P: I'm starting to sort of like Food Gardens. It is what it is, ya' know? Food gardens. Forget this Victory stuff and this edible landscape stuff. Let's just plant food and get on with it.
LOL! Good solution!
If anyone's interested, I found an old book by Charles Lathrop Pack on the Wisconsin Historical Society's web site. If I'm understanding things correctly, it shows how the switch was flipped from war to victory gardens after WWI--to feed the hungry at home and abroad. "Victory," as I suggested, was originally applied to connote closure and forward movement after the war--not to imply "war". That connotation came to "victory gardens" in the Second World War.
Here's what the folks up in Wisconsin said about the book: "AfterWorld War I, Americans were called upon by the government to supply food to war-ravaged areas of Europe. During the war, War Gardens had struck a patriotic chord as Americans began producing food in their backyards to help save some of the wheat, meat, and other foods that were needed by the army. The call to garden continued after the war when food was needed to help Europeans rebuild. Charles Lathrop Pack, President of the National War Garden Commission, produced this booklet to urge Americans to keep gardening and to support the peace process."
So, "victory gardens" were the original "peace gardens"...that was the intention in the name.
Here's the link:
http://content.wisconsinhistory....PTR=22195&
REC=1
It loads page by page, so it can be slow...but it's also great fun to read things as they originally appeared.
Oh, and don't forget edible estates:
http://www.fritzhaeg.com/garden/...tes/
main01.html
Gaia's Garden - my name choice.
Gardening has probably always been popular as a hobby because people love to see seeds sprout and things grow (except weeds). However, the times they are a changing. Oil, or lack of, is driving all prices sky high. The time has finally come (awareness - people are waking up)to begin the job of taking care of ourselves rather than expecting others to do everything for us.
Oh, and don't forget urban homesteading:
http://www.ringsurf.com/ring/Urb...banHomesteader/
http://www.homegrownevolution.com/
We gotta another one: Earth Victory Garden
Source:
http://thriving-in-the-burbs.com/?p=5
How about Security Gardens or Food Security Gardens to be more specific? We are all going to need that kind of security in the future, I think. Food shortages haven't become an issue in the US, yet, but food prices are climbing. It's just a matter of time. I'm glad we got into the habit of seedsaving years ago. My life isn't going to make a sudden change - will just keep doing what we've been doing and maybe a little more of it.
My name is a Stimulus Garden. Not because I'm giving my produce away, but because I'm stimulating my own economy.
I like "Vitality Garden" myself.
"Recession garden" seems to be getting very popular. I have mixed feelings on it.
I just saw an article about "prosperity gardens." I like that better than "recession garden."
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