Canning Green Beans that ‘STAY GREEN!!!’ 

Thank you for sharing - my grandfather always said “if you have one boy, you have good help. If you have two boys, you have half the help and if you have three boys you have no help”. Hahaha! I laughed when I saw three boys standing around eating the beans and it reminded me of this saying.

I am 81 years young and have canned food all my life. I have to say I have learned more from watching you than I can believe.

Please don't sell yourself short honey. You make really great videos. I love following your family and the relationship you have with your kids. It is so nice to see parents actually teaching their kids the daily chores that they will eventually need to survive in this world. Keep doing what you are doing, and may God Bless you and your family.

I have watched other youtubers but i always come back to your videos because of YOU. Your voice is so calm and your smile is so lovely that no one compares. I have watched almost all of your videos since I came across you a week ago. Your children are charming. I love the way you film your amazing farm. I feel like I am apart of your wonderful work.

The problem of today's society is that parents have stopped teaching their children how to think for themselves, be responsible, and be respectful. I personally think this makes you the most intelligent person in the room! That's why they're coming after us!! Keep up the good fight, sister!! GOD LOVES A WORKING MAN AND A NURTURING WOMAN!!

Thank you. I did not know about the zinc. Don’t let anyone tell you that you do not “sound educated”. I am a Home Economics major and you immediately taught me something. I would rather learn from you than some of the You Tubers who think they know everything when it is so obvious they know nothing. Do what you are doing and feel GOOD about it and yourself. Thank you again. 😊😊😊

we love you for what you ARE and how you present yourself!! we are tired of 'professional' and 'hypie' videos! you are so REAL and down to earth, your loving family, your practical suggestions. your faith (without forcing it!) you are a breath of fresh air! THANK YOU

Thanks for telling us about the zinc. This will help so many families with the appearance of their green beans. We all enjoy watching your family work together. God bless your family and your animals

Oh my dear.. as a person now in my 60s.. with great grandparents who were horse & buggy Mennonites (my grandparents were more progressive, then each generation after has become more secular. I know my generation who are still alive appreciate the Mennonite culture very much. The food especially.. lol.. 😊) I love watching your lives.. very much reminds me of my own childhood.. Oh my.. did we very learn Very Important lessons about life, where food comes from & the human effort to grow that food.. many other lessons too.. I love the true reality of your videos ❤😊 Nothing gimicky but as a family really functions.. and I think you are doing an incredible job of giving your children a good grounding for when they become adults.. especially in this day & times.. God bless your family.. & thanks for sharing... 😊

Do not underestimate your content. I think some of the photography of your homestead is stunning. And you content is real. Love it!

Your boys ate a full meal of green beans during the process. I laughed seeing the puffed out cheeks stuffed with the string beans as they were stuffing the jars! 😂 When I was a girl, my mom used to sit me outside at the picnic table on a nice day to snap the beans for dinner. It always seemed like a mountain I would never be able to conquer. Unfortunately I didn't have a couple of siblings to help me. Everytime I buy string beans now, I think about those days. I'd gladly snap beans for her now. ❤ Thanks for sharing the technique for keeping canned beans green and triggering good memories. 😊😊

I have been binge watching since I found your channel. I love that all the kids are involved in the process. It’s great that kids understand where food comes from and how to preserve it.

I did the zinc tabs and you are right! The color is bright green compared to my other beans! This is spectacular!

I got so tickled watching the boys "help." I said Ruth has to grow lots of beans just so some will make it to the canner! 😂 Thanks for explaining your method with zinc! The opening scenes in the garden were gorgeous!

The only reason I don’t can green beans is the color. Now I can can them up and freeing up freezer space will be so great! Thanks for starting this great tip.

Glen parked up as soon as you held up the kale asking if that's what he wanted. You are a beautiful human being, all kids should be growing up like this. Too many distractions in the world today. Bless your family, and God bless you. I hope this comment finds your family well.❤🤍💙 🚜 ☀

We love Homesteading with the Zimmerman’s… the quality of footage, editing style and commentary is special on so many levels. Thank you for taking the time to share all you do.

Thanks for telling me about zinc

God Bless you - I have discovered your channel and the most humblest person that you are. How wonderful that we have been blessed with someone as sweet as you to show us what my Father and Mother tried to teach us. "Live Simply to Simply Live" was there lifetime motto. Thank you for your channel. I have now been following you videos, canning and preserving for over 1 year and what a pleasure I have received for successfully achieving great results from following you. I am not very comfortable pressure canning but your water baths are what I follow. Maybe I will one day venture further. Thank you. Many blessings and love.

Oh my goodness what a difference the zinc made. WOW! I'll be doing this next year for sure. Thank you!!

We've been adding zinc to our green beans and pickles forever. In the old days, they put a zinc penny in the jars. A few years after they started making zinc vitamins, we started adding a zinc tablet to each jar. It makes the color great, but also keeps them a crisper.

So nice to learn something new! I never knew zinc made the green beans brighter! Plus it’s good for you! Definitely going to add this next time I can green beans! Love your outdoor kitchen setup!

