I hope you can bear with me. Still, when I talk about vine-ripened tomatoes, I'm not referring ...

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 ...

It is a cool Monday morning and it looks like we’ll have a nice day. Monday is usually laundry day here at the Eicher household so we appreciate a day that isn’t stifling hot in the summer. Daughter ...

A GARDENER has referenced an old Amish trick for starting tomatoes. It promised a bountiful crop with barely any effort at all. But it could also provide food security in the future. All Jeremy Farris ...

The laundry looks dry on the wash-line and is ready to come in and be folded. Daughters Susan and Verena just came home from detasseling. They are always ready for a shower and getting cleaned up when ...

It’s July 1 — today we enter the month of July, and 2020 is already halfway over. It has been quite a year to remember. I do not think many of us want to repeat such a year. When I see people in town ...