How does Paulsen describe Harris' parents in the novel, Harris and Me: A Summer Remembered?

Harris' parents, Knute and Clair, are a stereotypical farm couple; Knute, as silent as a monk, is engrossed in planning, plowing, and planting, while Clair orchestrates five performances a day in the farm's nonstop kitchen. Consequently, much of Harris's upbringing is left to his fourteen-year-old sister, Glennis, a mother-in-training with a right hand to be feared.