The importance of food if times get hard

       What's the old expression...food, shelter, and clothing?

            And even in WWII most Americans grew their own garden food since most of the farm food was going towards our soldiers overseas.

             Heck, our ancestors in the USA even had a rationing system, too. And it was not just for food. Think about other things, like transportation, for example.

            This "growing season" in 2013 I am doing a tire garden, in addition to my usual ground  garden, with a focus on simple things, like tomatoes and potatoes. Now to some, a tire garden is just a raised garden, like one with wood containers in their back yard that contains soil and seeds to grow into food.  Pretty nifty, I would say, on both accounts.

            And where I live, if it does not rain enough this summer, I plan on using local spring water to help the food growing process by watering the tire setup, and my garden.  Maybe I am as ingenious as our ancestors?

            Of course, what do I do with my tomatoes and potatoes I think I will grow? Quick answer; I will both eat them fresh, and preserve  some of them for consumption, later.

            I remember one of my Russian employees who cooked with a lot of cabbage, and it stunk to me.  Now he was a Russian national sports champion, also. So much  of his food was healthy, to him.

            As to other sources of nutrients, like from fat, I still have to trap and do other things where I live on the Cumberland Plateau in Tennessee.  That seems like a good problem to have.

            So bottom line, I like to eat enough to live, at least I think so. And I also like to share with my Family and Friends, as best I can.

            Can you believe I am even worrying this way in the new world USA? And by the way, I used an old fashioned garden watering widget, assembled from parts made in Germany and the USA, too.

            No gourmet restaurant meals for me...just the basics will do just fine during hard times. Though I also do like jazzing up any meal I make, or my relatives make. Yep, spices, any kind of spices, are also a big deal, to me.