Victory gardens, also called war gardens or food gardens for defense, were vegetable, fruit, and herb gardens planted at private residences and public parks in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and Germany during World War I and World War II. They were used along with Rationing Stamps and Cards to reduce pressure on the public food supply. Besides indirectly aiding the war effort, these gardens were also considered a civil "morale booster" in that gardeners could feel empowered by their contribution of labor and rewarded by the produce grown. This made victory gardens a part of daily life on the home front.
In March 1917,Charles Lathrop Pack organized the US National War Garden Commission and launched the war garden campaign. Food production had fallen dramatically during World War I, especially in Europe, where agricultural labor had been recruited into military service and remaining farms devastated by the conflict. Pack and others conceived the idea that the supply of food could be greatly increased without the use of land and manpower already engaged in agriculture, and without the significant use of transportation facilities needed for the war effort. The campaign promoted the cultivation of available private and public lands, resulting in over five million gardens in the USA and foodstuff production exceeding $1.2 billion by the end of the war.
Victory Garden may refer to:
Victory Garden is a work of electronic literature by American author Stuart Moulthrop. It was written in StorySpace and published by Eastgate Systems in 1992. It is often discussed along with Michael Joyce's Afternoon, a story as an important work of hypertext fiction.
Victory Garden is a hypertext novel which is set during the Gulf War, in 1991. The story centres on Emily Runbird and the lives and interactions of the people connected with her life. Although Emily is a central figure to the story and networked lives of the characters, there is no one character who could be classed as the protagonist. Each character in Victory Garden lends their own sense of perspective to the story and all characters are linked through a series of bridges and connections.
There is no set "end" to the story. Rather there are multiple nodes that provide a sense of closure for the reader. In one such "ending", Emily appears to die. However, in another "ending", she comes home safe from the war. How the story plays out depends on the choices the reader makes during their navigation of the text. The passage of time is uncertain as the reader can find nodes that focus on the present, flashbacks or even dreams and the nodes are frequently presented in a non-linear fashion. The choices the reader makes can lead them to focus on individual characters, meaning that while there are a series of characters in the story the characters focused on can change with each reading, or a particular place.
Last night in your window sittin
I saw you
Oh enough, I know the serious fortune
Does adore you
Won't you come back home tonight?
Can't you see everything's going to be all right?
Oh enough, don't say you've said goodbye now
Don't say you've said goodbye now
Oh don't say you've said goodby
Your suit of chrome it once
Shined so bright
She told me you were
Out of sight
The serious fortune
She waits for you tonight
Oh, don't say you've said goodbye now
Don't say you've said goodbye now
Enough, don't say you've said goodbye
Oh, don't say you've said goodbye now
Don't say you've said goodbye now
Oh don't say you've said goodbye
Ceremony
Originally performed by Joy Division
This is why ...
Heard it all a different story
All the time the wheels are turning
Turn again, turn towards this time
All she asks, the strength to hold me
... the same old story
Love will travel oh so quickly
Travel fast, turn towards this time
I ... them all, no mercy shown
Heaven knows it's got to be this time
What she heard, these things she said
Time she cried and failed to wake this time
I break them down, no mercy shown
Heaven knows it's got to be this time
Avenues all lined with trees
Picture me and then you start watching
Avenues all lined with trees
Picture me and then you start watching
Avenues all lined with trees
Picture me and then you start watching
Forever
Forever watch ...
Forever