Love your channel and context Just started watching I’m a canner too grew up canning with my mom. I’m 66 years old and still learning new techniques about canning. I’m going to try the zink in my green beans the next time I’m canning them. You’re blessed with lots of knowledge thank you for sharing and giving back to help people who want to learn more about whatever you have to share.

I just LOVE your channel! You are such a pleasant lady and a very good teacher. You get to the point and have a lot of great information that you share. I follow quite a few homesteading channels and you are one of my very favorites! I would watch you do anything, it's all great content.

What a beautiful country we’d have if every parent raised/taught their kids like y’all do. I was raised like this but unfortunately we didn’t raise my kids this way

I love your channel! You do a great job editing, but even if you didn’t I would watch you. You have a beautiful farm and your videos are so peaceful and calm, and you do a great job teaching how to do things. I’ve been canning for over 30 years, but I still learn things now and then that I didn’t know, and today was one of those days.

Your videos are so refreshing and wholesome. I raised my daughter like you raise your kids and to this day she is smart, strong work ethic and very respectful to people. Kudos! Now about the zinc being added to your beans....GAME CHANGER! I'm telling everyone I know and they are as ecstatic as I am! Thanks you for providing such great content!

I choose to spend my viewing time with real people, not professionals! I love your family! TY for your lovely videos, I love seeing the laundry swaying in the breeze!

Thank you for sharing on how to keep green beans green in canning. You’re doing great in doing your videos. I enjoyed watching the family helping and getting a big job done and they get to eat in the future. Great job. ❤

Don’t ever put yourself down. Your channel is amazing and I love it.

Your a superstar & wonderful role model to your kids Love seeing all the kids, helping to food from the garden & ready to can xx

I make pickled green beans every year but have never canned plain green beans precisely due to the discoloration. Thanks for the zinc tip…this will be so helpful

You are a Beautiful person inside and out and I enjoy your videos so much! I am 60 yr.s old and still learning. Thank you for shearing your Knowledge

Love your stash of canned goods. Shame grocery stores don’t look like. I’ve thought about getting 2nd canner as well but as you mentioned, only need it twice year.

Those KIDS! How BLESSED you are.

I'm definitely going to try the zinc tip this year

Just saw your video on water canning Tomato Sauce. I t brought back so many memories of my family's much younger days. My father brought a 55 gallon metal drum. He cut it into 2. in one half he cut out a nice size hole about three thirds up. Followed by cutting rebar black steal. Then in the other half he set on top and filled it about half way with water making sure the water would be over the top of the jars. He started a fire in the bottom. Mother had 50 are so can jars full of green beans to can. Dad toke 24 bottoms, put them in the warming water. once the water started to bowl he keep the water bowling for 3 hours. Let it set over night to cool. Never again did they have problems of not sealing jars . Mom always said it was her bowling the leads right before use. I think it was a little of bother. the some of ever thing were used until recently. God be With.

Missed your videos!! I love home canned green beans, so much better than my old standby of frozen. My green beans are slowly winding themselves up in the garden and hopefully I'll be canning them soon. We're still waiting for summer here in the Pac NW! Thanks for some great info here. Also, your zinnias and other flowers in the garden are so vibrant and pretty.

I am a new subscriber and have been binge watching your videos. You have a kind personality, beautiful smile, a family you are teaching work ethics and still allowing play. I really enjoy your videos! Thank you so much. Bless you

Just found your channel. So glad to see the children helping to preserve the harvest.

Amazing green beans! I have been growing and trying to process Italian poll beans for 5+ years. I used your recipe this year and they are fabulous. Now to get them all picked and canned. THANK YOU SO MUCH!

I've been canning for over 30 years but didn't know about adding the zinc. Definitely will be trying that. Thanks for the great tip.😊

Watching this reminds me of when I was a kid, preserving with my Peralta and family, I'm the youngest of 13 siblings, and at 57 starting to share with my adult kids the joy of making you own food. Thanks and looking forward to your next video. Shalom

You are as good as or better than a lot of youtubers I watch. You are so calm and down to earth and a great teacher. I have been canning for a lot of years and this is the first time i heard about the use of zinc in canning. I really appreciate your videos. Thankyou.

Who knew zinc would make such a difference? Great info

Love watching the family working together

Thanks for the tip! Next year I'll be adding some to my jars!

Imo you might want to think of getting the 2nd pressure cooker bc kids grow fast and you'll be able to bless your child as your mother did for you.. Wish I had had a mom that taught me the things you know. ❤ And thanks for the tip. I had wondered how they made the greener green beans.

Oh my Ruthann..I love your easy style with the camera….since I found u I go to u first!,

I love seeing this as a family activity 🥰 I wish my home was this full and full of love

I love, love, love watching your children helping, playing and hamming it up! Thank you for sharing your knowledge, not only with us but with your children!

