Farms of America in color 1939-1943
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The garden
Garden adjacent to the dugout home of Jack Whinery, a homesteader in Pie Town, N.M., in September 1940. Because of the time period, the Whinery garden may be considered a victory garden, a plot of land devoted to feeding the family at home so commercial growers and processors' efforts could be redirected to the war effort. Victory gardens contained a range of foods, including a balance of leafy, root and fruiting veggies. Many of these foods could be served raw, simply cooked or canned for future use.
Reproduction from color slide.
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Comments
Ummm, this is clearly not a dugout--it is a log cabin. Dugouts are literally dug into the ground and walls and roof are grass.
Um, the US did not enter the war until December 1941. How could this be a "victory garden"? How about a "we need to eat" garden?
I like how the little flowers in the garden clearly appear to be poppies of the illegal variety now. Back then, they used them for medicinal purposes.
Actually, there are no vegetables in that garden. It consist of roses and two tobacco plants. It is not a "victory garden" as the term is defined.
"Because of the time period, the Whinery garden may be considered a victory garden"
There wasn't a "war effort" in September 1940. This is what might have been called a "subsistence garden". There was no Whole Foods down the street for the family to pick up heirloom tomatoes.
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