a lot has been said and written about samantha akkineni finding a new hobby during lockdown growing her own food at home the actress has more than once shared her newfound fondness for growing food at home on social media writing how therapeutic the whole process was she has grown different kinds of leafy veggies at home so far including lettuce and leafy veggies however what many dont know is the reason behind her novel hobby despite her hinting about it in her captions talking of how she has noticed people finding numerous ways to cope with the uncertainty of the coronavirus pandemic samantha put up a video in which she states i know everyone is doing their best to get by i see all the creativity out there the dance art cooking and poetry theres so many things i know i cannot do but what i have been doing is something everyone can do its relatively simple no prizes for guessing ive been putting up many posts on gardening but i want to tell you why i began on this journey adding how the announcement of lockdown was a shocking and sudden experience for her like many of us she says in the video im sure many of you remember the time when lockdown was announced and i know many of you like me and chay naga chaitanya rushed to the supermarket to stock up on groceries and made a list of how long these groceries would last completely uncertain of what we would do when we run out of them it was a scary time for all of us and it really boiled down to food and the health of your loved ones and yourself she adds it rattled me because weve been really taking food for granted we never really valued food this pandemic has really taught me a hard lesson on how we shouldnt take food on granted so i started the journey of growing my own edible garden it has been empowering and i want to share this feeling with you when you dont see a clear path planting is a healing process she rounded off the video asking fans to stay tuned for more