Self Reliance
I am all for self reliance. Unless it involves home canning. Ok, so I'm not against home canning, unless I have to do it. My mom did it while I was growing up. We all had to help. Turning the crank on the food mill thing and watching the tomato skins and seeds "poop" out the end while the juice squished down into the pan. That's the one memory of home canning I can actually remember. I know we did it more, I just don't remember all the other times. Home canning is not something I enjoy. I rarely do it on my own. (In fact, I think the last time I did it on my own was when we lived in Dammeron Valley and I juiced grapes.) My sweet husband is the 'instigator' in any home canning we do. I'm not completely opposed to helping, I would just rather do just about anything else (but I don't, because I love him and know he would help me with stuff even if he would rather do anything else). Our current canning project is apples. And more apples. We have, I t...