Friday, March 10, 2006
Victory Gardens - Some Facts
"Vegetables, Vitality, Victory" was the victory garden slogan for 1942.
Plot sizes of 20 by 40 feet, 30 by 50 feet were deemed sufficient to feed a family of four.
Tomatoes. beets, beans, carrots, radishes, Swiss chard, and onions were the recommended crops. Brussel sprouts were banned from the recommended list.
In 1942 fifteen million victory gardens were registered with the USDA. Twenty million were registered the next year.
There were victory gardens on the Boston Common and at Arlington Park racetrack in Chicago. Gardens were commonplace in public parks.
source: The North Dakota Quarterly, Summer 1993 ¶ 9:07 PM
"Vegetables, Vitality, Victory" was the victory garden slogan for 1942.
Plot sizes of 20 by 40 feet, 30 by 50 feet were deemed sufficient to feed a family of four.
Tomatoes. beets, beans, carrots, radishes, Swiss chard, and onions were the recommended crops. Brussel sprouts were banned from the recommended list.
In 1942 fifteen million victory gardens were registered with the USDA. Twenty million were registered the next year.
There were victory gardens on the Boston Common and at Arlington Park racetrack in Chicago. Gardens were commonplace in public parks.
source: The North Dakota Quarterly, Summer 1993 ¶ 9:07 PM
