All the Dirt on Gardening

We are not alone in our quest for great fresh produce from our own garden. Getting exercise and saving money while growing healthy food has hit a new high. Click on the link to read the article. Banking on Gardening in the New York Times Photo: SWEATING FOR DINNER Doreen Howard, of Roscoe, Ill., has quadrupled the size of her vegetable plot because of the economy. By MARIAN BURROS Published: June 11, 2008 Excerpts: Seed companies and garden shops say that not since the rampant inflation of the 1970s has there been such an uptick in interest in growing food at home. Space in community gardens across the country has been sold out for several months. In Austin, Tex., some of the gardens have a three-year waiting list. George C. Ball Jr., owner of the W. Atlee Burpee Company, said sales of vegetable and herb seeds and plants are up by 40 percent over last year, double the annual growth for the last five years. “You don’t see this kind of thing but once in a career,” he said. Mr. Ball offe...