The Gardens of Victory (WWII film)

[@shiptj01]

Man, we need a program like this TODAY.

[@dcxplant]

We keep a Victory Garden every year! And we call it a Victory Garden in honour of our parents who kept them as well. You don't need much space!

[@fasx56]

Food is much more appreciated when one has to do all the work of tilling the soil, planting the seed, watering and weeding and finally harvesting your crops and canning the extra for winter use.

[@100texan2]

People take food for granted especially those that have never grown it. It’s a lot of work even more so back then.

[@happydays1336]

We in the U.S. were pretty darn blessed to have enough food during WWII--even though some items were rationed. We were pretty spoiled in comparison to those in Europe and the Pacific. During this time of pandemic we need to grow Victory Gardens once again to feed ourselves, our families and help our neighbors and friends to have enough to eat. Where possible, they also need to learn how to feed themselves so they aren't as dependent on the government and other people.

[@dotsyjmaher]

You don't know what you are talking about.... America went through draconian rationing "We need to..we need to" WHAT EXACTLY ARE YOU ACTUALLY DOING? I keep planting in containers under extremely difficult conditions... You BS ers couldn't keep a begonia alive think you are going to be Farmer Brown by magic.

[@BijanIzadi]

Times really havent changed from then to now

[@floridaboy6931]

Grandaddy and Granny done prepared me for covid19. Love it and live it!

[@WorldOfWonder66]

We need this in 2023

[@MichaelSHartman]

Locally in 2008 people got reintroduced to gardening. I guess one might call them recession gardens. I wonder if those people still garden.

[@wilsonator2008]

We grow food in our garden, we always seem to get a reasonably good crop of potatoes and beans for the garden size available

[@allen_p]

I have my mother's Victory Farm Volunteer card as she grew up in Enumclaw, Washington within sight of Mt. McKinley.

[@femmiestarks8946]

I agree, we would be less wasteful if we had to produce all our own food.

[@newbleppmore7855]

it's amazing they still had the energy after work to build/maintain these quite frankly incredible gardens

[@HelpatHomeJim]

Thank you so much for sharing this film. I was reading a PDF book called, "The War Garden Victorious" about the war gardens which began in WW I. Victory gardens seem to be the same thing. This is a great film to show people on the history of the subject. In fact, during the current times of war, we should be growing these again. I started my own vegetable garden a month ago and I hope to add fruit to it soon.

[@mawmawshomesteadpreparedness]

Victory gardens and dig for victory gardens are the same except Britain started the victory garden because they was unsure that they would keep getting shipments of food. America started the “war garden” and then changed name to dig for victory. They encouraged citizens to grow their own food so the big farmers could supply our military food and also share with Britain. I just heard about this a couple weeks ago. I am studying about how much to plant so that I could possibly preserve to last at least a year.

[@charlesweber4419]

Plus a lot of the end bits can be turned into hearty vegetable broth.. My wife and I save and compost everything from egg shells to coffee grounds..

[@happydays1336]

It's amazing how quickly egg shells compost. I smash them with a trowel and dig them into my grow boxes (I don't have room for a compost pile. The dog leaves them alone. She does, however, love to dig out dried out banana peels and eat those so I don't save them anymore.

[@oldbaldfatman2766]

August 20, 2019---Thanks for the video. No doubt there are still people planting/eating what they grow. I've also watch a lot of KZbin videos where people all over the U.S. are into square foot gardening.

[@joshuavazquez5534]

Square foot gardens are for the kids and don’t produce well. Row gardens keeps a family fed

[@mawmawshomesteadpreparedness]

@@joshuavazquez5534 square foot gardens work well for families if done right. Potatoes wouldn't work, but if you planted 1 tomato in square 1 then in square 2&3 you could plant 2 lettuces in 1 of the squares and celery in the other. Just depends on what you plant.

[@Beaguins]

Do any of those old garden guides still exist? Is there a way to find one? It would be cool to lay out a garden WWII-style.

[@yedidyah-jedshlomoh1533]

In hour back yard @Beaguins. Google Victory Garden.

[@Beaguins]

@@yedidyah-jedshlomoh1533 I've done word searches for "Victory Garden," but haven't found any of the old guides/pamphlets.

[@yedidyah-jedshlomoh1533]

@@Beaguins books.google.com/books?id=GzcuAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=google+books+victory+gardens&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiisIHAiaHgAhUunq0KHS2sAqUQ6AEIKjAA

[@gardentreasures7319]

There's another short film on YT, Victory Gardens W. W. 1 & 2-1/2, has a boy and girl in the thumbnail, it details the planting layout and crop rotations, that might be what yo are looking for. They do suggest the use of some really old, STRONG pesticides to spray on stuff tho!

[@johnbehneman1546]

I need to start my Victory Garden as well!!!!! It looks like a lot of fun!!!!

[@Mr.SLovesTheSacredHeartofJesus]

I agree, we as well. The 2020's Victory Garden.

[@floridaboy6931]

Depending on which zone your in, almost time again in southeast 🇺🇲

[@TaylorInsight1]

wow better homes and gardens

[@robnewman6101]

Keep Calm and carry.

[@simhifree2416]

Does anyone know of the date that Congress passed any Victory Garden legislation?

[@random_birb_qween]

Love the reaction: Yarmayn: "Bro!" Alex: "SHUT UP!" (Slaps him in arm playfully) 😂

[@floridaboy6931]

Too many are too far removed!

[@TaylorInsight1]

all I know is I was told to eat because there were starving children who didn't have enough. Our food wasn't really that good though..winter was tough to get through in particular.I mean you do have to research and know what you are doing.

