Growing up, most of our back yard was a garden. Potatoes, celery, carrots, lettuce, tomatoes, green beans, corn, strawberries, rhubarb, plus a pear, plum, peach, and apple tree.
My father was out there everyday in the summer, and when things ripened, it was eaten, or my mother put it away for later by freezing, or more often canning. She also baked using a lot of the fruit. One of her favorite things to do, and she was a great baker.
My folks didn’t make a lot of money, but all six of us ate well.