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Every fall for the past 30+ years, Leo and Karolin Lehman of El-gin, have enjoyed making wild el-derberry/grape jelly. If they were to calculate, they have probably given away over 1,200 jars of their special preserves to family, friends and to some acquaintancesjust because! (LeAnn Larson photo)


Longtime Elgin natives Karolin and Leo Lehman have always enjoyed gardening throughout their 63 years of marriage, but for the past 30+ the joy of jelly-making has topped their bucket list. Eighty-three-year-old Karolin (Falb) Lehman grew up in Elgin and really didnt have a clue about gardening until she landed on the Lehman farm southeast of town. Living next to Leos folks, she learned quickly how to cook, and yes, gardening was a big part of it. She reminisced about taking her four young daughters out in the woods in the early years with their tin pails to gather gooseberries. Th e girls always had to wear long-sleeved shirts and gloves when the picked, so they wouldnt get scratched and pricked by the thorns on the bushes. Th ey oft en made pie with the green gooseberries, but once they ripened, wild gooseberry jelly was cooked up and poured to the brim of glass jars. Leo, now 85 talked a lot about his grandmother, Louisa Lehman. She taught him as a young boy to enjoy wild plants and fruits in the woods. He doesnt recollect canning much himself, but acknowledged there was a lot of that going on at the farm. Nettles are one of those wild plants Leo still loves to this day. His grandmother, mother Lillian

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Leo Lehman cuts a branch of wild elderberries he re-cently found along a roadside ditch. Sometimes he will come home with a 5-gallon bucket full of these clusters of fruit. (LeAnn Larson photos)

Leo Lehman of Elgin placed his hand next to this pile of elderberries to illustrate the size of these miniature berries.

and wife Karolin have always cooked them the same way: Boil the nettles for 13 minutes or so, drain off the liquid, and chop up into small pieces. Brown on-ions in lard and add fl our to make a roux. Pour this into milk, adding a pinch of fl our and sugar, then cook until it thickens. At the end, add your nettles and sliced hard-boiled eggs, salt and pepper to taste, and cook until heated through. Karolin, retiring over 20 years ago, added that in early years she made a lot of strawberry and ground-

cherry jam, as well as gooseberry jelly. Later on, she and her husband not only continued to make these, but added wild grape and elderberry to their list of jams and jellies. It didnt take long before and they discovered this was something they could enjoy doing together each fall. However, there is most defi nitely a my job and your job rules when it comes to making jelly, and pretty much, when it comes to these two dont mess with each others job! Leos job entails fi nding, picking, cleaning and juicing the berries. It all starts in late August when you might see Leo roaming through ditches along back roads of northeast Iowa, trying to fi nd wild ber-ries that are ripe for picking. Leo stated, Every year is completely diff erent, where you fi nd berries one time, the next few years there might not be any. Just like the crops in the fi elds, the weather and pollination play a big part in wild berry production. Th e berry-picking usually spans a couple of weeks, each time with Leo bringing home dishpans

fi lled to the brim with berries. Th e next step is tedious, as he picks the grapes and strips the tiny elderberries from their vines. Karolin sets up the dining room table withan old oilcloth and covers the carpet to save it from stains. Leo doesnt mind this part of his job, as most evenings, he sits in the comfort of their home watching his beloved Red Sox play on TV as he works. Th e juicing of the berries has gotten much easier over the years, thanks to friends and for-mer pastor, Eldon Schro-eder and his wife Ramo-na. On one of their visits

to Iowa, they couldnt wait to stop and tell the Lehm-ans about a new steamer they had just purchased called the Back-to-Basic Steam Juicer. Karolin commented, My, what a diff erence this made in the juicing process! What used to take hours to sieve through cheesecloth now can be done in an hour. And without the mess! Youd be surprised to fi nd out how many of

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Aft er the juice is made, Leo fi lls half-gallon jars, then caps them and stores them in the re-frigerator. Jelly-making will begin only when he and Karolin deem they have the right amount of juice.

Some days shell make a batch or two, each batch making eight half-pints of jelly. In their young-er years, they recall that they made up to 100 jars of jelly each season. Th ey both agree, it is time to cut back a bit as they plan to make only 60 jars this year.

Karolin stated that she kind of made up the recipe, and pre-fers three cups of grape juice to two cups of elder-berry juice. She noted that the elderberries complement the grapes with its tartness.

Th e 83 year-old stressed to always use Sure-Jell, but only because she once tried another brand and it didnt work out for her.

With one batch out of the way this September aft ernoon, Karolin was eager to show and demon-strate how the veteran jelly-maker does her job.

