One Square Foot at a Time

How many of us garden?

Out of 80 million households in the United States, only 22% have vegetable gardens. That is about 17.5 million households. That doesn't sound so bad.

According to the National Garden Association, it's been declining for the last five years.

On top of this, most Americans spend only about 1% of their annual income on gardening. It doesn't matter the size of the annual income. Large or small – only 1% is spent on gardening.

That isn't good news.

It's bad news. Most of our food travels an average of 1,500 miles to get on our kitchen plates. Just how many gallons of gas is that? See the point I'm driving home?

We complain about the increasing costs of energy. Then we don't make the necessary changes to stop these increases. Or completely do away with it's cost.

We know that oil prices will continue to increase. In turn, increasing the cost of everything else. But we can grow our own food. We can grow it very affordably.

It's time to bring back the Victory Garden.

These new Victory Gardens are an important part of America's agriculture backbone. Goodbye to the 1,500 mile ride and it's costs.

You can't get much more local than your own backyard.

If your a beginner at gardening, then start small.

If you've been at it for years as a master gardener – then mentor someone.

You'll have the necessary skills to feed yourself. Feed you're family from your garden.

We can do this...one square foot at a time.

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