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In Britain, "digging for victory" used much land such as waste ground, railway edges, ornamental gardens and lawns, while sports fields and golf courses were requisitioned for farming or vegetable growing.

Sometimes a sports field was left as it was but used for sheep-grazing instead of being mown (for example see Lawrence Sheriff School § Effects of the Second World War).

By 1943, the number of allotments had roughly doubled to 1,400,000, including rural, urban and suburban plots.

C. H. Middleton's radio programme In Your Garden reached millions of listeners keen for advice on growing potatoes, leeks and the like, and helped ensure a communal sense of contributing to the war effort (as well as a practical response to food rationing).

County Herb Committees were established to collect medicinal herbs when German blockades created shortages, for instance in Digitalis purpurea (Foxglove) which was used to regulate heartbeat.

Victory gardens were planted in backyards and on apartment-building rooftops, with the occasional vacant lot "commandeered for the war effort!" and put to use as a cornfield or a squash patch.

During World War II, sections of lawn were publicly plowed for plots in Hyde Park, London to promote the movement, while allotments growing onions in the shadow of the Albert Memorial also pointed to everybody, high and low, chipping in to the national struggle.

Both Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle had vegetable gardens planted at the instigation of King George VI to assist with food production.

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Victory Garden 1989-1991
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOj8txIbnv0Ht-5jGBUyeSx1daFNbIJEK

Dig for Victory ~ Ben
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYZbCEPmWCtOBY7R0r44RMo1_fONlBBIL

Wartime Kitchen & Garden ~ Ben
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYZbCEPmWCtNMSEGq5HvXsduK5H1f17zm

https://www.youtube.com/user/AbsolutelyFavulous/playlists?view=1&shelf_id=0&sort=dd
Original Victory Garden
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31hB5d__UT4

Dig for Victory - Ben Silver
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYZbCEPmWCtOBY7R0r44RMo1_fONlBBIL

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Victory gardens ww1 ww2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkPVInuJZII

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https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3r9P8KjU_gbQrywHYwKqEMBNAoBRd1_D

Mr Middleton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71b22Td5Oo4

The Passing Of An Old Friend (1945)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbbgFFOolFs

Humus & fertilizer cartoon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nA_pYC6GmGE

Gardens Aka Bomb Crater, Blitzed Gardens Issue Title - What Goes On? (1942)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKTPiW65QhY

Winter Work In The Garden - Wartime Gardening 1943 WWII
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyBzndu7cIw

How to Start a Vegetable Garden: Gardening 1940 Encyclopaedia Britannica Films
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyBzndu7cIw

Then & Now - Life As A Female Head Gardener During The War & For The National Trust
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJ88kqkQ4Bk

FARMING IN ENGLAND 1944/45 DURING THE WAR YEARS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us7QplDX4S4
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SUPERSIZERS WWII PLAYLIST
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOE0VP0EZ0M&list=PLc8fLbug07X31kIQm3XfBfEd-Fqms2irB
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Vegetable Gardening
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=vegetable+gardening
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Beans
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gardening+beans
Beetroot
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gardening+beetroot
Beets
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gardening+beets
Broccoli
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gardening+broccoli
Brussel Sprouts
https://www.youtube.com/results? search_query=gardening+brussel+sprouts
Cabbage
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gardening+cabbage
Carrots
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gardening+carrots
Chard Spinach Beet - perpetual spinach Seakale Beet
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gardening+chard
Kale
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gardening+kale
Leek
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gardening+leek
Lettuce
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gardening+lettuce
Marrow
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gardening+marrow
Onions
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gardening+onions
Parsley
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gardening+parsley
Parsnips
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gardening+parsnips
Peas
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gardening+peas
Potatoes
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gardening+potatoes
Radish
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gardening+radish
Savoy Cabbage
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gardening+savoy+cabbage
Shallots
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gardening+shallots
Spinach
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gardening+spinach
Chard Spinach Beet - perpetual spinach Seakale Beet
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2008/apr/05/gardens24
Sugar Beet
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gardening+sugar+beet
Swede
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gardening+swede+-blue
Tomatoes
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gardening+tomatoes
Turnips
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gardening+turnips
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Market Gardening
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=market+gardening
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Other Vegetables
Cauliflower
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gardening+cauliflower
Celery
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gardening+celery
Garlic
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gardening+garlic
Rocket
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=growing+rocket
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Herbs
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gardening+herbs
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=planting+a+herb+garden+

Alexanders
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Smyrnium+olusatrum
Basil
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gardening+basil
Ginger
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gardening+ginger
Rosemary
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=growing+rosemary
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gardening+rosemary
Sage
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gardening+sage