The term Victory Garden hearkens to those days during the Second World War when folks were asked to sacrifice for the war effort by growing a little food in their own yard.

I know, it’s a bizarre concept – especially contrasted with this current age where we send our troops into endless wars and the only sacrifice the government asks of us is to keep the cash registers ringing in the shopping malls!

Of course, having entered the long emergency and the forced austerity that will bring, it’s little surprise that the Victory Garden is experiencing something of a revival:

“Across the country during this time of recession and economic anxiety, Americans of all ages are flocking into their gardens to grow their own food. Community-based gardening projects, similar to Galena’s, are taking shape in urban areas like Milwaukee, Denver and Warren, Mich. Such “victory gardens” are reminiscent of those planted during World War I and World War II as a way to help put food on the table when resources were scarce.”

Even though our yard is quite small, we’ve managed respectable crops of tomatoes, carrots, squash, blueberries and raspberries and we’ve been trying something new every year – just to see if it will grow.

How about you, do you garden? Feel free to brag and link to photos of your handiwork in the comments.

I’m no farmer, but I do know how satisfying it is to serve up a plate full of vegetable that were the product of your own hand…