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.

Yost Yoder died in 1742 and was sorely missed from the old homestead along the Manatawny Creek.

The Pennsylvania Dutch loved to add decorations all over.

Just off my loom are table runners that I wove in a goose eye twill variant. The pattern is based on a diamond patterned tablecloth owned by the Keim family who lived in Berks County’s Oley Valley.