In the 1940’s labor and transportation shortages due to WWII made it hard to move fruits and vegetables to market. During this time nearly 20 million Americans, encouraged in part by the Boy Scouts of America, planted their own Victory Gardens to supplement home grocery supplies. They planted gardens in backyards, empty lots, and even city rooftops. Neighbors pooled their resources, planted different kinds of foods, and formed cooperatives.
Today we are in a war against the
coronavirus and the Boy Scouts are here once again to promote family
self-reliance by supporting home gardening! Garden plots are being offered
at the Akridge Scout Reservation just south of Dover, Delaware for any family
in need of space to grow vegetables for themselves. Details of the
Coronavirus Victory Gardens:
10’ by 20’ plots are being prepared to be offered through a lottery system.
Cost is $25.00 a growing season.
Families can get 200 square feet of soil that is
tested, tilled, fertilized, and ready for planting.
Garden plots are separated from each other with 20’ wide lanes to maintain social distancing.
Parking, tools, water, seeds and plants are all
provided by the Del-Mar-Va Council.
A team of gardening educators will assist with
online instruction, site visits, and advice by email, for participating
families.
If growing your own tomatoes, radishes or squash to supplement your home groceries – and provide a great outdoor family activity – sound good to you, please visit our Coronavirus Victory Gardens webpage at www.dmvc.org/victorygardens or email
Adrienne Wrona at awrona@dmvc.org to get
your application to join the fight! 
