In the wake of the coronavirus crisis, many people stuck at home are learning to grow their own food
As the coronavirus pandemic shook the country this spring, grocery stores quickly sold out of essentials and produce departments were emptied. Fearing food shortages, and afraid to expose themselves to other shoppers in the store, many following orders to stay at home came up with the same idea: pandemic gardens.
in Rancho Dominguez, California, tells PEOPLE. “This is so unprecedented. We’re doing the best we can. You can’t capture all of this business.”Each week, retailers adapted to new rules and restrictions. Home improvement stores closed the doors to garden centers to control the number of customers inside. Thompson expected sales to drop as a result, but customers simply waited to go in and seed sales remained three to four times higher than last year.
A jewelry maker in Nashville, Tennessee, Gabrielle Friedman is adding beds in her backyard, growing seeds inside, and composting garden scraps. “It’s such a dark time, to see something grow and flourish is very healing to me,” she says. “The alternative is staying inside watching the news — this is an escape. I’m outside and I don’t even think about COVID and what’s going on.”Gabrielle Friedman
Southern Exposure Seed Exchange in Mineral, Virginia, has been so overwhelmed with orders for seeds that they are turning off their website periodically, and now have a daily maximum for orders. Whitinger of the National Gardening Association says people are frustrated because they can’t find the seeds they want at online retailers. His advice: try a local garden center. Many will arrange for curbside pick-up.
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