The rise in gas prices aren't all bad. Victory Gardens are proliferating, car manufacturers aren't making anymore gas guzzling SUV's or Hummers. What's next--public transportation in America? Bike lanes? But back to vegetables...

Newspapers from around the country have been reporting on surge in vegetable gardening--it's officially a trend, and hopefully one here to stay. On June 11th, 2008 the New York Times ran the article, Banking on Gardening that profiles people who have decided to grow their own because of rising food prices. On June 5th, 2008 The Wall Street Journal published The Vegetable Patch Takes Root , which discusses not only costs, but also this is the most reliable way to get organic produce. On the heels of this reporting, The San Francisco Chronicle weighed in on June 7th, 2008 with the article Easy foods for beginners, Homegrown craze brings bumper crop of fresh, veggies, healthy bodies where not only high food prices and concerns about the environment, but the growing "foodie" movement is spurring gardeners on.