The role of kitchen gardens in Russian cultures is to primarily feed the household and be efficient. Since, the household can be up to 200 people, it could be pretty difficult to sustain all of them, especially if you’re buying so much produce all of the time. With your own garden, the goal is to save time as well as money. A lot of the text gives advice on how to protect your garden from neighbors, thieves and wild as well as domestic animals. This is because food is an essential part of survival and Russians relied heavily on their fresh produce or preserved fruits and veggies that came from their gardens. Most of the protection came from the garden being lifted and fenced from animals.