Victory Garden. In wartime, governments encouraged people to plant victory gardens not only to supplement their rations but also to boost morale. Similar to World War I and II, Americans are growing victory gardens a.k.a. war gardens to combat food shortage fears amid the coronavirus outbreak.
Photo by Verdant Landscape Group, LLC Food rationing was a part of life during both world wars, so the government urged Americans to pitch in by tending home garden. "The Victory Garden is a stunning piece of historical fiction that will grab you from the first page." —San Diego Entertainer "A deftly penned novel by an author with a distinctive flair for originality and an entertaining narrative storytelling style that will hold the reader's rapt attention from beginning to end." —Midwest Book . The food that was available might not have been the freshest or healthiest. S. were grown in-home and community victory gardens.
During the war, when food rations were scarce and times were uncertain, the government started encouraging families — particularly men who had never tried it before — to roll up their sleeves and get into vegetable gardening.
Once again, growing a garden was a sign of patriotism, but it was also.
S. were grown in-home and community victory gardens. The Victory Garden Online is the companion site to the popular PBS series. It was wartime and food was scarce.