This site provides information on growing and eating taken from The Dig for Victory campaign of WW2 which was vital to Britain's survival + modern updates.

Mange tout. Just a few more days needed. Grown mixed in with a container of lettuce. One space, two crops.

May 20, 2019 · The idea was rejuvenated in the Second World War under the promotional title “Dig for Victory” as part of a massive propaganda campaign.

A dig for victory usually starts with the player entering the Gnomish Mines and searching for a pick-axe, where such tools are plentiful. If the player did not ...

Locate your plot in a sunny, open and level area. Stake out your preferred plot size and using a shovel remove the any turf. Healthy soil means healthy crops so ...

Jul 18, 2015 · Secondly, vegetable gardens helped morale. The rationing of the Ministry of Food was acceptable, but made for a very plain and tedious meals.

The Dig for Victory campaign was launched in 1940 to combat food shortages by promoting the planting of allotments in gardens and on public.

It began by putting out a public appeal to anyone who had photographs or memories of growing food during the war years. The responses give us a chance to see ...

The famous wartime monthly growing guides that showed a nation how to feed itself from their gardens and allotments with nutritious, healthy crops.

The book of monthly guides to home growing issued to garden and allotment growers in 1945 by the government with full commentary.