(Music: I WANNA BE YOUR MAN, Lennon-McCartney) (info./disclaimers [0]) (glossary [0]) (index [0]) (gardening guide [0])

I wanna eat well this winter, baby
I wanna freeze and can
I wanna eat well this winter, baby
I wanna freeze and can

I'll eat right out of the garden, baby
Every time I can
But some crops just don't last there, baby
I wanna freeze and can

I wanna freeze and can
I wanna freeze and can
I wanna freeze and can
I wanna freeze and can

I also wanna sun-dry, baby
And store stuff in the house
I'll use my root cellar for root crops, baby
And seal it against the Mouse

I wanna eat well this winter, baby
In every way I can
I'll dry, store, cellar, and harvest fresh, baby
And I wanna freeze and can

I wanna freeze and can
I wanna freeze and can
I wanna freeze and can
I wanna freeze and can

I need no supermarkets, baby
I don't want that food they sell
It's dead or it's laced with chemicals, baby
But in my garden I can grow food well

I've got no use for fast food, baby
I know it's just a sham
Time is love in the garden, baby
I wanna freeze and can

I wanna freeze and can
I wanna freeze and can
I wanna freeze and can
I wanna freeze and can

I wanna freeze and can (repeat and fade)

Comments: A lusty ode to food preservation, this has become a cult classic in pantries, freezers, and (to a lesser extent) root cellars all over the Beetless' "home territory." Consulting Putting Food By or some similar reliable reference is highly recommended, especially when canning.

Excerpted from The Beetless' Gardening Book: An Organic Gardening Songbook/Guidebook, copyright 1997 by Chris Roth (info./disclaimers [0]) (glossary [0]) (index [0]) (gardening guide [0])