The Wartime Garden

The Wartime Garden
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages : 114
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ISBN-10 : 9781784420512
ISBN-13 : 1784420514
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Book Synopsis The Wartime Garden by : Twigs Way

Download or read book The Wartime Garden written by Twigs Way and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-02-10 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 allotments. Vegetables ruled the airwaves with Mr Middleton's 'In Your Garden' whilst Home Guard potatoes became the favourites of the Kitchen Front. This is a fully illustrated look at the time when gardening saved Britain.


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