Motivated by mounting supermarket bills, folks across the U.S. have turned to the spade and shovel for help. Backyard food gardening is on the rise.

According to The New York Times, "seed companies and garden shops say that not since the rampant inflation of the 1970s has there been such an uptick in interest in growing food at home." The Huffington Post, ABC, and NBC have all surfaced in Buzz with reports about the surging interest in growing-your-own.

In Search, the movement continues. Queries like "growing tomatoes," "vegetable gardening," "organic gardening," and "container gardening" have more than doubled in number since this time last year. Interest in how to cultivate and care for tomatoes, cucumbers, strawberries, and herbs is flourishing.

Whether or not you can tell a container garden from a compost bin, now's the time to embrace the dirt. Here's a list of the most popular fruits and veggies sought out by searcher-gardeners in the past week. Dig in!