I grew up during the depression and WWII so I can vividly remember having a garden. During the depression, people who wouldn't otherwise have enough to eat, canned vegetables from their garden. During WWII many of us helped the war effort by growing our own vegetables in a "Victory Garden". Sadly, the gardening craze didn't last into the fifties before most people quit raising their own vegetables. Gardening by then was considered as "country" or just for "poor" folks. We didn't live in the county and we weren't poor, but we still planted vegetables for a long time after we were supposed to quit if we kept up with the "Jone's".
Lately we've become organic so it's okay once again to grow our own. We are also going "green" on more than just St Patrick's Day. It's long over due as far as I'm concerned. Why we are still dependent on foreign or domestic oil falls directly at the door step of your "not so" favorite oil company.
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