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Mrs. Milton Lott and daughters Vivian and Alva Ruth gather vegetables--probably carrots and cucumbers--from their home garden in Milam County. Other vegetables appear to be broccoli, leaf lettuce, green beans, and tomatoes. Mrs. Lott noted that all of her children liked green vegetables and that it was a real challenge to keep them well supplied with such food. Note the many rocks on the top of the soil. This certainly made it difficult to keep a hoe sharp while chopping grass and weeds in the garden.
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Mrs. Fred Kveton discusses her garden located on her family's 160-acre farm nineteen miles northeast of Lubbock in Lubbock County, with Elizabeth Brooks, Assistant Home Demonstration Agent. While most of the farm was cultivated in cotton and grain sorghum or used for grazing cattle, Mrs. Kveton's home garden provided fresh vegetables for the family of eight. In the background is the orchard which provided fruit for the family to eat fresh or to make into pies or jellies and preserves. Also visible are Mrs. Kveton's new storage house and cellar. Note the top of the windmill above the tree. Even after the introduction of electricity on the High Plains, windmills were used to pump water to the surface for livestock and household use. The large water storage tank visible above the small square building was elevated enough to provide good water pressure in the house.
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