Flowers in the home garden

One Cornwall farmer who had a flourishing 30 acres of spring bulbs to cut for the flower market -daffodils, narcissi, anemones and tulips - recalls his sadness at digging up his bulbs right down to the cliff edge, in order to grow wheat, potatoes, carrots and onions. Other farmers growing flowers such as lilies and orchids under glass replaced their colourful peace-time crops for tomatoes and lettuce.

The Minister  of Agriculture in 1940 appealed to every householder to convert flowerbeds to vegetable plots. Vegetables needed to be grown in all good garden soil if the Brits were to get through the war with their tummies fed. However, people were encouraged to set aside part of the garden for flowers, partly to keep up their morale and partly to ensure that there would still be a supply of flower seeds available when the war ended.

HOW CAN I APPLY THE ABOVE INFO TO MY LIFE?

I really don't need any encouragement to grow a few flowers 

because I simply love flowers, both in the garden and in the home.