Home canned grape juice is the best. A neighbor taught me how. Last year we took a bunch of freebie apples from my friend’s grandma’s trees and canned applesauce for the first time. My kids loved it and prefer it to the store bought (even the good, organic stuff)

I am anxiously awaiting the opening in Salem. I wish that my in-laws would see it. They are constantly making “digs” and snide remarks about the organic, natural, and local foods that I buy, not seeing the value in those choices for our family. I always tell me kids, “when you know better, you do better.”