[@happydays1336]

My mother said that to me, too, as did other mothers during the '50s and 60s. It was always a head scratcher to me, though, because I couldn't figure out how eating my peas would help any starving children eat.

[@Iser4482]

When was this made,?

[@waynekerr2472]

Early 1940s WWII era

[@nicholasgonzalez4021]

MERICA

[@KonElKent]

It's beyond time to bring back the Victory Garden; but today we're fighting a much different battle against truly insidious enemies like obesity and food insecurity/insovereignty (the latter is less about not getting enough Calories daily, and more about choice of quality food).

[@geraldkristjanson2109]

I’m a gardener

[@clarecarter9352]

We still haven't learned ..we don't need pestcide

[@standunitedorfall1863]

Great video except for the overuse of chemicals, etc. Use compost to enrich the soil. And please eat the carrot greens too as they are rich in nutrients. Don't throw them away.

[@okslus2562]

Who else here because of school

[@Wotdermatter]

So, the kid grabs a carrot, with very limp greens on top, showing it is not very fresh. Then he discards the greens which are full of vitamins and minerals. In England, we would be admonished if we had done that, and so would the mother for letting it happen. Very poor attitude for using vegetables to their best potential. Oh, sorry. I forgot that this took place in a country where there was no shortage or rationing like we had. However, we gratefully thank that country for the food they did send to us as it was very badly needed but, also, they never had to innovate as we had to. 'nuf sed.

[@Wotdermatter]

@Bennett McCoy Would be an excellent idea, or put it into a stew or even make something like carrot cake or cupcakes. It could have been juiced. 'nuf sed

[@merbelle]

Well, of course there was rationing here; that's largely why people planted these gardens. So much previously available was sent overseas, along with everything else needed, to countries in trouble, and the troops fighting for their eventual security. There was a great deal of innovation, from clubs and co-ops formed, to government pamphlets produced explaining how to eat well on less and what kind of ingredients would do as substitutes for missing ones. Children collected rubber, tin, cooking oil, paper, and more, for use in all kinds of wartime production. There's a great deal more to learn about how things were here and what was accomplished if only you take the time for it. As to the limp bitter greens, I suppose that mother never before grew carrots and didn't know about using the tops. I like to think, being that I'm a friendly optimistic sort, that someone later shared with her this economical hint. I will confess that I don't use the tops of the carrots I grow in my own garden, instead, I put them in the compost heap to help make new good soil for future gardens.

[@StrikeforceJedi]

You also forget the country you're talking about, could have let Hitler continue to steam roll all over you. You wouldnt be eating anything at all after that lol. So, you're welcome.

[@jessieg58]

What is this, the misery Olympics? Yes, the US was not in immediate danger like the Brits were, but Americans also had to deal with harsh rationing and food shortages. It's not a competition to see who suffered the most.

[@gumpyflyale2542]

Yes because we are better than you guys who let the war happen

[@Malama_Ki]

The average obese American would gladly become a socialist before lifting a finger. We’ve become a nanny state. “The price of mans life is the effort it takes to plant a hill of beans” Henry David Thoreau

[@Mr.SLovesTheSacredHeartofJesus]

What rude and stupid comment! And i wouldn't say anything on how others look. You're certainly no model of health yourself.

[@57WillysCJ]

You do realize that bad eating habits were a concern in WW2? You can find government videos from the 40's through the 60's on the concerns of bad diet and obesity. Bad eating habits killed many people at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. The decry of socialist is in itself a form of propaganda. Every co-op in the US as well as credit unions and many businesses were and are a form of socialism. They are very successful and their employees lift their fingers every day, some rather hefty to work.

[@Malama_Ki]

@@Mr.SLovesTheSacredHeartofJesus triggered?!?! Are you obese? I surf as one of my healthy hobbies and work outside, so I’m in great shape. Apparently this hit home because a bomber only catches flack when it’s over the target.

[@Malama_Ki]

July 2020. After witnessing the mass hypnosis of covid lockdowns, and realizing the death toll on those with underlying health conditions such as obesity, I never heard our ‘modern’ government push the benefits of a healthy lifestyle. Probably because it would hurt someone’s feelings. Imagine them saying the truth: If you’re a fat slob with no conditioning you might not make it; but 99.7% will be fine. Stay home and depend on big brother. Amazing how the sheep fell in line. Many people today would rather die a slave than truly embrace what it means to be free Those same sheep would turn on their fellow man for his resources to save their own butts. I’d love to see a solar flare knock society back into a reality of what really matters. Your garden would only be as good as you could defend it. The glory of God is man fully alive; claim your birthright.

[@newbleppmore7855]

cant sell a healthy lifestyle in a pill or vaccine

[@Shannon-oz5ee]

You must be an intellectual .......

[@Malama_Ki]

@@Shannon-oz5ee I don’t know about that; I just call it as I see it. Common sense is lost today in ‘the emperor has no clothes’ generation. I run heavy equipment in east Hawaii and feel blessed I never missed a day of work throughout the mass hypnosis.

[@dylanashley799]

Never ceasing is so gimmicky and not a Godly way you HAVE to let the land rest!!!! We will eventually grow ourland into dust if we do not let the land rest like God requests

[@joshuavazquez5534]

Not unless you cover crop and rotate animals into your land

[@kaycey7361]

Long live Germany

[@kaycey7361]

I think Americans need to repeat this. Its healthy, effective, creates less burden on government and also each garden can be tended by those illegal Mexican free of cost.