Huh, who knew I was suffering from the effects of the Bush economy and endorsing a Democrat challenger in this year’s presidential election?<\/p>\n
With the skyrocketing costs of fuel and food, people cite sticker shock as the catalyst pushing them into the garden.<\/p>\n
“It’s crazy that we’re spending so much oil, time and money on food,” Staley said. “If we can do it in the backyard, why not?”<\/p>\n
Concerns over food safety and the environment are among other factors prompting people to get their hands dirty. And, of course, the bragging rights that come with serving a homegrown tomato.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I mean, if the journalist is going to ignore other reasons for the draw of gardening–that is, of exerting control over the nearby environment and tying down that Gaia wench and making her do what you want for a change<\/i>, the nesting instinct, the desire to have a food source when the centralized government falls and disorder reigns, or having free seeds come in the mail–and if the journalist is instead going to impute the failing environment<\/i> story, why not just go right out and say that gardeners are voting for Obama this year?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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