Once a Victory Garden
Photo good manners of Harris & Ewing / Library of Congress War gardeners , such as those shown above , helped embark on gardens just like the Dowling Victory Garden , which is still running strong today . When Rose Pearson and her hubby , Elof , started theDowling Victory Gardenin Minneapolis in 1943 , they were responding to a nationwide war effort that included 20 milliongardensthat class . The goal was home intellectual nourishment yield as a way of patronize soldiery overseas and included many largecommunitygardens such as Dowling , which stretches two city blocks ....