They Canned, So I Canned
Both of my grandmothers canned, my mother canned, and until a week ago I had only canned once. While I never knew my maternal grandmother, Grandma Betty, my mother told lots of stories of a large summer garden in central Illinois. My mother grew up in a house hold with a tight budget and my Grandfather, Gramps, worked furnace maintenance at the glass plant in Lincoln, Illinois. Tight budget + cheap jars+ four children+ summer fresh produce= preserving for the year. My mother remembers growing and canning, green beans, tomatoes, asparagus, sugar beets, and cucumbers. Their summer produce was preserved at its peak freshness. Green beans or some variable was derived and persevered like tomato sauce or pickles. Memories like these are how I have come to know my Grandma Betty. These photos are of Grandma Toots garden summer 2018 My Paternal Grandmother, Grammy or Toots had a large garden as well. She was a child of the depression and grew up on a wheat/cattle farm in
