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Passed by a sign for a Victory Garden, thought maybe it referred to sports.  But maybe it was the site of a previous Victory Garden or of a future Victory Garden. I couldn't quite tell. 

What pictures/memories does Victory Garden evoke for you?  I immediately think of the PBS TV series, which I watched a lot as a child (and is still running).  Others probably remember wartime or stories of WWI and WWII gardens for the common cause (not just in the United States, but many other countries). With the economic downturn and the concern for organic food, what a practical time to rejuvenate "Victory Gardens" (including community, industrial, school, special education) and use them as part of educational effort to bring us "close to earth" as we raise/share/cook the "fruit" of our labor?*  FYI:  Last year Michelle Obama tore up some of the White House lawn for a garden, the first time since Eleanor Roosevelt.  Ready to join the effort?  Time to stop the mowing, unless it's being done by alpacas, cows, goats, sheep, etc :-)

*Classic resource: Victory Gardens: Handbook of the Victory Garden Committee War Services, Pennsylvania State Council of Defense (April, 1944). Smithsonian's Victory Garden & Resources.  Recent research on Urban Agriculture, here.