[goodnesswins]

Modern food preservation....After trying to put up some fruits and veggies this year I have been marveling at what our ancestors had to do to survive...prepare garden...plant...grow ...water...harvest...preserve...start over.

[Windflier]

Modern food preservation....After trying to put up some fruits and veggies this year I have been marveling at what our ancestors had to do to survive...prepare garden...plant...grow ...water...harvest...preserve...start over.

My wife started a garden earlier this summer, and has had maybe 10% success with her little crops. It's a learning experience. She's also begun canning, and has done really well with that.

It really is a lot of work to replicate a simple can of green vegetables off the grocery store shelf.