You have a Victory Garden.  It’s growing things.  Things you want to keep.  What do you do?  Fresh food has the nasty tendency to spoil, even in our relatively dry, microbe-free desert environment (i.e. if you’re reading this in Reno).

The solution:  Canning!  As always, Cardoza shows us the way.

The highlights:

1. Know how to properly can.  There’s a reason botulism is frequently spread through canned goods.  Don’t let yours fall to the same fate.
2. Heat + salt + vacuum = Will probably work.
3. The USDA gives tips and hints and, to be fair, probably has since the Wilson administration.
4. I’m addicted to italics.  I need help.

You can do this!  Just remember - WWJD?  What Would John Do… look, it’s not my fault his initials are the same as a certain carpenter.  I didn’t name him.  I just hope he doesn’t die for our sins or anything, otherwise I’ll never know how to properly maintain my Victory Garden!

(Teach a man to pick a vegetable and you’ll feed him for a day.  Teach a man to garden and you’ll feed him for a lifetime?)

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