This week, history sure is ringing the echoes hard and loud: tariffs are here, and it’s another stepping stone toward a new depression era.
I often get accused of fear-mongering, but pointing out parallels and using them to be prepared is the calm solution for the chaos that keeps getting louder day by day.
When I was in college, my favorite professor and mentor had a favorite phrase:
Good history is intellectual history.
Because when we truly understand the whole scope — not just the propaganda we’ve been peddled — we are empowered. Empowered to create change. Empowered to be prepared. And empowered to make choices from a place of calm instead of scrambling from fear.
And that’s why we’re talking about Victory Gardens this week — not the glossy poster version, but the truth of how they fed families in hard times, and why they might be worth planting again.
So we can be Rooted & Ready to handle whatever comes our way.
NEW ON THE BLOG:
The History of Victory Gardens
You’ve probably heard the story of Victory Gardens — those charming little wartime plots that fed America during World War II. The way it’s usually told, neighbors simply rolled up their sleeves and planted beans for the boys overseas, basking in the glow of patriotic duty.
It’s the kind of story that fits neatly into a history textbook: wholesome, tidy, and uncomplicated.
But history… real history… is rarely that simple.
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