Victory Gardens Are
Growing Anew
In a down economy,
Americans turn the soil
to save on food—and gain
on taste
By:
Michael Zielenziger |
Source: AARP
Bulletin Today | June
24, 2009
Photo by Matthew Gilson
“I’ve never dug a hole
in my life,” Helen
Mayberry confessed.
“Frankly, I never really
had my hand in dirt.”
Yet this spring, the
77-year-old retiree from
Galena, Ill., was
getting down and dirty.
Along with dozens of her
neighbors who were
working on their hands
and knees and with
shovels and hoes,
Mayberry was planting
cucumbers, radishes,
carrots, onions and, of
course, tomatoes. Each
neighbor had paid $25
for a 10-by-10 plot in a
community garden taking
shape on a donated acre
of land, in this
community of about 3,300
in the northwestern tip
of the state.
As
a newcomer to vegetable
gardening, Mayberry is
hardly alone. Across the
country during this time
of recession and
economic anxiety,
Americans of all ages
are flocking into their
gardens to grow their
own food. Community-
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