Grow Your Own: Be Sure Giveaway
A few weeks ago I showed you the fabulous vintage victory garden poster I received for Christmas from a friend. After many people asked where she got it, I found out: Zazzle. There is also a great collection of Victory Garden Poster Collection over at Amazon.
You can also find find hi-res copies of these posters at the Library on Congress website which you can have printed out yourself since they’re in the public domain. Here are a few I’ve found over the years.
Lucky for you, my friend happened to receive an extra copy of the Grow Your Own: Be Sure Poster because of a shipping problem. She gave it to me to give away here on the blog (everyone thank Missy). So my friends, all you have to do to have a chance to win is to comment below. If you want extra chances to win: like Chiot’s Run on facebook, Share this contest on your facebook page, or Tweet this contest. We have a winner – see image below – congrats to Chicago Mike.
Which poster shown above is your favorite?
Filed under Miscellaneous | Comments (71)
Seeing the US versions makes me think, I’d love to know whether the Germans and the Japanese have similar, and what they looked like!
to sue baldwin's comment
Yes you wonder if they also had gardening ones? I’ve seen some of the German propaganda posters from the war.
to Susy's comment
I kind of like the mother and daughter poster where the daughter says”We’ll have lots to eat this winter,won’t we Mother?” This kind of reminds me of our girls when we are putting up food during the harvest.Thanks for a great contest and thank you Missy!
to B ryan N.'s comment
I’ve long been interested in WWII and the Home front. And I’ve been canning for some years. It only makes sense that I would absolutely adore Victory Garden posters, from both WWII and the Great War
to Brandee's comment
LOVE your website! These posters are all great- would look cute hanging in a kitchen or potting shed
to Jennifer's comment
LOVE IT! I love this posters and having been dabbling at the thought of getting one to hang in my kitchen or back room.
I am already a FB fan and I will share this on my blog FB page :)
to Allison's comment
In a way you have to find humor on how the past has become so relevant now. All those basics are becoming important again.
to Jenny C's comment
Thank you Missy.
I like Grow Your Own, Be Sure because it is so relevant to the present state of our food supply.
to Jennifer Fisk's comment
I love looking at the old victory garden posters mostly because the nation at that time seems like a totally different nation compared to now. I wonder how people in the US would respond to rations and gardening as an expected duty during wartime. With the division growing between political parties I can’t imagine them ever being able to come together and ask the whole country to give a little too.
to Fawn's comment
Love these posters. They seem inspiring now as they must have back then. Would love to have one hanging in the kitchen!
to Cheryl's comment
I love the poster that states “It’s Thrifty, It’s Patriotic”.
Do I need to add another entry for liking you on facebook?
to Songbirdtiff's comment
“We eat because we work.” Damn straight.
Sort of like the Bible verse (which I might be slightly misquoting because I am a heathen and not so conversant with the Bible), “And man shall eat bread by the sweat of his brow.’
Thank you, Missy.
to kristin @ going country's comment
My depression-era grandparents and maternal grandmother, had originals in frames. I remember them like it was yesterday. My maternal grandfather was in the European theatre, landing on D-Day, and she had them as a symbol of his sacrifice, Unfortunatly, they literally disinegrated out of the frames, and some were the very ones you showed on this post!
What a wonderful trip down memory lane for me, thank you.
to Denimflyz's comment
Good selection! Sharon Astyk writes about these, and notes that government and industry try to focus us on on needs in peace time (consumer culture) yet are quite capable of demanding our productivity in an emergency (producer culture) — what they are currently reviling as socialism — she also notes some cultural assumptions built into these posters, such as that everyone is white.
Here are a couple of galleries that might interest: one about victory gardens and one about the Women’s Land Army (urban “girls” went forth to replace farmers and loggers who had enlisted).
http://www.flickr.com/photos/12305112@N07/galleries/72157628186436561/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/12305112@N07/galleries/72157628169428059/
to risa's comment
I really like the Victory Canner poster. Thanks for the giveaway.
to Teresa's comment
I love the Library of Congress – so many cool things there free for the taking because they’re in the public domain. There are even some seed catalog covers you can download.
to ictero's comment
These are all really cool! I love the “Are YOU a Victory Canner?” poster.
to Daedre Craig's comment
“your victory garden counts more than ever!” Along with the “Grow your own, Be Sure” poster, these sure do resonate for today. Thanks for the links. I hope to adorn my kitchen with a couple of these!
to roc_phd's comment
I love those posters! I think any gardener and food preserver would love them! Thanks for sharing all these with us.
to April's comment
I’ve actually coveted your poster since you wrote about it, and have been considering hunting for my own. Thanks for the giveaway! We watched “Dive” last night about the amount of food that goes to waste in this country, and how many hungry Americans there are in spite of that waste… it made me very glad that we compost everything we can, and grow a lot of our own.
to kirsten's comment
shared on FB!
