SURVIVAL FOODS grow & stow

The reason I believe the human race will survive in almost any nearapocalyptic situation is threefold:

1. We have insatiable hope, even when things seem utterly hopeless;

2. We have the ability to laugh; jokes and funny memes soon follow after worrisome events, and

3. A growing number are turning to gardening for food, medicine, emotional support, psychological healing, and for the good of the earth.

PANIC BUYING

These beliefs were tested, and resoundingly passed muster during the outbreak of the covid19 pandemic in March. Faced with isolation restrictions, the scarcity that panic buying created on supermarket foodstuffs, and an unsure future, one of the most positive outcomes was the exponential rise in people showing interest in gardening – creating food in their