Tom Dillard: Early Arkansans faced their own challenges to keep the pantry full
My wife has been worn out lately as she works to preserve the bountiful food production from our vegetable garden. She has been pickling cucumbers and okra, freezing purple hull peas and peppers, and our bumper crop of tomatoes has been canned. Potatoes were dug and stored in the shade of the back porch.
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