1943 – You Cannot Eat Lilies – Victory Garden Video

Watch 1943 – You Cannot Eat Lilies – Victory Garden Video

Perhaps the weirdest Victory Garden video ever.
1943 Dig For Victory Leaflet No 1

Dialogue from the video.

“In spring this gardener sowed away
He meant to eat well every day.”

Gardener: Waiter,

Father Time: Yes Sir, coming Sir.
Your summer course Sir.
Pardon Sir, will you order your winter course now?
I say will you order your winter course now?

Gardener: Winter? Never heard of it.

Father Time: You’ll be sorry sir.

“In the winter, table bare,
He couldn’t eat what wasn’t there.

Winter Scene.

Gardener: Waiter? Father time?
Give me some food.

Sign: No Winter Greens today – Father Time

Gardener: Can’t eat frozen earth

Dead Gardener – Father Time with Scythe

“The dreadful fate of this poor man
Was due to lack of garden plan.
You cannot eat lilies.
But you can make sure of gree…… “(video cut off here)

The video warns gardeners of what might happen if they do not plan their garden and plant enough vegetables for winter storage. In Vancouver, Sharon works out what seeds to plant in which month so that we will have crops for winter picking; in the garden soil (e.g. kale, Swiss chard), in the cold frame (variety of hardy salad greens) and in the ground for spring harvest (Purple sprouting broccoli).