Planting for the planet Grow your own vegetables in a modern-day version of the World War II victory garden.(Home & Garden)

Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), May, 2007

Byline: Kerry Lester ***** CORRECTION/date 06-13-2007: In a May 27 article in Home & Garden, Mount Prospect master gardener Luci Barnas ' name was mispelled. ***** klester@@dailyherald.com Victory over global warming is a long way off, but your own backyard is a good place to start.

During World War II, the government asked families to grow their own food in victory gardens, so that more supplies could be diverted to troops stationed around the world. Today, the crisis is environmental as greenhouse gases threaten the planet. A modern version of the victory garden can help those who think globally to eat more locally. "Why are we getting our food shipped in from Oregon," asks Peggy Pelkonen, a landscape architect at the Morton Arboretum in...