Photos of my garden inspiration...

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  1. fatbaldguy

    fatbaldguy In Flower

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    This is not me in the photo, it is my cousin Keith. The flowers are grown by my grandma Bernice.

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    Behind two of my Uncles and one of my Aunts, you see a 'portion' of the vegetable garden. That garden fed 17 plus the wives and children of those 17.
     
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  3. Riccur

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    Wow that is a lot of people for that garden to feed. It is amazing at how little people were able to eat off before and now we have $100 grocery bills that don't seem to provide enough food for a family of four.
     
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    eileen Resident Taxonomist Staff Member Moderator Plants Contributor

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    The garden must have had really good soil and keen people to work on it to feed so many. When I was young we didn't have a garden but we did have an allotment to grow our veggies on.
     
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    Who gave you this land? Was it a community garden type of thing?
     



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    fatbaldguy In Flower

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    My family settled on that land in the 1830's. Remained in the family until the 1980's when the government took it for a dam.
     
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    Frank GardenStew Founder Staff Member Administrator

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    What a beautiful location and garden FBG. Were there high rolling hills all around the area? It's a shame that it got taken over.
    You uncle and aunt looked very trendy in that last photo!
     
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    Eastern Kentucky, sort of central, near Paintsville, south of Ashland.
     

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