There are signs less obvious than handwritten “No Sunday sales” that this is an Amish garden. First, the garden is large enough to feed a family in the double digits. Long straight rows of beans, ...

We are into the first week of May. The grass is growing fast with all the rain April brought us. We need to buy a new mower. Ours last year was getting repaired constantly. I couldn’t believe what new ...

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 ...

We have entered into the month of May − so next month is June, which brings us even closer to daughter Lovina and Daniel’s wedding. I’m trying to not get nervous, but it always seems to be a long way ...

The children went back to school after being home a week for spring break. Lovina, 5, says she is glad to be back to school because she misses her teacher. The week is starting out nice with ...

Joe just left for work and now I want to get this written and ready for the mail. The children are all asleep yet so all is quiet. They had a long day yesterday. My sister Emma and children came to ...

I have been busy the past week in the garden. Our cucumbers are really doing well this summer. I canned dill pickles and jalapeno peppers last week. I'd like to do a couple more batches of dill ...

The author reflects on a misaligned marigold in her garden, comparing it to her own life as a widow and single parent. A conversation with a friend leads to a discussion about the concept of "normal" ...

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.