[Marilyn]

We used to can all the time. I grew up canning and did so until 1995 when my father passed away. He was the gardner. He had a 2 to 3 acre garden and planted rows of peas, pumpkins and such in the corn field. We gave a lot away, too. Mother used to complain that we were supplying the whole DuPont plant with food. My dad was a maintenance mechanic at a DuPont petrochemical plant in our area. We had people out most evenings when the garden was producing picking vegetables.

I used to pick cucumbers in mud past my ankles just to get them off the vines so they would keep producing.

He raised a variety of strawberry that was red all the way through, no white core. They were sooooo good!!!

Miss him and the garden, and the fresh produce.