Your energy and your collaboration is fabulous

Our Mother had 7 Children in 8 years. Six years later I was born. The first 5 were Boys and the last 3 were girls. I was 6 years younger than my nearest Sister. I never really felt like one of them. It was okay I had pigs, dogs and Chickens as playmates! I'm still an animal lover. This was a great video. Our Mother raised us working along side of her. Our Father died when I was 10 months old. Our Mother raised us by herself. Have you ever tried Leather Britches? So good! GOD bless

I love your videos and how you present. You feel like one of us ❤

this is awesome! i remember doing the same process with my great grandma and my grandma every summer.

Thank you for the Zinc tip!Love you videos!

Thank you for the advice about the zinc.

Thank you for the zinc tip! 🌹

You are the best kind of Mother!

I thank you. Your channel is a Joy to follow

Thank you for this great tip! Can’t wait to try this next season. May try the late bush bean planting, too!

Green green beans , what a concept! Thank you for sharing. Loved seeing your outdoor canning kitchen.

Brings back so many sweet memories. How my parents and helpers around table wiring together. Preparing foods together

I wanted to say thank you for this amazing channel! I love how you give information about your mum & grandma on baking and cooking! Mine did the same. I just am so much more thankful that you talk about the canning & gardening, as neither my mum or gramma did them. I have sheets wanted to live in a farm, I have chickens, ducks & a mini horse. Plus 3 dogs lol. Thank you for helping me with my canning.

I really enjoy all of your video’s. Thank you for sharing!

What a gorgeous pantry of abundance! So nice to see the kiddos helping. Your family is an inspiration!

I love your videos, Ruth. I'm also really glad that it seems as though you're making more frequent videos! What I love about your footage is how real and true to life it is, and the kids are wonderful, sweet, and very funny, too. They are just their best child selves. Great job, and thank you so much!

You're a great teacher! ❤

I like your videos just the way they are. You and your family are real and that means a lot.

I love the hint about zinc added to the green beans! I love them canned but the brighter green would be really nice! I love your sweet spirit!❤

I found your channel recently, and very much appreciate all that you and your family do. Lovely and informative videos, and a beautiful family and faith you have! Thank you for sharing!❤

Love watching your channel and learning new things like the zinc in the green beans . I will try this next year instead of freezing my beans. Thank you

Zinc is a great bit of information. Thank you

You and your family are great! Love to watch and learn from you...just starting to get our homestead up and running. There is so much to learn, and you make it feel like it is within reach. 😊 Thank you and your wonderful family.🧡

Lol they're loving the lil green beans 🤣. I do the same thing. I appreciate the tip. Will be doing this from now on. Thank you. Hope you have a blessed day and week 🙏

Thanks. I'm definitely trying this when I do beans again. I like to cut my beans in half or thirds, it is easier to stuff the jars.

Thank you. I love how you keep things real and relatable. You and your family are wonderful. Much respect from New Zealand. Cheers

Well, that's nifty! Thanks for the tip. I'll definitely try that this year when my beans come on.

Thank you for sharing! I wish I would have known this a few weeks ago, but so excited to use this too next time around!

Love to see the children eating fresh vegetables in the garden! Love you channel.

Ty for all your videos and everything else you do! You’re pure joy! 🤗

Love the tip about Zinc. Those look much yummier ❤

Thank you so much!! I'm picking green beans hopefully Monday, and I'll definately use this tip! They look so pretty!

I love watching all your videos I’ve watched so many of them now I really love the way all your children do chores and chip in and help with everything that is so awesome they don’t even seem to complain what a nice life you all have God bless.

I will be adding the zinc this year and growing more GREEN beans for canning. Thanks so much.

Girl, you do a fantastic job! There are so many more trash and annoying channels than good ones. You're definitely in the well-shot, well edited, clear audio, great videos group.

You are great . The kids are sweet and so polite . They are learning from the best .

I sure do appreciate your instructional videos! You make it look so doable. Thanks again!

I bought Zinc and oh my goodness, what a huge color difference. Thank you

It amazes me how much knowledge the Mennonite people have, I love learning from them, always very great information that I trust. Thank you for sharing.

Thanks you for the Zinc tip! Didn't know that it would keep my green beans green. Will be doing this this year for sure! Always enjoy your videos so much. Very informative.

Thanks so much for the green bean canning vid. TY & God bless yally❤️

Your gardens are amazing ❤❤

Thank you so very much! I appreciate that you take the time to teach us.

Thank you for sharing all your wonderful knowledge! My kids will be so thankful!!🤣

I like your videos as they are. You are real and so are your kids. I really enjoy watching Harrison 'help'

Zinc! I knew you mentioned something on IG a while ago but I couldn't remember what it was you added. Thank you! Those green beans look delicious. My second round are just ready for picking today here in Vermont.

hey there from Tennessee ! I am learning so much from you! Thank you

I love your small channel. I really enjoy how you share recipes, your life on a farm. Your children have a wonderful life.

Your channel is refreshing. I like how the children get involved and you give enough information/detail that we cancan green beans or whatever the subject matter is