1940 gardening video

[woodchip gardener]

This is a video about a young brother and sister who start a backyard garden and follows them all the way through harvest.

I have watched it twice now...I love these old videos!  I am still trying to figure out what the narrator said about the potato beetles.  I think he said the kid sprayed with lead based something! 

https://youtu.be/oz2Z_w7miRk

[crazyhorse]

Mrs Chip , thanks for the good video.
It was  a pleasure to watch .

[bobcatgardener]

Thanks for the link Chip! It's neat to watch how different things were back then. The proper dress and the way the speaking was different .

[Monroe]

I enjoyed the video, in 1942 I started the 1st grade and memorized my first reader--Dick and Jane-- Father always wore a suit and we never did know where Father worked. One thing remembered from way back there was ordering some garden seed to resale, sold just about enough to make a very small profit, but thought I had really done something. I will say though  the seed sales turned out better than the religious wall plaques I  ordered  off the radio from Del Rio Texas. Thanks for the video, it got me to remembering some good days even with the war going on.

                                                                Monroe

[Maggie13]

Thanks Chips.
 That was fun!

[loupgarou]

I think he said the kid sprayed with lead based something

Sounded like arsenate of lead.

[woodchip gardener]

thanks lou!  i think you are right!  i checked the net for that term and it was in the old insecticides.  the wiki says it was banned in 1988.

wow.  i would not think you would want to spray lead ANYTHING on your food.

[OrangeTxn]

Just got around to watching this.  Thanks for posting.  Very enjoyable.