RATIONING IS A FAIR SHARE, VINTAGE POSTER SUNDAY

In Sundays past, we used to post images of old posters that we found images of during online surfing.  We always enjoyed the ones that reflect farming, gardening and/or food preservation and rationing.  We enjoy them because we often wonder if anyone today would heed the kind of advice they gave back then...enjoy!

We thought we'd see if there were some we hadn't seen before and here is one. This one focused on rationing which of course was more or less mandatory during the war.  What we are curious about is how would that go over today?  If there was rationing would the vast majority of people accept it?  Or would there be hoarders selling on the black market?  Would people share or keep what they have to themselves?

Hope you are having a good weekend, it's kind of an odd weekend here, warm, then cold, and foggy, then rainy and then sunny, just blah.  

PUT YOUR MUSCLE, VINTAGE POSTER SUNDAY

Most every Sunday, we try to post an image of old posters that we find during online surfing.  We enjoy the ones that reflect farming, gardening and/or food preservation and rationing.  We enjoy them because we often wonder if anyone today would heed the kind of advice they gave back then...enjoy!

Sign Up For a Farm Job, vintage poster image courtesy of US National Archives, public domain

During WWII, a large number of men were off to serve in the war.  That left a shortage in farm labor to deal with the fields of food and orchards, but the food still needed to get to the public.  So posters like these were put up to urge men, usually young men, to sign up and help out on farms.

I wonder if a poster like this would get today's young people to sign up for a farm job?  For some, they might ask if there was a Starbuck's nearby...or a Pokestop...LOL!

Hope you are having a good day, we are back to rain today so I'm canning and 2nd Man is baking.  It will be a good day!

KEEP EARTH OURS, VINTAGE POSTER SUNDAY

Most every Sunday, we try to post an image of old posters that we find during online surfing.  We enjoy the ones that reflect farming, gardening and/or food preservation and rationing.  We enjoy them because we often wonder if anyone today would heed the kind of advice they gave back then...enjoy!

Keep Earth Ours, Buy War Bonds - Vintage poster image courtesy of Wikicommons

Here is a WWII poster image that urged everyone to buy war bonds when they went to the market.  Love the "Good Earth Keep it Ours", which sounds kind of like something we'd hear today but if you think about it, they were wanting people to buy war bonds so that we could fund the war and win the war, thus keeping the Earth "ours" instead of allowing it to fall to the enemy.  

Of course, that farmer looks like he could beat us up at any moment...LOL!

Hope you are having a good weekend!

VICTORY, VINTAGE POSTER SUNDAY

Most every Sunday, we try to post an image of old posters that we find during online surfing.  We enjoy the ones that reflect farming, gardening and/or food preservation and rationing.  We enjoy them because we often wonder if anyone today would heed the kind of advice they gave back then...enjoy!

Hope you are having a great 4th of July weekend (for those here in the States).

It's hot here today and since I did so much yesterday, I'm skipping mowing this weekend and staying in where it's cool.  2nd Man is cooking, I'm running some errands..it will be a good day.  

FARMS NEED TREES, VINTAGE POSTER SUNDAY

Most every Sunday, we try to post an image of old posters that we find during online surfing.  We enjoy the ones that reflect farming, gardening and/or food preservation and rationing.  We enjoy them because we often wonder if anyone today would heed the kind of advice they gave back then...enjoy!

Plains Farms Need Trees, vintage poster image courtesy of LOC.gov

In honor or Arbor Day (2 days ago) I found this great poster image.  This one dates from the late 30's and just after the "Great Dust Bowl".  There was a concerted effort to get people in the Plains to plant more trees.  The tag line on the poster "Trees Prevent Wind Erosion, Save Moisture...protect crops" was of course the direct response to preventing future Dust Bowl and drought type events.  What we also find fascinating is the additional line about trees "Contribute to Human Comfort and Happiness".  When was the last time the remember the Government saying something like this about the environment?    

