Taking to a garden in the midst of a crisis is not a new concept. My mother got her first start with gardening by creating her own victory garden of edibles during World War II. She went on to enjoy it until the end of her life, and shared the love of gardening with her three children.
And yet, with this current worldwide crisis underway, one decision in particular made by our state leaders in California could not be more appreciated. That was to exempt the closure of home-improvement and gardening shops from the retail shutdown.
