zoya conny of a historian and a blockade survivor as vivid memories of those events. in the spring of one nine hundred forty two leningrad to authorities announced the start of a seed sowing season they said leningrad residents would have to supply themselves with food so that and they allotted plots of land to be used as vegetable gardens as well as providing grain people in the city center were given plots in the main square just outside saying thais excuse funeral. still want us but it's a reaped the ass of the those units and they've brought in the new but i was the because nothing else who could do grow that the fall out that was it would know that that it was the disease greenfield all of that is that is where we grew cound it is. that would be about it south is a good reminder. of how it used to be. the crop lived up to people's expectations people down to reap the harvest of nine hundred forty two somewhat easing the food problem even in such harsh conditions people never lost hope and helped one another to survive during the siege. on the verge of death from