Glad to hear from you, Jeanne. I see that you and Ginny are both from Iowa. Closest I have ever been to Iowa was when I was in navy boot camp in Great Lakes, Illinois (boy that was a long time ago.)
My mother did a lot of canning too and later converted to freezing when home freezers became common. Cucumbers were always a favorite vegetable crop for making pickles. I remember one year my Dad make sauercraut from our home-grown cabbage. It was really tasty when cooked, but smelled terrible while curing (or whatever you call it.) One of my favorites was drying parsley. Tomatoes and green peppers have always been on our "must grow list" to this day.
This year one of the members sent me some ornamental pepper seeds and another one sent me a variety of morning glory seeds - just an example of how friendly everyone is on this website.
