I recently went to see Mt. Vernon with my family. Mt. Vernon is the estate of George Washington, who was the first president of the United States of America. It is located in Alexandria, Virginia. It is well preserved and held out as a tourist attraction for tourists to learn about history, as well as a realistic example of what life was like back then on that property. I, like you, my gentle readers, find history to be always interesting, exciting, and sometimes, sad.
There was and is a vegetable garden at Mt. Vernon! You can see it if you click on this link: http://www.mountvernon.org/visit/plan/index.cfm/ss/30/
The garden was situated so that it got plenty of sun. It was also surrounded by a brick wall, which kept out pests and kept in warmth, thus prolonging the growing season.
My balcony garden, wich faces southeast, and which for a floor and roof has a slap of concrete, and surrounded as it is with brick walls on two sides, also conserves the sun's heat and prolongs the growing season. Pests are barely a problem, because we are so high up that even insects have a hard time finding the place. As an added bonus, nobody who has ever been enslaved has ever been on my balcony garden. The same cannot be said of G.W.'s garden, sadly.
One other big difference between my garden and Washington's is that mine is primarily for growing one pineapple. Washington's was for growing all sorts of vegetables.
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