steveoregon
04-16-2009, 09:49 PM
This article appeared in the Oregonian (Portland) today.
It details how vegetable gardening sales are way up because people want to grow more home grown produce to save money.
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/04/as_the_cost_of_produce_rises_m.html
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The interest in edibles extends beyond personal gardens. Workers at Portland City Hall and the Multnomah County Building are planning gardens and will donate the produce to the hungry. Forest Grove residents have started their first community garden, while Portland's community garden waiting list grew to 1,283 this spring. In Lane County, the Victory Gardens for All program hopes to see 10,000 new gardens planted in Eugene and Springfield. And inmates at the minimum security women's prison at Coffee Creek have broken ground on a garden.
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It details how vegetable gardening sales are way up because people want to grow more home grown produce to save money.
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/04/as_the_cost_of_produce_rises_m.html
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The interest in edibles extends beyond personal gardens. Workers at Portland City Hall and the Multnomah County Building are planning gardens and will donate the produce to the hungry. Forest Grove residents have started their first community garden, while Portland's community garden waiting list grew to 1,283 this spring. In Lane County, the Victory Gardens for All program hopes to see 10,000 new gardens planted in Eugene and Springfield. And inmates at the minimum security women's prison at Coffee Creek have broken ground on a garden.
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