to kirsten's comment
A great look back into history. Nice if we can recapture some of this “can do” attitude.
to Suzanne Gundlach's comment
I find it so interesting that the words are the same, but the meaning is a little different this day and age. Thanks, Missy!
to KimP's comment
It just amazes me to think about the differences in the government we had then & the one that is in place today. I know there are some out there, but it seems like the mentality our nation harbors today is light years away from that time & place. Its too bad, because THAT is a big part of what made our nation such a great one!
to KimH's comment
Your Victory Garden Counts More than Ever is my favorite one : ) Would love to win the one in the giveaway though.
to canned Quilter's comment
I like the one that says “We eat because we work” “We belong to the US School Garden Army.” I have the opportunity to manage a school garden where I work and I have never seen a poster like that.
to Sarah H's comment
I liked Chiots Run on Facebook.
to Sarah H's comment
they are great posters :) and thank u Missy!
to Mich's comment
there all wonderfull !! the one your giving away is so colorful !! I remember my grandmother talking about this. We even found some food rashning stamps she still had hidden away! I would be pleased to have one, have always loved them !!!! :)
to Patty McKinney's comment
I love the “save money the easy way”. I have a postcard of a few of these in my office. Thanks for the giveaway!
to Jenny's comment
Thank you Missy! =)
to Annette's comment
Oh, and Liked Chiots Run on FB.
to Annette's comment
These posters are great! I’d love one for my kitchen.
to Kate's comment
These are all great. Really love the running veggies in the last one.
to KAREN HUDSON's comment
I just love vintage art and gardening I would display this proudly.
to rachel layer's comment
I would say my favorite is the one that you have, I love the vibrant colors. My second favorite is “We eat because we work” with the two children. They are all fascinating!
to Liz J's comment
I _am_ a victory canner (in the morning). ;)
to Dame Janice's comment
The poster of the little girl beaming at her frilly apron-clad mother as they can their produce makes me think of an article I recently read in the Washington Post about the so-called “New Domesticity”. The author tried to make the case that a return to so many of these self-sufficiencies was a generation and a half away from turning women into servants again. I disagree. I think these do-it-yourself skills are going to empower- not only for women but men as well. It is healthful and brightening to our existence to “be sure” because of our own labors of love.
I regularly post Chiot’s Run entries on my facebook account, and I long ago “liked” it on the same forum.
Thank you (and Missy) for the give-away opportunity.
to Rip Van Winkle's comment
I agree whole-heartedly. You can lose your job, your house, your money, but it takes a lot to lose your skill and self-sufficiency. The ability to do for ourselves is always empowering.
to Kelly's comment
I love the vintage posters. I think a victory garden is relevant today, not in the sense that it is a patriotic duty, but in the sense that it is a good way to stretch your money, and keep healthy food on the table, at a time when it is difficult to do both.
to Kelly's comment
I like the dig for plenty poster with the box, just wish it was better quality.
to janet's comment
Of course I want this ! History and gardening… two of my faves! I’ll be sharing on my Facebook page.
to Allison's comment
Dig on for Victory!
That will be our new gardening mantra, especially during the early stages when the seedlings are competing with the weeds and the bunnies, I’m wearing the index fingers out of my gloves, and the dogs are trying to find out what I’ve planted.
Maybe Our Food is Fighting is more appropriate…
Really, I love them all. Thanks, Missy!
to Shaun's comment
Very fun posters, I think I like the one with the angry looking veggies running over the hill! We need to do more of this type of promotion now to help us all through these rough financial times!
to Rick's comment
I like the US Schools Army Garden one. Schools here are getting on the bandwagon and several, including City College, are starting to grown gardens. It is a great way to combine science, social studies, math, and government as well as physical education and nutrition to students.
to Susan's comment
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to Creative Writing! | Stoney Acres's comment
They’re great – remind me of my parents. My favorite:
YOUR VICTORY GARDEN counts more than ever.
to bonnie's comment
I love them all, but I think my favorite has to be the Be Sure one. Although the school garden poster and the Grow it Yourself poster are great too.
Also, been a long time fan on FB. Retweeted, and FBed the contest, because I know my gardener friends would be interested as well. :)
to itchbay's comment
I love old ads! these are even better!
to Jennie-Team Dean's comment
Those posters are so neat. Printing them to have would be cool, but I think finding an original would be so much cooler.
to Kaytee's comment
I love those posters! I just looked in one spot, and didn’t find it, but I’m thinking I have a book that was written to encourage victory gardening. I did find 3 little pre-victory garden books from 1915, though. One was on how to take care of garden pests. I need to read it and see what it says. It could be interesting.
to Corner Garden Sue's comment
I really like the one you got, and also the “grow it your self” one. I fight forest fires and there are similar themed ones related to preventing forest fires. Some of them are unbelievably racist… an insight in to the times I suppose.
to Leanne's comment