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PICK AND SHOVEL

... was in his view one of the truest things that had been said. It was not only a dig for victory campaign that cultivators were engaged in, it was very much like digging for self-preservation. It was not always that ministries were in agreement, but the ...

Published: Thursday 06 March 1941
Newspaper: North Devon Journal
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 1098 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Roy Hay Plans Your Victory Garden

... Roy Hay Plans Your Victory Garden until May, to keep continuous suppvl. READERS' QUERIES Q: I know that wood ash is good for the garden, and I sava all the ashes from my bonfire. coal ash suitable for digging into the soil for vegetables, and how much ...

Published: Thursday 20 March 1941
Newspaper: North Devon Journal
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 912 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

Roy Hay Plans Your Victory Garden

... that may occur during the period of rotting down. The Private Garden The Dig for Victory movement grows in importance With each succeeding week, and little time now remains for digging before planting time arrives. Wartime gardening may tend to put the spotlight ...

Published: Thursday 06 March 1941
Newspaper: North Devon Journal
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 1359 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

REST OF THE RURAL NEWS

... heated discussion took place on the provision of allotments at Bickington. It was urged that everyone should be asked to dig for victory and that nothing had been done to provide land. It was ultimately decided to apply to the Ministry of Agriculture with ...

Published: Thursday 27 March 1941
Newspaper: North Devon Journal
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 1946 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

THE WEEK IN BIDEFORD

... Borough, interviewed, said the call for allotments was increasing. and Bideford, he thought* was taking her full part the dig for victory campaign through burgesses who were leally becoming gardenminded. Since the war several new applications iiad been made ...

Published: Thursday 27 March 1941
Newspaper: North Devon Journal
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 2160 | Page: 5 | Tags: none