Planting Time

Larry was a gardener! He studied plants and how to grow them!  He was tall 6’9” tall. His gardens were big. The rows were long. I know ‘cause I hoed them! He also had a Farmall with hillers and tillers and all sorts of attachments!  He had big buckets of fertilizers and chemicals for whatever might sttack his plants! He had an electric fence for the deer!  Too many rabbits— he shot them. A scarecrow to scare the crows!  He’s been gone 5 years but I’m dreaming of a garden!  Maybe a few raised beds.  I could take care of that!  We return to our roots!

In early 1942, just weeks after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Office of Civilian Defense encouraged Americans to plant Victory Gardens. The concept revived an old WWI tradition of Americans planting War Gardens to support the war effort from the Home Front. Victory Gardens had several purposes, but one of the most important was providing healthy food for American families while lessening their need to purchase food from outside sources.