''The Victory Garden'' is an American

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program about

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and other outdoor activities, which was produced by station

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, and distributed by

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. It was the oldest gardening program produced for television in the United States, premiering April 16, 1975.

History

The show was originally called ''Crockett's Victory Garden'' for its first host, James Underwood Crockett. On each episode, Crockett demonstrates and cares for a vegetable, fruit, and flower garden, shows you how to build a cold frame, and why salt marsh hay was useful as a mulch. At the end of each episode, Crockett was in the

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, as he answered viewer questions about gardening, which were sent in by viewers. Following Crockett's death at the age of 63, Bob Thomson hosted the program from 1979 to 1991 and the show was renamed ''The Victory Garden''. With Thomson at the helm, ''The Victory Garden'' began to broaden its scope. In addition to the regular gardening demonstrations, the show began to make room for more guests and travel features. Marian Morash, wife of series producer Russell Morash, appeared on the air to do her recipes on the program from 1979 to 2001. Roger Swain hosted the program from 1991 to 2002, Michael Weishan hosted the program from 2002 to 2007.

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hosted the program from 2007 to 2010. In 2013, the show was relaunched in partnership with Edible Communities, and it became ''The Victory Garden's EdibleFeast''. It was produced for two seasons.

Major publications

*Crockett, James Underwood. (1977). ''Crockett's Victory Garden''. New York: Little, Brown. . *Crockett, James Underwood. (1978). ''Crockett's Indoor Garden''. New York: Little, Brown. . *Crockett, James Underwood. (1981). ''Crockett's Flower Garden''. New York: Little, Brown. . *Morash, Marian. (1982). ''The Victory Garden Cookbook''. New York: Knopf. . *Wirth, Thomas. (1984). ''The Victory Garden Landscape Guide''. New York: Little, Brown. . *Thomson, Bob. (1987). ''The New Victory Garden''. New York: Little, Brown. . *Wilson, Jim. (1990). ''Masters of the Victory Garden''. New York: Little, Brown. . *Weishan, Michael and Laurie Donnelly. (2006). ''The Victory Garden Companion''. New York: William Morrow. .

References

External links

PBS: ''The Victory Garden''
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