Save the trees is always a good thing in any time period.  We try to plant trees as often ass we can, fruit trees, decorative trees, nut trees, whatever, trees are always welcome.

Off to mow (what I can anyway) today.  There is a chance of rain again but so far the radar is mostly clear, at least toward the farm.

EARTH AND I ARE FRIENDS, VINTAGE POSTER SUNDAY

Most every Sunday, we try to post an image of old posters that we find during online surfing.  We enjoy the ones that reflect farming, gardening and/or food preservation and rationing.  We enjoy them because we often wonder if anyone today would heed the kind of advice they gave back then...enjoy!

In honor of Earth Day a few days ago, I found this awesome ad from the 1940's

In case this is hard to read, here is the transcript:

“The Earth and I are friends now”

Last year I never thought of the earth except as something to walk on. But in the spring I turned up the sod and planted seed. Summer – I got friendly with the land.

Well, it’s autumn now. And something good has happened to our family!  We’ve weeded and watered and hoped together. And said our table blessing over our own harvest.

It seems to me that my family has come back to some important things. Come back to one another, and to our good soil. We're all closer now. Closer to the men whose prayers are tied to earth and sun and the early frost.  We know now what's in a farmer's mind when his fields are sick with blight.

Yes, now we know something about this earth. Respect it. And respect the people who tend it. And we know that the fruits of the soil are hard-earned and hard-won.

This is our land. As it was so many years back – when the harvest of the land alone sustained our people...our land...our harvest.

In appreciation of the big job being done by our partners, the professional farmers of America...and by the new millions of amateur farmers, this message is presented.

Dedicated to the wider use and better understanding of dairy products as human food...as a base for the development of new products and materials...as a source of health and enduring progress on the farms and in towns and cities of America.

Pretty wise words...then AND now!

Heavy rain in the forecast again today, so we are in town.  
Updates to come later tonight on the farm and it wasn't all good...

HELP US PRESERVE FOOD, VINTAGE POSTER SUNDAY

Most every Sunday, we try to post an image of old posters that we find during online surfing.  We enjoy the ones that reflect farming, gardening and/or food preservation and rationing.  We enjoy them because we often wonder if anyone today would heed the kind of advice they gave back then...enjoy!

Help Us Preserve Your Surplus Food, image courtesy of Library of Congress

Now this is an interesting poster image.  This comes from the early 1940's and was apparently a teaching/classroom type event that you signed up for.  In conjunction with the Work Project's Administration, Pennsylvania State College, Church Organizations and Garden Club, it taught people how to save and preserve their surplus food.  

I would love to have known what they taught, my guess would be canning?  How amazing would it be for groups to get together today to teach this? Of course, knowing today's society, some would say "surplus food? What's that?".  Sadly more food is probably thrown away today than was ever preserved then.

Hope you are having a good weekend!

Book giveaway coming tonight!

HE EATS A TON, VINTAGE POSTER SUNDAY

Most every Sunday, we try to post an image of old posters that we find during online surfing.  We enjoy the ones that reflect farming, gardening and/or food preservation and rationing.  We enjoy them because we often wonder if anyone today would heed the kind of advice they gave back then...enjoy!

He Eats a Ton, vintage poster image courtesy of Wikicommons

Here is a WWII poster that encouraged, as most did, farmers to grow food to feed the troops.  It was part of the "Food for Freedom" program that actually gave tax benefits to farmers who grew extra food for the war effort.

Hope you are having a great weekend!  
Will catch up later!

HELPING HAND GRAPEFRUIT JUICE, VINTAGE POSTER SUNDAY

Most every Sunday, we try to post an image of old posters that we find during online surfing.  We enjoy the ones that reflect farming, gardening and/or food preservation and rationing.  We enjoy them because we often wonder if anyone today would heed the kind of advice they gave back then...enjoy!

