Have you seen the prices of vegetables at the grocery store lately? Is it time to bring back the victory gardens of yesteryear! Four years ago I took half of my lawn and made a garden out of it. I grow enough vegetables to last us all winter … a big savings for us.
During World War II, Victory Gardens were planted by families in the United States to help prevent a food shortage.
By 1944 Victory Gardens were responsible for producing 40 percent of all vegetables grown in the United States. More than one million tons of vegetables were grown in Victory Gardens during the war.
People with no yards planted small Victory Gardens in window boxes and watered them through their windows. Many schools across the country planted Victory Gardens on school grounds and used their produce in their school lunches.
Why mow it? Plant it and save!
Phillip Webber
Lisbon
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