Does anyone remember the Victory Gardens from th World War II era and what was planted in them?

Anything that could be eaten! My grandparents had a number of acres in Los Angeles, and they grew all their own vegetables, and gave much away to neighbors. They also kept a milking cow, and chickens and ducks.
Does anyone remember the Victory Gardens from th World War II era and what was planted in them?
I believe all sorts of vegetables were planted in them. Probably varied by the region. Spinach wouldn%26#039;t grow well in Kansas.





I was just thinking about Victory gardens recently. Isn%26#039;t it amazing that the current war has been going on longer than WWII and no one has encouraged planting victory gardens now? Especially with the food crisis that is evident.





You know what the largest crop is in America? Grass. The golf course, front yard, back yard, serves little purpose kind. If we all grew victory gardens perhaps food prices wouldn%26#039;t be spiraling out of control, there wouldn%26#039;t be food riots in Haiti, Egypt, Mexico and other places.





And corn wouldn%26#039;t be going in gas tanks instead of on plates.
Does anyone remember the Victory Gardens from th World War II era and what was planted in them?
Vegetables and the best ones that were planted were the


ones that could be saved over the winter. These would be


root vegetables like potatoes, carrots, turnips, cabbages,onions, pumpkins, You could store these vegetables in dark cool places and they would stay good throughout the winter. In those days you could only eat what was in season whether it was fruit, vegetables or meat. With basically the whole world at war it was too dangerous to ship things by sea so you couldn%26#039;t expect to get fruit from Hawaii or South America. Also a lot of the food was being shipped overseas to feed the troops so you just couldn%26#039;t buy things. You had to grow your own stuff or do without!
Reply:We grew potatoes. Most never got larger than a golf ball. The rabbits got a share of the string beans. We grew carrots, lettuce, radish, onions and tomatoes. I think we also grew lima beans and peas. It took a lot of work.





My older cousin was in the third grade and he got a certificate signed by President Roosevelt. I was bummed, because I spent more time in the garden than he did. FDR musta figured that five year olds can%26#039;t vote.