Grapefruit Juice, a Helping Hand in the Garden, image courtesy of NY Public Library

Here is an interesting one.  It's an ad from a magazine that became a poster in grocery stores.  We will have to admit, we never thought about grapefruit juice in this way...the poster states that a glass a day keeps fatigue away and it helps restore vitamin C.  It's also interesting they choose the garden setting to persuade its use (we won't get into the obvious sexist overtones, LOL). 

I'll admit, I've never been much of a grapefruit fan, and I more often associate grapefruit juice with weight loss potential.  But heck, if a cold glass after working on the raised beds or mowing for 4 hours helps, I might just try it out later this Spring and Summer.  Maybe it will help my 'wilted feeling', ha. 

Cold weekend for us, not much I can do outside, but I won't complain as about 1/3 of our country is covered in record snowfall.

Hope you are having a good weekend!

COCA COLA VICTORY GARDEN, VINTAGE POSTER SUNDAY

Most every Sunday, we try to post an image of old posters that we find during online surfing.  We enjoy the ones that reflect farming, gardening and/or food preservation and rationing.  We enjoy them because we often wonder if anyone today would heed the kind of advice they gave back then...enjoy!

Here is an interesting twist.  It's for the WWII Victory Garden campaign and in this ad (not sure if it was a poster or just an advertisement)  Coca Cola got in on the action by reminding folks that hospitality in a Victory Garden might include offering a Coca Cola as refreshment. 

Since I can't get this image any larger, I will post what it says:

"There is a victory Garden in almost every backyard this Summer, growing food and vitamins for the family.  The owners are as proud of their vegetables as they are of specimen roses or dahlias.  Friends in work clothes come over to admire and compare crops.  They eat tomatoes right off the vine and munch carrots straight from the earth.  Then, when a few minutes of relaxation are in order, they drink ice-cold Coca Cola and enjoy perfect refreshment while contemplating the results of their work..."

I think that could be as true today.  Perhaps our friends might not come over in their work clothes, but I bet we all have some friends who've admired our gardens, or at the very least, that we are proud to show them too.

Hmm, now that I think about it, in a way, isn't blogging just that?

Care to join me in a virtual Coca-Cola?

GROW YOUR OWN, VINTAGE POSTER SUNDAY

Most every Sunday, we try to post an image of old posters that we find during online surfing.  We enjoy the ones that reflect farming, gardening and/or food preservation and rationing.  We enjoy them because we often wonder if anyone today would heed the kind of advice they gave back then...enjoy!

Grow Your Own...vintage poster image courtesy of NY Public Library

Here's a war poster that cuts right to the chase....Grow Your Own Fruits and Vegetables...Food Will Win the War and Write the Peace...it was sponsored by International Harvester (a tractor/farm equipment manufacturer) but of course also mentioned buying US War Bonds and Stamps to help financially support the government as well.  But as with most of these vintage poster image, it was still about gardening and food.  "Save all you Raise"!  

Wise words then and wise words today. 

Hope you are having a good weekend.  It's cool here but not cold.  We've been cleaning out the kitchen cabinets and drawers and a few other spots we hadn't gotten to yet.  It's slightly overwhelming but we'll get through it.  

WAR PLANTS NEED CORN, VINTAGE POSTER SUNDAY

Most every Sunday, we try to post an image of old posters that we find during online surfing.  We enjoy the ones that reflect farming, gardening and/or food preservation and rationing.  We enjoy them because we often wonder if anyone today would heed the kind of advice they gave back then...enjoy!

War Plants Need Corn, poster image courtesy of NY Public Library, War Images

Well this is an interesting poster image.  It's from WWII and urged farmers to move their corn to market as the war plants (manufacturing supplies/equipment for the war effort) needed them.  Not sure why, but we're guessing for fuel?

Hope you are having a good weekend, it's cold and rainy (and wet cold is the worst kind of cold) and so not much got done at the farm.  I got one raised bed prepped for Winter, a new method we're trying (post on that next week).  Next weekend is supposed to be sunny and clear, so fingers crossed!

