"Porky's Garden" is a remnant of the days when Porky Pig was still the Warner Bros. cartoon star (Daffy Duck had debuted a few months earlier, but didn't get to carry a cartoon until 1938). In these early cartoons, the Termite Terrace crowd cast Porky as a simple guy in roles representing everyday life. Here he grows his vegetables very large for a contest, but his neighbor is also participating and has no qualms about undermining Porky's chances.
I would say that in between Porky's debut and the US entry into WWII, Porky's only really significant cartoons were "Porky's Duck Hunt" (in which Daffy debuted), "Porky in Wackyland" and "Old Glory". Otherwise, most of his roles were pretty hokey. He got really good after the war, when Chuck Jones had him interfere with Daffy's craziness. This one's worth seeing maybe once.
I would say that in between Porky's debut and the US entry into WWII, Porky's only really significant cartoons were "Porky's Duck Hunt" (in which Daffy debuted), "Porky in Wackyland" and "Old Glory". Otherwise, most of his roles were pretty hokey. He got really good after the war, when Chuck Jones had him interfere with Daffy's craziness. This one's worth seeing maybe once.