Victory Gardens Revisited
The Victory (or War) gardens of WWI, the Depression and WWII saw 3/5 of American families engaged in some sort of gardening. This effort produce 60% of all fruits and vegetable consumed in the U.S.
In this period of economic and environmental upheaval, the Victory Garden is needed again. Even 90 years ago, the government knew transportation too expensive. Sound familiar?
Some Background… Here is a photocopied 1918 WWI Victory Garden Manual in pdf format.
Click the ‘play’ button below to view a WWII movie documenting hw you can grow a Victory Garden. Interestingly enough, we have come a long way from ‘only good bug is a dead bug’ thinking of the times…
A Victory Garden is like a share in an airplane factory. It helps win the War and pays dividends, too…
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Watch Barney Bear start his own Victory Garden. Although this is a cartoon, there are some good lessons included… This one is quite weird – from 1943 Watch 1943 – You Cannot Eat Lilies – Victory Garden Video A 1944 cartoon promoting composting as a way to feed your plants so they can feed you… Watch Plant Canteen – A Compost Heap – 1944 cartoon in How to Videos | View More Free Videos Online at Veoh.com Gardening is so easy, even a chimp can do it! As seen in this WW II British short film.
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Check out the new Barney Bear cartoon. Notice the references to dry, hard ground, watch the way your tools are laid down (he finds out about hoes, and rakes work the same way), and flooding gopher runs is as futile (but not as dramatic) as Barney’s efforts…