Tag: sweet corn

• Processing… Sweet Corn

  Honestly, I’m not certain when I was old enough to notice my family and our sweet corn freezing process. Only that we have done it all the years we have been farmers. Technically Dad became a farmer when I was 5, but Papaw Freddy was always a farmer at heart. So it would seem forever.…

  Garnetjewel

  September 4, 2025

  American Heritage, Extraordinary People With Common Sense, Family, God’s Timing

  bandage, bleeding, boiling, corn, corn setup, cut, cutting, Family, family farm, food, gardening, ice bath, memories, processing, shucks, sweet corn, task, vegetable, vegetables

• Hoosiers… and their Sweet Corn

  Our neighbors dropped us off some sweet corn this afternoon. Talk about a surprise and trying to find out how we can work it up really fast. Mom was the one who answered the door to him and like the green beans from last year he gave us quite a load of work. Work, we…

  Garnetjewel

  September 3, 2025

  American Heritage, Spontaneity At It’s Best

  corn, drooling, Family, farming, food, frozen corn, garden, gardening, gardens, Hoosiers, neighbors, shucking, sweet corn, tomatoes, work

• Nostalgia & Christmas Music: Ms. Becky

  There are songs that stick in your memory. For some reason I had always thought of this song as a somewhat sad-sounding sound for Christmas. Of course it comes from the Peanuts cartoon. Becky had a lot of titles at church. Not to mention owning the Dairy Queen with her husband in their town. She…

  Garnetjewel

  November 28, 2023

  Modern American History, Musical Glory, Women

  Christmastime Is Here, church, immortal, memories, sweet corn, teachers

• Time for Pickle Canning

  Sorry folks, our cucumbers have literally been boiling over our island in the kitchen. The day my eye problem happened was the day Mom and I were to set out to make our pickles. It didn’t happen. So today has become the day to finally tackle this duty. Maybe just the first day of a…

  Garnetjewel

  July 24, 2023

  American Heritage, Are These American Ideals Gone?, Family, God’s Timing

  batches, canning, cucumbers, energy, jars, kitchen, lids, pickles, spices and herbs, sweet corn, time, vinegar, work