We're off this afternoon to 2nd Man's Great Nephew's 4th birthday party.  We can't believe the long weekend is almost over...where DOES the time go?

SHREDDED CABBAGE, VINTAGE POSTER SUNDAY

Most every Sunday, we try to post an image of old posters that we find during online surfing.  We enjoy the ones that reflect farming, gardening and/or food preservation and rationing.  We enjoy them because we often wonder if anyone today would heed the kind of advice they gave back then...enjoy!

Eat Cabbage, vintage poster courtesy of UK War Archives

This is a fun poster.  It was touting the benefits of cabbage...a salad a day keeps the doctor away.  This one comes from the UK and the WWII Ministry of Food.  With meat, cheese, bacon and eggs in short supply, the ministry of food was tasked with reassuring the public there was plenty of other good, healthy food and of course, this one promoted cabbage and it's health benefits for civilians.

Hope you are having a good weekend.  It's clear today but COLD!  

Update later!

GET IN THE SCRAP, VINTAGE POSTER SUNDAY

Most every Sunday, we try to post an image of old posters that we find during online surfing.  We enjoy the ones that reflect farming, gardening and/or food preservation and rationing.  We enjoy them because we often wonder if anyone today would heed the kind of advice they gave back then...enjoy!

Get in the Scrap, vintage poster image courtesy of NYPUblicLibary.com

This is part of the WWII scrap metal recycling program.  Of course, getting everyone to save their scrap metal needed to show what it could be used for in the war effort.  A battleship took 20,000 TONS of scrap metal.  

Amazing that people turned in that much scrap metal.

We wonder about a poster like this now....what would be built of scrap metal?  It's hard enough to get people to recycle aluminum cans.  It's probably not as glamorous to say that aluminum cans be made into more aluminum cans, or paper become new paper, etc, but it's just as important. 

Weekend has been wonderfully beautiful, more later.  Hope you are having a great weekend doing what makes you happy!

CORN EVERY MEAL, VINTAGE POSTER SUNDAY

Most every Sunday, we try to post an image of old posters that we find during online surfing.  We enjoy the ones that reflect farming, gardening and/or food preservation and rationing.  We enjoy them because we often wonder if anyone today would heed the kind of advice they gave back then...enjoy!

Corn at Every Meal, vintage poster image courtesy of Wikicommons

This poster image is from WWI.  It's purpose was to remind people how healthy and nutritious corn products were.  The reason is that during the war, regular items like sugar, flour, oil, etc were being pushed to the troops who were fighting overseas.  This meant there was a shortage back in the states, so people used corn as the 'at home' replacement.  Serve some way at every meal!

Unfortunately, in many cases today, corn IS served in some way at every meal...high fructose corn syrup!

Hope you are having a good weekend...we're finally back to a clear day, and pretty cool, but the farm is definitely waterlogged.  Open house again later today.  We are so ready to sell and move on to the next phase of our life (the apartment) so that we can finish things at the farm.  These weekends are interfering with plans at the farm.  Send some good "sale" vibes!

More later this afternoon/evening!

HARVEST EXTRA ACRES, VINTAGE POSTER SUNDAY

Most every Sunday, we try to post an image of old posters that we find during online surfing.  We enjoy the ones that reflect farming, gardening and/or food preservation and rationing.  We enjoy them because we often wonder if anyone today would heed the kind of advice they gave back then...enjoy!

World Needs Seed, image courtesy of Wikicommons.com

Here's a neat poster image.  This dates form 1945, so during WWII of course.  There was a shortage of food and other resources during the time and this one urged farmers to plant and harvest extra acreage.  Planting more and harvesting more just trickled on down to everything else, more food for cattle, more cattle for people, etc.  The World Needs Seed!