Her counter was fi lled with exactly everything that was needed. Th e recipe calls for fi ve cups of juice, again three of grape and two of the Elderberry. Using

the small burner to heat the juice so it doesnt burn, she then added 1 pkg. of Sure-Jell, tsp. butter, and a dash of lemon juice to prevent the mixture

from foaming. Th e liquid is brought to a constant boil, one that cant be stirred

down. When this happens, immediately pour in the sugar. Karolin hesitated in tell-

ing how much sugar is added, but admitted to seven cups, which seems like an awful lot. She again brought the mixture to a boil and glanced up at her clock on the kitchen wall, as she watched the hand move around its face for exactly one-minute. She carried the pan with hot jelly over to her sink and scooped up the liquid, fi lling each jar to -inch from the top. She prefers using paraffi n to seal the preserves; she smiled as she talked about the old tin coff eepot Leos mother always used that she herself uses to melt the wax. To fi nish the product

for gift ing, the rims and lids are added, complete with handwritten labels. For over 30 years, Karolin and Leo Lehman have given away over 1200 thousand jars of jelly! Of course, their four daughters and eight grandchildren top their list for gift ing, but through the years theyve shared this homemade delight with hundreds of friends and other family members. Leo always takes it to his morning coff ee club and hands out a jar or two. In their church, the cou-ple love to give the jelly with a coff ee cake to those families who have just had a baby or to new couples that have joined their congregation. Grandma Kar-olin says its a great way to get to know the young families in their church. Th e Lehmans love giving it away to friends and neighbors, and anyone they hear of who is ill. Some-time they hand it out just because! Last time they paid their property taxes, they treated the gals at the

Its time for jelly making, and Karolin Lehman has her counter set with everything she will need from start to fi nish.

LEFT - Karolin Lehman handprints a label for each jar of jelly she and husband Leo make to identify the year and kind of preserve they have made.

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a three-day trip to their winter home. We drove down every year up until about six years ago, recalled Evelyn. Th e fi rst time that I had to navigate the trip turned out to be the last time that we would make the drive. Since then, Evelyn has fl own to Arizona, turning what was previously a three-day trip into a three-hour fl ight. One of the reasons that the Tagues decided to begin the snowbird lifestyle is so they could remain close to their family. We have three children, Tony, Tracy, and Tom, shared Tague. We also have fi ve grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren scattered between Iowa, Arizona, and Wisconsin. Th e lifestyle allows Tague to remain close to her entire family throughout the year. My oldest great-grandkid will be graduating high school in May (2016), added Evelyn. So this year. I had to modify my trip to make sure that I can see him walk across the stage and receive his diploma at his high school in Arizona. During the spring and summer months, Evelyn spends her time with her family in Iowa, as her son Tony and his family, as well as her sister and her fam-ily, live near Castalia. Not only does Evelyn enjoy the ability to remain close to her whole family throughout the year, she also enjoys meeting new people and socializing with her friends and neighbors in both tight-knit communities. I have a lot of fun with my neighbors in Arizona, Tague pointed out. We get together to play cards, play dominoes, and just socialize. Tague has made friends with people from across the United States, as well as Canada. She has also joined several clubs and picked up hobbies in her Arizona community, many of which she continues in Iowa.

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Evelyn Tague, a part-time resident of Clermont and snowbird of nearly 20 years, has packed up and headed south to Arizona during the winter months since 1996. (Zakary Kriener photo)

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Palmer Memorial Foundations annual Fall Fund Fest is set for Th ursday, Oct. 15, at the Fayette County Fairgrounds in West Union. Th e festivities will include food, entertainment, live and silent auction items, and a 50/50 raffl e. All proceeds from the event go to Palmer Memorial Foundation for community healthcare needs. Th e Fall Fund Fest has enjoyed great suc-cess in the past, thanks to generous donors. Th ose in attendance will have the opportunity to view and make bids on a variety of baskets and other items that will be part of the live and silent auctions. Guests will also be treated to a light supper and live musical entertainment from Kindred Minds, a West Union-based folk and traditional music group. Th e 50/50 raffl e will add a new twist to this years Fall Fund Fest, allowing participants to

purchase tickets for $1 each or six tickets for $5. Th e winner of the raffl e will receive half of the money collected, with the other half going to fund healthcare needs in northeast Iowa. Tick-ets for the raffl e are available at Palmer Lutheran Health Center at the main and outpatient en-trances, and you need not be present to win. Some of the funds raised at the annual Fall Fund Fest will go to fund community initiatives such as Cyber Safety for North Fayette schools, the Fayette Ambulance, bike rodeos, and nu-merous youth-centered events. Proceeds also go toward purchasing patient care equipment and supplies at Palmer Lutheran Health Center. Palmer Memorial Foundations Fall Fund Fest is scheduled for 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Th urs-day, Oct. 15, at the Dance Pavilion located at the Fayette County Fairgrounds in West Union. For more information about this years Fall Fund Fest, contact Jamie Hoey at (563) 422-3811, ext. 1763.

Palmer Fall Fund Fest gearing up for good timeLEFT - Linda Davis, Bev Strong, Rhonda Schaufen-buel and Vicki Pavlovac (l-r), members of the Palm-er Memorial Foundation board, display baskets that have been donated for the Palmer Fund Fest as part of the silent auction.

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