June 25, 2008
How Does Your Garden Grow?
Did you know that garden centres are reporting a 30% to 40% increase in sales of vegetables and edible plants? Factors behind this surge in home gardens include the high cost of food, interest in the “100-mile diet,” concerns about food quality, and the desire to have greater control over what we eat. Increasingly, people are even planting front-yard vegetable gardens and integrating food plants with decorative plants. It is not unusual to see lettuce, peas and herbs sharing space with roses, all in the context of a beautifully designed landscape. “Tomatoes are red, violets are blue…”
