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Winning the war
Gainesville woman recalls the necessity of a victory garden for both morale and survival
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Dee Ridley, center, talks with Master Gardeners Toby Blackwell, left, and Martine Olson at the victory garden at the Northeast Georgia History Center. Ridley gave a lecture Tuesday on victory gardens and surviving the Depression. - photo by Tom Reed
At 96 years old, Dee Ridley knows a thing or two about surviving tough times. As a teenager during the Great Depression, she learned how to stretch the food from her family’s farm. “Growing up with not so much money, I would save a lot of stuff,” said Ridley, a Gainesville resident and avid gardener.