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Description:'This War is a Food War'...In 1941 Lord Woolton, Minister for Food, was determined that the Garden Front would save England: 'Dig for Victory' was the slogan, digging for dinner the reality. With food imports dwindling the number of allotments grew, millions opted to 'Spend an Hour with a Hoe' instead of an hour in a queue, and the upper-classes turned lawns, tennis courts and stately gardens over to agriculture. The national diet was transformed, with Swedes grown in the place of oranges and hapless children sucking on carrot lollies; evacuees grew their own meals and bomb-sites sprouted farms; vegetables ruled the airwaves with Mr Middleton's 'In Your Garden'; sweet peas became known as Spitfires and potatoes as Home Guard. This is a fully illustrated look at when gardening saved Britain.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Wartime Garden (Shire Library). To get started finding The Wartime Garden (Shire Library), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 64

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Shire Publications Ltd

Release: 2015

ISBN: 1784420085

Description: 'This War is a Food War'...In 1941 Lord Woolton, Minister for Food, was determined that the Garden Front would save England: 'Dig for Victory' was the slogan, digging for dinner the reality. With food imports dwindling the number of allotments grew, millions opted to 'Spend an Hour with a Hoe' instead of an hour in a queue, and the upper-classes turned lawns, tennis courts and stately gardens over to agriculture. The national diet was transformed, with Swedes grown in the place of oranges and hapless children sucking on carrot lollies; evacuees grew their own meals and bomb-sites sprouted farms; vegetables ruled the airwaves with Mr Middleton's 'In Your Garden'; sweet peas became known as Spitfires and potatoes as Home Guard. This is a fully illustrated look at when gardening saved Britain.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Wartime Garden (Shire Library). To get started finding The Wartime Garden (Shire Library), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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