As you can guess this picture was not taken today. The pea blossoms in this picture just made me think about work. Right now we are in the process of labeling peas that were grown a while ago. The idea that food can be processed so that it can be stored for a long time is quite an invention. I know that salting and drying of meat has been around for a long time but the method of canning as preservation is really quite new, like maybe 150 years or so.
Anyway as fall is now upon us and it will not be long until we see snow and possibly some really cold weather it is good to know that we had a good harvest this year and we have been able to "can" food so that there will be a supply for this coming winter.
We also had a chance this summer to do some dry canning for ourselves. Sugar, flour, and other staples are good to have just in case there is a disruption of supply to our local stores.
Saturday I was able to help out at a DI event where the church is able to provide furniture, bedding, and clothing to those in need. I was a little surprised that the quantity of things provided this year was actually down a little bit from the past few years. (I have been involved in this for about the past four or five years.) I think that is a good thing as perhaps not so many are in need right now despite the economic downturn. Perhaps it is just that the downturn has not trickled down yet. We shall see.
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It kind of makes me think that we have learned something from the squirrls! Store up now for later.
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