Dirty Hands and Canned Food

Although more suited for the fall harvest, the Times just published a good article on canning. I've canned pickles, apple jams and fruit jams but this year I definitely need to branch out to tomatoes!

The Times also has a great article on the joys of working with your hands. This article primarily focuses on careers "in the trades" versus "in an office" but I think these extremes miss a middle ground. No matter what you do for a living, you can always pick up crafty hobbies like gardening, woodworking, tinkering and fixing things. This blog is dedicated to the notion that these hobbies are interesting and rewarding and are not nearly as hard as they seem. There is a tremendous amount of satisfaction in taking something that is broken and making it work, taking wood and making something useful or taking raw ingredients and producing a finished product. So no matter what career you are in, you CAN become more self sufficient!