Texas Gardening: Depression gardens, 1 by Txwillie
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Subject: Depression gardens
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Txwillie wrote: During the hard times of the Depression, many folks headed West looking for jobs. Here is a picture of a couple from that era tending to a garden in a shacktown where many of the migrant workers from Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas lived. The name of the game was survival and you will note that it's all vegetables and no grass. However the lady of the house did plant a few flowers! |