Dr. Audree Tucker (a.k.a. SaurKraut) is a pseudonym for a writer and former political consultant. She owns her own company and has had great and varied experience in the business arena. She has won awards for her writing, but prefers anonymity when it comes to controversial subjects. She comes from a long line of writers, and grew up reading the classics. She currently lives in the Tampa Bay Area, Florida, USA, with her child and assorted pets.

My passion is ...

passion itself. I despise apathy.

I know too much about ...

a great deal, but too little about relationships.

My parents always told me ...

so many amazing and pithy things that I will have writing material 'till I'm 101 years old.

My childhood ambition ...

was to be a writer.

My favorite memory ...

is impossible to list. There are too many wonderful memories in my life.

Why I write ...

I feel an overpowering urge to communicate and instruct.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

is always something new.

My first job ...

was as a telemarketer! I have great sympathy for anyone who does this for a living.

My best moment ...

is the same as my favorite memory. There are many wonderful moments that I've been privileged to experience.

My inspiration ...

is my family and friends.

Home & Garden > Lawn How to plant a victory garden

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Feeling like Helpful Heloise of the Apocolypse, I'm going to talk about Victory Gardens today.

I was fortunate enough to be raised by my parents and grandparents on both sides. That meant I was exposed to many stories that most people haven't heard first-hand. The most prolific storyteller was my father's mother, who still vividly remembered The Depression and World War 2, and told me many stories about that time.

She remembered being the only child (of a family of eight) in New York state that could find work. Every evening she would wash out the only pair of panties and the only bra...

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