An edible garden can help you cut costs & ease anxiety. Learn more with this family-friendly victory gardens mad lib!

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Grow your own dinner! Nowadays many people cover their land with , as you know, and trim the growth every week or two. This might look pretty, and it gives people room to and … Yet a better idea comes from World War I and World War II, when the Powers fought . To supplement the public food supply, people planted “victory gardens” at home, across golf courses and public parks, and in places like .

This idea was promoted by , who by WWI was already widely respected for having figured out hundreds of uses for the plant, such as butter, oil, and .

Governments took the idea very seriously and established wartime garden departments. By supporting home gardens, they could make food more affordable for . In 1917 President Woodrow Wilson declared, “Food gardens will let us and win the war!”

Later the First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt planted a garden of and a crop of at the White House. Most recently Michelle Obama revived the White House garden spirit with a 1,100-square-foot “Kitchen Garden.” It remains operative thanks to a donation from the Foundation.

You can grow a food garden too. Even if you lack outdoor space, you can grow plants in big , indoors or out. Call your local gardening center and ask if they sell starter plants or seeds. If they say “,” then shop online; small plants can survive short journeys through the mail. A 4-inch plant purchased for $5.99 could yield $ worth of food by season’s end. That’s a victory!