Tag Archives: canning

Feeling Useful

Posted on November 28, 2025 by Caryn

A few years ago, while my husband Bob and I were walking along the walking path near our home, we spotted a friend’s vegetable garden. It had gone from freshly plowed dirt to medium-sized plants almost overnight, so we knew … Continue reading →

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Busy Hands

Posted on February 28, 2025 by Caryn

My mother-in-law, Joann Schulenberg was a hard-working woman most of her life. It wasn’t necessarily that she did hard physical labor, but she always had busy hands. Having a garden vegetable garden all her life, she spent the harvest seasons … Continue reading →

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He Saw His Shadow

Posted on February 2, 2023 by Caryn

The first official Groundhog Day celebration in the United States took place on February 2, 1887, in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, but it had its roots in Germany and was brought to the United States as a German tradition. Continue reading →

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That Orphaned Feeling

Posted on January 4, 2020 by Caryn

It seems impossible to me that my mother-in-law, Joann Schulenberg could be gone now for two years. She was such a fighter, when it came to her health. There were a number of times that we thought we had lost her, Continue reading →

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In His Garden

Posted on November 28, 2018 by Caryn

Last June while my husband, Bob and I were walking on the path near our home, we noticed a friend’s vegetable garden. Since it had gone from plowed dirt to medium sized plants, virtually over night, we knew that they … Continue reading →

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Always Welcoming

Posted on September 5, 2018 by Caryn

My husband, Bob’s Aunt Pearl Hein is a very ambitious person. For years, she has raised a garden, and canned tons of vegetables. She and Uncle Eddie have long been very busy people…maybe too busy sometimes. Pearl worked for many … Continue reading →

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Soft-Spoken Man

Posted on November 7, 2017 by Caryn

My husband’s uncle, Eddie Hein has always been a soft-spoken man, who had a big impact on the lives of those around him. I remember the first time I met Eddie. I liked him and his wife, Pearl very much. … Continue reading →

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Twice As Nice

Posted on May 12, 2013 by Caryn

To be given a mom who is wonderful and sweet is a great blessing indeed, but to be blessed with two of them is twice as nice. Of course, I don’t have two moms exactly, but I have a mom and … Continue reading →

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On Duty

Posted on August 29, 2012 by Caryn

My father-in-law has always been a hard working man. He worked hard all his life, beginning at 13 when he went to live at a ranch not far from his home, to work milking cows and hauling hay, for a … Continue reading →

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Grandpa’s Vegetable Garden

Posted on June 9, 2012 by Caryn

Bob’s family lived out in the country when I first met and later married him. They wanted to be able to raise farm animals, if they wanted to, and they later did do, as did we, but they also liked … Continue reading →

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