On Thu, 28 Aug 2003 01:40:37 -0400, Noydb
wrote:



Although we certainly save money by putting food away, we find that we
derive our greatest pleasure from the variety of tastes we get from our own
garden that we simply can't buy in the local stores.

This is the main thing, plus the nice feeling of
satisfaction you get from having accomplished it yourself.

It's also good for the earth: uses fewer resources, makes
less pollution.

When you eat the home-grown and home-processed pickles or
tomatoes or whatever, you're not making the earth bear the
pollution burden of transporting them thousands of miles
across the country.


When you open yourself to preserving food, you open the door to flavors you
never knew existed ... good flavors that make no apologies.


Yep.

Pat