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Quote of the Week #9

“A garden is never so good as it will be next year.”– Thomas Cooper

Another quote with dual meanings.

We learn each year in the garden therefore the next one . . . → Read More: Quote of the Week #9

Quote of the Week #8

By the time one is eighty, it is said, there is no longer a tug of war in the garden with the May flowers hauling like mad against the claims . . . → Read More: Quote of the Week #8

Quote of the Week #7

Many things grow in the garden that were never sown there. ~Thomas Fuller, Gnomologia, 1732

I like this quote because of the hidden meaning.

Ostensibly the author is talking about . . . → Read More: Quote of the Week #7

Quote of the Week #6

If you have a garden and a library you have everything you need. ~ Cicero

I laughed at this quote’s honesty.  My wife commented when I packed to begin moving . . . → Read More: Quote of the Week #6

Quote of the Week #4

When weeding, the best way to make sure you are removing a weed and not a valuable plant is to pull on it. If it comes out of the ground . . . → Read More: Quote of the Week #4

Quote of the Week #3

On every stem, on every leaf,… and at the root of everything that grew, was a professional specialist in the shape of grub, caterpillar, aphis, or other expert, whose business . . . → Read More: Quote of the Week #3

Quote of the Week #2

Take thy spade, It is thy pencil; take thy seeds, thy plants, They are thy colours. ~William Mason, The English Garden, 1782

Its hard sometimes to not feel like an artist . . . → Read More: Quote of the Week #2

Quote of the Week #1

My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to see things from the plant’s point of view. ~H. Fred Dale

In one my . . . → Read More: Quote of the Week #1