A Compost Heap – Plant Canteen – 1944 cartoon
Watch Plant Canteen – A Compost Heap – 1944 cartoon 1944 Cartoon – Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries “Dig For Victory Leaflet No 7 Commentary – “Thanks Mr Middleton. Mr Middleton – Good...
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Our Gardens Yesterday and Today – 1917 cartoon
Mr. Patriot’s front garden in Town, as it was. And as he hopes to have it this year. Potatoes, Parsnips, Turnips. By W.K. Haselden Daily Mirror, Great Britain 19 Jan. 1917
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One day she gets herself an allotment. Now she has dropped the Prozac.
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The Russian Peasant And His Turnip
See the story unfold on the next page. (Read more) The ground is hard and the roots are long, so his wife Masha (Mary) comes out to help him. Seeing their distress their little daughter Varka...
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The Worm – 1811
Cowslip or More Cautionary Stories in Verse By Mrs. Elizabeth Turner 1811 The Worm As Sally sat upon the ground, A little crawling worm she found, Among the garden dirt; And when she saw the worm, she...
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Poisonous Fruit – 1807
By Mrs. Elizabeth Turner from The Daisy; or, Cautionary Stories in Verse 1807 Poisonous Fruit As Tommy and his sister Jane Were walking down a shady lane, They saw some berries, bright and red, That...
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Mother Earth’s Children – The Frolics of the Fruits and Vegetables – 1914
“I’ll be grown up,” said Caraway, “And out of school Thanksgiving Day; And that’s a good thing, too, ’cause you see, They can’t make cookies without me.” 100 beautiful illustrations! Highly...
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Superman, Batman and Robin are Victory Gardeners in 1941
Although there is no story to accompany this graphic in the 1941 edition of the comic, it is a wonderful promotional image, which would have reached millions of kids during the war. Superb!
View ArticleBugs Bunny steals Victory Garden produce – Buckaroo Bugs
Buckaroo Bugs – 1944 cartoon There’s trouble in the San Fernando Alley! The Masked Marauder has stolen an entire supply of carrots from the townspeople’s victory garden! Who is the Masked Marauder,...
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Donald Duck was a Victory Gardener
From Toons At War. 1940′s image. Disney licensee W.L. Stensgaard produced a Victory Garden sign that featured Donald Duck chasing pests from his garden. The sign was available in two sizes and was...
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Richard Adams’s Kitchen Gardens
The Kitchen Garden. British artist, Richard Adams’s Kitchen Gardens Richard Adams (b. 1960) received a BA Hons in Graphic Design at Leicester Polytechnic. He spent his childhood amidst the British...
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‘Urban Farmer’ defined as – the trend for young jam tart types to dress in...
Three definitions of “urban farmer” at Urban Dictionary From Wikipedia: Urban Dictionary is a Web-based dictionary of slang words and phrases. As of April 2010, the site contains over 4.85 million...
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Three Allotment Gardening jigsaw puzzles for summer enjoyment
“I Love Gardening” Designed by the popular cartoonist Mike Jupp “It all seems to be happening down in the allotments.” 1000 pieces. See the puzzle here. “Crazy Cats Alloment” Crazy Cats in the...
View ArticleGrowums – a gardening kit for kids
Six specially-themed gardens including Herb, Pizza, Salad, Stir-fry, Taco and Ratatouille As the nation struggles with childhood obesity, Growums has been right on target to help parents and schools...
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Graham Harrop’s editorial cartoon in the Vancouver Sun today
By Graham Harrop Vancouver Sun May 17, 2012 Link here.
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American Society of Botanical Artists publishes coloring book
Colorful Edibles Project Coordinators: Bobby Angell and Wendy Hollender Designer: Charlotte Staub Thomas Editor: Bobbi Angell A coloring book featuring contemporary botanical art created by members of...
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The Clueless Hipster Guide to Urban Chicken Farming
Cartoon strip: How NOT to Raise Chickens By chicken.firstcultural.com WARNING – Raising chickens is a commitment, not a fad! There used to be a time when chickens were a common sight in American...
View ArticleMickey Mouse’s Garden – 1935 Cartoon
The famous mouse battles house-size insects after inhaling too much bug spray. Director: Wilfred Jackson Animation: Art Babbitt, Frenchy de Tremaudan Walt Disney 1935 Excerpt from The Encyclopedia of...
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1941 Punch: Poignant image of the War effort at home and at sea
‘The Common Task’ Punch Magazine 1941 A gardener digs his Victory Garden as he watches young men head out to do battle at sea.
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1945 Punch: On the eve of Victory WW2
Click on image to see larger file. “I shall celebrate Victory-day by switching over to asparagus.” February, 1945. Allotment gardeners near a factory speak optimistically of planting ‘luxury’ crops...
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