No rain today, I'm debating going to the farm to check on things, 2nd Family tells us about 3" of rain but because the ground was saturated from LAST weekend, they say that things are a muddy, mucky mess.  They've checked the house and it's OK so we'll just play it by ear today.  Another open house today so we'll have to leave for a few hours anyway.

Update later tonight!

RATIONING MEANS A FAIR SHARE, VINTAGE POSTER SUNDAY

Most every Sunday, we try to post an image of old posters that we find during online surfing.  We enjoy the ones that reflect farming, gardening and/or food preservation and rationing.  We enjoy them because we often wonder if anyone today would heed the kind of advice they gave back then...enjoy!

Here is an image of a poster from WWII when rationing was put into place to help keep us from consuming as much.  We were not only providing food for our own people but for our soldiers and the Allied soldiers as well.  This one shows how selfish people are without and how happy they are with.  Makes one wonder if society would do this today, doesn't it?

Hope you're having a good weekend.  We are cool and beautiful here.  I got so much done in the garden yesterday (cleaning it up), need to finish up.  Then will just relax for a change.  So much going on lately, it will be nice to just kick back and relax.  More of an update later and I'll be replying to all your comments.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

TEAMWORK, VINTAGE POSTER SUNDAY

Most every Sunday, we try to post an image of old posters that we find during online surfing.  We enjoy the ones that reflect farming, gardening and/or food preservation and rationing.  We enjoy them because we often wonder if anyone today would heed the kind of advice they gave back then...enjoy!

Teamwork, vintage poster image courtesy of NY Public Library public domain

Now if ever there was an old message that was relevant to today (and dare I say, much needed), it's this one.  This dates from WWII and of course focuses on those left at home to help by working together to, we assume, build the infrastructure needed for the war effort.  

If more of society worked together today and had a sense of teamwork, regardless of nationality, group, religion, political differences, etc, it seems like we could get so much more done to solve problems affecting everyone.

Wise words then, wise words now.

Hope you are having a good weekend.  Weather has been hot and more humid than it should be.  As this posts, I'll be at the farm, going to tackle the fence in garden area.  I am embarrassed to say that it hasn't been touch since the endless rains of the Spring/early Summer and then the heat appeared so quickly for the Summer, it was impossible to get much done.  Now, to use the words "out of control" would be an understatement.  The plan is to tack the raised beds, pull all the weeds, and cover them for Winter.  Then maybe when it's cooler, I can tackle the ground around them, where weeds are reclaiming all of our beautiful black mulch.  Sigh.  It's always something. 

More later!

WOMENS LAND ARMY, VINTAGE POSTER SUNDAY

Most every Sunday, we try to post an image of old posters that we find during online surfing.  We enjoy the ones that reflect farming, gardening and/or food preservation and rationing.  We enjoy them because we often wonder if anyone today would heed the kind of advice they gave back then...enjoy!

Join the Women's Land Army, image courtesy of Wikicommons

During WWII, when it was a male only army of course, women were tasked with keeping things going at home.  Britain and other allied countries (this one comes from the UK) started the "Women's Land Army" to have women work in the farming industry to replace the jobs and responsibilities of the men that left to go to war...because as this poster says, FOOD COMES FIRST!

I dare say they probably did a better job!

Off to the farm this morning, not sure what all I'll get done, not sure what will need to be done, but with this cool weather, I'll do whatever I can.

SAVE THE WHEAT, VINTAGE POSTER SUNDAY

Most every Sunday, we try to post an image of old posters that we find during online surfing.  We enjoy them because we often wonder if anyone today would heed the kind of advice they gave back then...enjoy!

Eat Less Bread, vintage poster image courtesy of NYPublicLibrary Archives

After a few poster images before that had people eating as much bread as possible, now we found one that asked people to "Save the Wheat, Help the Fleet...EAT LESS BREAD".  The difference being however, eating more bread was during WWI, eating less was during WWII.  Interesting times!

At the farm as this posts and back to run errands in town later.

Hope you are having a great weekend!