I have written a little about Victory Gardens in past posts but recently I went so far as to incorporate them into our homeschool curriculum!

We used the booklet found HERE to calculate how much food we would need as individuals and for the family as a whole. Then we calculated how many rows of each vegetable we would need to supply those needs.

Using those numbers we were then able to calculate how much space we would need for a Victory Garden that would supply us with the majority of the fruits and veggies that we would need to give us an adequate amount of nutrition. This was a little more complicated than we originally expected and it took us several days to calculate the number of beds and rows that we would need.

We then drew up a layout of how the beds could be arranged and where they should go which was dependent upon the height of the plants, the needs of the plants, access to water, sun, shade, and the locations that we have available for new plantings. The kids have been researching companion plants and such so they can plan out the garden beds and they have also been researching butterfly gardens to help increase the amounts of pollinators and beneficial insects.

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We have been using YouTube to look up the history of the Victory Gardens and other information from that time. They have also been learning about the return of the Victory Gardens during the Covid pandemic. We have been doing some comparisons between the periods to see the differences and the similarities.

We have also been researching the benefits of gardens in general. They have learned that gardens can help combat issues such as childhood obesity and poor nutrition. Gardening has also been shown to help lower anxiety, stress, and depression as well as many other health benefits.

We have been working on a budget for our garden beds. We’ve also been comparing the prices of purchasing premade beds versus building our own beds as well as the benefits of each option. They have had to come up with material lists for the beds as well. They would each like to have their own beds or areas to care for so that they can grow some things of their own.

I have had the kids helping me check our seed inventory as well as lists of the seeds and plants that we would like to get. We have also been looking at the different types of seeds that are available as well as researching the benefits of the different types. They’ve also been interested in growing some plants for our animals.

The kids have also become very interested in some of the different types and designs of gardens and they want to try out some types of potager gardens and maybe some interesting designs like a spiral herb garden… they are pretty ambitious with some of these ideas so I’m not quite sure how many ideas we will be able to incorporate into our landscape but we’ll see. They also love the grocery row gardens that we have been using and they are excited to add some more fruits and berries to our landscape this year. I’ve been researching a lot of permaculture ideas and maybe we can blend them in with some of the kids’ ideas to create our own little oasis.

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The possibilities are endless as to how we could incorporate gardening into our homeschool activities but I’m just thrilled that they have taken such an interest in gardening as it is one of my favorite activities.

I’ve got to get ready for bed right now as I’m exhausted from working on the house all day… I just spent a few minutes trying to add some links to the post but now the baby is waiting for Momma to get in bed so Good Night!