It is time to garden.

Stephanie Owens, right, looks over the garden with her son, Cole, left, Reid, top left, and Lucas, top center, as they tend to it at their home. (AP)
Tomato seedlings emerge from pellets. People who wanted to start to garden during the pandemic looked online for knowledge on how to grow. (AP)
Home gardeners bought a lot of seeds at garden centers. (AP)
Allison Sturm at the Urban Growers Collective farm in Chicago, teaches young kids and others to grow vegetables around the city. (AP)
Malcolm Evans, manager at the Urban Farm Collective, is still focusing on food production and getting produce to families that need it. (AP)

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Ready? Set. Grow! Friends share seeds. Neighbors lend tools. Gardeners give tips.

Seeds sprout. Veggies grow. Victory gardens give people hope. Do you have one?

READ MORE: Stores are selling out of flowers, vegetable plants, soil, and seeds. Why? People are planting. Victory gardens are back. They were popular during World War I. Gardens cheered people up during times of war. They provided fresh food. Gardens cheer us up too. Gardeners share photos of their yards. They pass along gardening tips. Gardens remind us that God makes all things grow. Genesis 1:11 says, “And God said, ‘Let the Earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind, on the Earth.’ And it was so.”