Canning, gardening and growing up on an authentic homestead: My mother is here to chat!!

Friends! I’m so excited to have my mother sit down with me and share just a little about her life growing up, and a bit of her wealth of knowledge of gardening, canning and life here in the mountains!

You don’t want to mss this video!

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19 Comments

  1. Genie Steger
    September 13, 2022 / 3:31 am

    What a great interview! My mom did a lot of canning!

    • anitaknightdiaz
      Author
      September 13, 2022 / 4:52 am

      Thank you šŸ™‚

  2. Gwen
    September 13, 2022 / 8:18 am

    Loved, loved watching this video of your beautiful mom. Thanks for sharing Anita. Sure brought back similar memories of growing up around the same time your mom did. Wish I had retained the knowledge of canning that my mom taught me when I had to help her each summer.

    • anitaknightdiaz
      Author
      September 13, 2022 / 8:54 am

      Thank you so much Gwen šŸ™‚

  3. Jewell
    September 13, 2022 / 9:13 am

    I loved listening to your mom! How blessed you are!!

    • anitaknightdiaz
      Author
      September 13, 2022 / 5:52 pm

      Yes Iā€™m thankfulā˜ŗļøā˜ŗļøā˜ŗļø

  4. Kathryn
    September 13, 2022 / 10:31 am

    Listening to your mother talk was such a blessing. What a beautiful woman with such grace and wisdom. Thank you so much for sharing Anita. I see where your beauty, creativity and work ethic comes from. Many blessings to you.

  5. NancyCogdill
    September 13, 2022 / 1:07 pm

    You will never know how much I enjoyed that video. Tell Ila she needs to publish a canning recipe book. The two of you together could cover everything. You are very lucky to live so close to your parents! Please make another video with Ila. She can continue on with her life.. This brought back many good memories!

    • Lady Sam
      September 15, 2022 / 10:24 am

      Oh my ! Your mother is a lovely womanā€¦ Im 58 and still I ache for that kind of a mother ā€¦i could listen to her all day ā€¦would of loved to hear the two of you singingā€¦.bless you for showcasing your precious mother and your relationship with her ā€¦many of us that desire ā€œ home and hearth ā€œ lack that relationship in our lives ā€¦ hence i think you have a ministry at your beautiful homestead sharing your relationship with usā€¦..how you managed lifeā€™s ups & downs and maintain the joyful heart you both exude ā€¦yes a portion of all you do may be a fade for some ā€¦but for others its just away to matter and connect to a more arduous ā€œeasyā€ life ā€¦.and be dialed in to something ā€¦.anythingā€¦..that can bless our families and othersā€¦..either by setting a pretty table, making a new recipe, decorating our home or sending snail mail to a friendā€¦ā€just becuzā€ā€¦.life is too precious to be wasteful! You bring additional beauty in our days and inspire us to ā€œcarry onā€ā€¦and create a loving environment for those that matter to usā€¦and sometimes the loveliness is just for ourselves ā€¦becuz we need the beauty, emotion, refinement, style, etcā€¦..for our own person to be all God created us to beā€¦.
      At our home, we have Family Coffee Time in the morning that my husband preparesā€¦but each afternoon I & puppy/hubby when homeā€¦have Teatime with lovely china and accoutrements to embellish our day with a tad of elegance ! Home & hearth enriches our souls so we can share His Love with the outside world. Thank you for allowing us to peer thru your windows ā€¦having a seat at your kitchen table and see how youā€™re living this blessed life in the mist of lifeā€™s challengesā€¦.and yes some of those never-ending garden weeds & bountiful harvest! May God continue to bless your family & rich heritage!!! Never stop sharing ā€¦.youā€™re meeting more needs than just the ā€œessence of canning!ā€ In Earnest, Lady Sam

      • anitaknightdiaz
        Author
        September 16, 2022 / 4:15 am

        Thank you so very much for sharing with me and for those kind and encouraging wordsā¤ļøā˜ŗļøā˜ŗļø

  6. Barb
    September 13, 2022 / 1:48 pm

    Beautiful! Loved sitting at your kitchen table and listening to your Mothers stories from the past. Have memories of big washtubs filled with vegetables canning Chow Chow! Looking forward to more Mom wisdom! Blessings to you both!

  7. Billie L Oakley
    September 14, 2022 / 1:36 am

    Loved this conversation with your mother. She reminds me so much of the strong, resilient women in my NC family. Please share her with us again.

    • anitaknightdiaz
      Author
      September 14, 2022 / 3:26 am

      Thank you so much!! I sure willā˜ŗļøā˜ŗļø

  8. Susan
    September 14, 2022 / 3:42 am

    Anita thank you so very much for sharing your momma with us. I thoroughly enjoyed listening to her and hearing her stories. I often say I would give anything for five more minutes at the kitchen table with my Mom. You are a wise woman to grab these previous times.

    • anitaknightdiaz
      Author
      September 14, 2022 / 4:41 am

      Thank you so much Susan! Yes I am thankful and certainly using these opportunities to listen very carefully to everything they sayā˜ŗļøā˜ŗļøā˜ŗļø

  9. September 14, 2022 / 12:13 pm

    I loved the conversation with your mother. I had to laugh, I havenā€™t heard the term ā€˜light breadā€™ in years! But that is what it was called. When I was a kid I had no idea you could buy vegetables in cans from a store. It was great to hear all the things that the family faced. The conversation brought back memories I havenā€™t thought of in years. Tell your mother she is the youngest 80 year old Iā€™ve seen.
    Thanks for the memories.

    • anitaknightdiaz
      Author
      September 14, 2022 / 2:06 pm

      Oh thank you so much Brenda! Iā€™m glad it brought back some memories šŸ™‚ Yes another thing people ask me, in the biscuit video she says sweet milk and people just donā€™t say that anymore eitherā˜ŗļøā˜ŗļø

  10. MaryAnn King
    September 14, 2022 / 12:39 pm

    Thank you so much for sharing! Loved it!

    • anitaknightdiaz
      Author
      September 14, 2022 / 2:05 pm

      Thank you so much!