HOMEGROWN Life: A First Lesson in Homemaking

Reader Contribution by Michelle Wire/Homegrown.Org
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“The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.” — Confucius

Happy autumn, friends! I don’t know about you, but fall is my “come alive” season. While I have a huge appreciation for all seasons (if a slight dislike of winter), autumn has always been my favorite. I love the changing leaves, the apple spice everything, and the smell of fireplaces being coaxed back to life. I’ve even bought my first pumpkin!

This time of year, I’m pulled into the kitchen even more than usual. I’ve already baked my first apple and pumpkin pies, as well as copious amounts of rustic seeded bread, and I’ve purchased my second hot water canner to increase my output. I’ve also begun to find importance in sharing some of my skills with younger people, and I implore you to do the same.

I spent yesterday with a young woman (she’s 19) going over some basic domestic skills. For one reason or another, she wasn’t given the opportunity to learn these things from her own mother and now has moved into her own place and is struggling a bit. I hadn’t given much thought to someone not having any domestic training. I took my own “training” from my parents for granted, I suppose. But, if you think about it, a lack of domestic training can keep someone from making a house a home, knowing how to bake, how to cook, how to set a table and be a good host.

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