During World War II, leaders like Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt encouraged citizens like you and me to dig Victory gardens. If citizens grew some of their own food, then resources that were used to produce food for the masses could be redirected to the war effort.
In Flagstaff, victory garden simply means, "Celebrate any victory however small in your garden." If your one tomato ripens before the first fall freeze and your one basil plant survives the grasshoppers' unyielding appetite, scream to heavens, "Hallelujah!"
And a word to the first time Flagstaff gardener, just have fun. You may not get back what you put in. Staying educated about what edible plants work or don't work in Flagstaff gardens is your best approach to a better yield. James Crockett's Victory Garden is a good place to start. Mr. Crockett gardens in the equally inhospitable New England area, and many of his month by month suggestions apply very well in the Flagstaff garden. Also by amending your soil (see previous post) you will see dramatic improvements. So instead of 1 ripe tomato you may actually savor 5. Celebrate your garden victories however small.
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This blog is intended to document our ongoing experiment gardening in the formidable growing environment of Flagstaff. For the past six plus years, my husband and I have attempted to garden at 7,000 feet. We have dealt with many less than amusing factors such as extreme temperature differences between daytime and nighttime, grasshoppers, long dry periods during the summer growing season, and a growing season of 90 days plus or minus 90 days.
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