The Tomato Garden

It wasn't too bad for the first few months. We would have meat at least once or twice a week as I remember. Well once a week anyway, of course the main thing was rice.

Interviewer: Were there any means available to supplement the diet?

Yes, we had a camp garden and as I remember now Lieutenant Mayes of the Winnipeg Grenadiers, I think he was in charge of it and they grew tomatoes, I think that was the product mostly was tomatoes and, of course the soil was practically sand and gravel but we used the human fertilizer, the Chinese called it night soil.