Despite constant reassurances from groups such as the National Farmers Federation that Australia produces much more food than we consume, nurseries across the country are doing a booming trade, particularly in fruit and vegetables.
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Many of the growers are first timers or have not dabbled too heavily in the produce side of their garden and have concentrated on ornamental plantings, and there is nothing wrong with that at all.
During times of national crisis though, nations across the world hunker down, self isolate and look to that patch of dirt out the back and say to themselves, now's the time to build that patch.
During the Second World War they were called Victory Gardens, used to feed the local population fresh and healthy food in a time of shortages.
Shortages though aren't a factor in this crisis, but people are sensibly looking at ways of reducing the number of trips to the supermarket, and when it comes to the best food around, the stuff out of the patch is simply superb.
Bec Price has enjoyed the magnificent flavour of home-grown produce all her life, so much so she can't even remember a time when she hasn't had one.
"It's been ingrained in me from a young age," she said, "I come from a family of six kids where mum, who also worked full-time, managed to grow vegetables for the entire family and would also have the full Vacola preserving setup in her home."
The family garden of her youth was in Cudal, when it was time to establish her own garden in Blayney, there was a distinct learning curve.
"It was 21 years ago and I couldn't just cut and paste what I'd learnt in Cudal for use in Blayney where it's much colder," she said.
Although Mrs Price's vegie garden is much larger than can fit on the average suburban quarter acre block, there are plenty of ways to grow more of what you eat even in the smallest garden.
"You'll be really surprised with what you can cook when you don't want to go to the supermarket and you're happy to have what's in the garden," she said.
Many seedlings are sold-out in the bigger nurseries, but do the right thing and give the smaller ones a call and ask them to order you in some.
Otherwise, get planting with these some of these seed selections in April.
GROW FROM SEED:
Broad Beans, Beetroot, Chives, Coriander, Carrot (All Season) Corn salad, Endive, Lettuce, Mizuna, Pak Choi, Mustard Greens, Radish, Rocket, Spinach, Silverbeet, Turnip.
PLANT FROM SEEDLINGS:
Onions, Lettuce, Leeks, Kale, Cauliflower, Brussels Sprouts.
HOW'S YOUR PATCH?