With the high price of food and gas some people are turning to gardening.   The New York Times writes about the trend in an article entitled Banking on Gardening.

It makes a lot of sense.  It’s cost effective and great exercise all at the same time.  It’s also much safer.  First there was the spinach scare and now we have tomatoes contaminated with salmonella. Yikes!  Maybe it’s time to bring back the Victory Garden.