Towards a philosphy of canning...

We have had a bounty of tomatoes this year.  Here was my take at one point, before I spent a month in Houston. 

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They became this...

And eventually, they become this: jars of diced tomatoes. 

Canning the produce of the garden is good, hard work, and it feels so fruitful (no pun intended!) There is something so satisfying about storing up, saving the abundance of summer for the time of want in winter.  And in addition, there were lots of tomatoes to eat and share, thus reinforcing the goodness of the labor.

If we all gardened and canned, I believe we would be a wiser people.