I always start out each post with the feast day or holiday that is listed in old almanacs for the date. Our Pennsylvania Dutch ancestors were tightly bound to their almanacs and this is a nod to that tradition.

Lemons typically need to grow at a minimum temperature of 45 F, but that has not deterred many Pennsylvania Dutch folks from trying their hand at growing them.

Young Jacob Gerhard found a secluded spot halfway up a mountain to build a small log cabin.

Jerusalem Eastern Salisbury’s church records, kept in immaculate German script, suddenly end in 1791.

In the years after the Revolutionary War, fear gripped tightly around the small Salzbarrick (Salisbury) area nestled on the slope of Lehigh Mountain.

I remember well my mother and grandmother descending below the roadway to pick from the dense thicket of watercress.

This recipe comes from Gram’s family who lived down near Center Valley in Lehigh County.