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Gardening popular during pandemic

Aug 31, 2021 to Sep 02, 2021 If you like planting and caring for a garden, you are not alone. According to a survey of 1,000 Americans ages 18 and older, 64%, or roughly two-thirds of Americans, said they took up gardening as a hobby during the COVID-19 pandemic. Who knew? The survey was conducted by Trees.com with online survey platform Pollfish. The survey found that not only is gardening helping people pass the time, the hobby is also having a profound impact on people’s mental and physical health during this stressful time. A review of data from Google Trends reinforces how much gardening interest increased as normal routines were upended by shutdown orders and transmission fears in March and April of 2020. Searches for “planting” and “plants” started increasing during the week of March 22, 2020, 10 days after the federal government declared COVID-19 a national emergency, and many states and cities were implementing stay-at-home orders to help halt the spread of th

Master Gardener: Community Gardens have long history

Master Gardener: Community gardens have long history Viola Purdy The Sandusky and Ottawa County Master Gardener volunteers have partnered with the Sandusky County commissioners to provide a place to garden. We have developed the Countryside Drive Community Garden at 2000 Countryside Drive. There are 12 raised beds and 23 raised garden rows. Many of the rows will be donated to area food banks and be maintained by Master Gardener volunteers. What are community gardens? Community gardens are managed open spaces that can be planted by people who do not have access to their own land, giving them the opportunity to grow their own nutritious food, herbs or flowers at a low cost.

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