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, ...

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 ...

We are in need of rain. The gardens are dry and the grass is turning brown. Even with it being dry, our gardens are still producing; tomatoes and sweet corn have been on our menu quite a bit. I need ...

It is Tuesday evening here in Michigan at the Eicher homestead. All is quiet with only son Kevin and daughter Loretta home with Joe and me. The rest of our children here at home went to a wedding for ...

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 ...

Bread baking, home gardening, and family dinners have become staples of #quarantinelife. To some, it feels like a return to “simpler” times. But to many communities, these activities have been a way ...

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.