Bruce Horovitz writes an interesting piece for USA Today about how people are turning to low-tech gardening amidst a deep recession:
Hard economic times are acting like instant fertilizer on an industry that had been growing slowly: home vegetable gardening.
Amid the Washington talk of “shovel-ready” recession projects, it appears few projects are more shovel-ready than backyard gardens. Veggie seed sales are up double-digits at the nation’s biggest seed sellers this year.
Even the Obamas are growing vegetables this year. The Papoose blog reports:
Twenty-six elementary schoolchildren wielded shovels, rakes, pitchforks and wheelbarrows to help first lady Michelle Obama break ground on a produce and herb garden on the White House grounds.
Here at Low-Tech Times headquarters, we’re planning to grow tomato plants this year, but perhaps we will expand the garden.