Wartime Garden

Wartime Garden

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Twigs Way
BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING
EAN: 9781784420529
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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.
EAN 9781784420529
ISBN 1784420522
Binding Ebook
Publisher BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING
Publication date February 10, 2015
Pages 64
Language English
Country United Kingdom
Authors Twigs Way
Series Shire Library