After decreasing for the past few years, vegetable gardening is on the rise thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. And that means more business to the farms that cater to all those green thumbs.
âI think gardening will be on the upswing â unless people found out from last year it will be harder than they thought,â said Bill LaPlant, owner of LaPlantâs Lawn & Property Maintenance, grows vegetable and flower starts at his nursery in Lyons, New York.
The nursery serves both the landscaping business and sells to home gardeners and hobby farmers.
In response to the supply chain disruptions last spring, many consumers turned to vegetable gardening to gain some certainty about where their food was coming from.
After decreasing for the past few years, vegetable gardening is on the rise thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. And that means more business to the farms that cater to all those green thumbs.
âI think gardening will be on the upswing â unless people found out from last year it will be harder than they thought,â said Bill LaPlant, owner of LaPlantâs Lawn & Property Maintenance, grows vegetable and flower starts at his nursery in Lyons, New York.
The nursery serves both the landscaping business and sells to home gardeners and hobby farmers.
In response to the supply chain disruptions last spring, many consumers turned to vegetable gardening to gain some certainty about where their food was coming from.