Figure 1.--Here we are in 1946 again, proudly displaying our harvest.
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Figure 1.--Here we are in 1946 again, proudly displaying our harvest. |
As this was during World War II, we were mandated by the government to use a large portio of our land for cultivation of vegetables. We had a good amount of land and therefore we had a few potato-fields besides a very large vegetable garden. As we lived at an altitude of 6,000 ft or 1,500 meters, there was some limitation what could grow, becuse the growing season was rather short. While the potato fields required a lot of time at the beginning and at the end, the vegetable garden required daily attention.
Our school- garden, was a small section of our own vegetable garden. We kids loved to have our own section and to take care of it our selves. We grew lettuce, cabbage, beans, brussel-sprouts carrots etc. and also some flowers. The teacher showed us how to plant things and every day after school was over or during lunch we would go over there and water everything and pull the weeds. Naturally the highlight was whnn we could bring some of our harvest home. It made us always very proud to help provide and these vegetables always tasted much better.
Voute, Tom. E-mail message, May 23, 2006.
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