We have a garden for our own consumption. It's small because we don't have a lot of space for a garden, certainly not for grains or other staples like that. But today, while reading about the effect the flooding in the Midwest is having on food prices, I thought seriously about broadcasting some amaranth seed in the power line cut behind our house for use as a protein food. I don't know if amaranth grows well in this climate, but I think I'll see what I can find out.

One of our neighbors has expanded his kitchen garden into the power line cut. He's calling it his "George Bush garden", because he says George Bush is the reason he needs the garden. He's a Vietnam Vet living on a pension and he can't afford the price of food these days.