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Re: [GWL]: Victory Gardens

If I am not mistaken, many people in the late 1940's were not home 
owners who could immediately take action to plant gardens (if they had 
not previous to the war planted fruit trees and vegetable gardens) to 
make up for the shortfall of fresh vegetables available in the stores.

The use of public and private lots for the use of renters to plant 
gardens was a result of the need and desire to plant a "victory" garden.

It is important to understand that draft shift of men from their 
traditional factory and farm jobs and required women to fill these 
positions. However, that alone did not cause the shortages of food and 
the rationing that resulted. It was the time required to transport the 
food long distances required to the front line is the pacific, europe, 
and africa that produced these shortages.

Also the technology of preserving food was rather limited - smoked, 
salted, dried, and canned items. Anyone remember powdered eggs and 
S.O.S.? Frozen food preparation was very much in its infancy.

Another element was the lack of interstate highways and trucks to 
transport agricultural commodities quickly from coast to coast. Grocery 
shelves were not stocked with fresh fruits and vegetables throughout the 
year. These items were very seasonal and depending on the perishable 
nature of the item, supplied by growers within the state in which they 
were consumed. The growth of production of winter vegetables in Florida, 
California, Mexico, and the Caribbean did not begin to develop until the 
1950's.

Many of the reasons for the victory gardens were based upon necessity 
although government PR efforts promoted them as being patriotic.

Claude Sweet
San Diego, CA

FRIELSTER@aol.com wrote:

> Georgiana,
> I spoke with a friend who remembers helping her parents work in their Victory 
> Garden when she was very young.  They planted corn, cukes, cabbage, peppers 
> and lettuce.  She's working on an article that sounds similar to yours, 
> something to the effect that the Victory Gardens evolved into community 
> gardens.

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