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A home is for the garden. A garden is for the
soul. -- Author Unknown
As the poet said, 'Only God can make a tree,'
probably because it's so hard to figure out how to get the bark
on. -- Woody Allen (1935- ) US film director, actor
Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant
gardens, and eat the fruit of them. -- Jeremiah 29:5
Confronted with the vision of a beautiful garden, we see something beautiful about ourselves. -- Jeff Cox
Die when I may, I want it said of me that I plucked a weed and planted a flower where ever I thought a flower would grow. -- Abraham Lincoln
Finally, there seem to be but three Ways for a
Nation to acquire Wealth. The first is by War as the Romans did
in plundering their conquered Neighbours. This is Robbery. The
second by Commerce which is generally Cheating. The third by
Agriculture the only honest Way; wherein Man receives a real
Increase of the Seed thrown into the Ground, in a kind of
continual Miracle wrought by the Hand of God in his favour, as a
Reward for his innocent Life, and virtuous Industry. -- Benjamin
Franklin (Positions to be Examined, 4 April 1769)
Harry Truman, when he was US President, once
addressed the Washington Garden Club and kept referring to 'good
manure' that must be used on flowers. Some society ladies
complained (later) to the First Lady Margaret Truman, "Bess,
can't you get the President to say fertilizer instead of
manure?" The First Lady replied, "Heavens, it took me 25 years
to get him to say 'manure'."
If a pig loses its voice, is it disgruntled? -- Hmmmmm
If it can't be grown it must be mined! -- Author Unknown
If you are hungry, can't you be content with the
wholesome roots of the earth? -- Richard Sheridan, 1791
In my garden there is a large place for sentiment. My garden of flowers is also my garden
of thoughts and dreams. The thoughts grow as freely as the flowers, and the dreams are as beautiful. -- Abram L. Urban
If the grass is greener on the other side of the fence, you can bet the water bill is
higher. -- Author Unknown
Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago. --
Warren Buffet
Successful gardeners weed it and reap. -- Gene Mora in Gaffiti
The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago.
The second best time is now. -- Chinese Proverb
The greatest gift of the garden is the restoration of the five senses. -- Hanna Rion
The more dirt gets under your fingernails, the
higher your spirit gets lifted. -- Author Unknown
There can be no other occupation like gardening in which, if you were to creep up behind
someone at their work, you would find them smiling. -- Mirabel Osler
Those who labour in the earth are the chosen people of God, if ever he had a chosen,
people, whose breasts he has made his peculiar deposit for substantial and genuine virtue. -- Thomas
Jefferson
To own a bit of ground, to scratch it with a hoe, to plant seeds, and watch the renewal of
life -- this is the commonest delight of the race, the most satisfactory thing a man can do. -- Charles
Dudley Warner, 1829-1900
We must cultivate our own garden. When man was
put in the garden of Eden he was put there so that he should
work, which proves that man was not born to rest. -- Voltaire
(1694-1778) French Philosopher and Author
With the arrival of spring we hope all of you will put in your gardens and
prepare to enjoy their produce this summer. We hope you are making this a
family affair, with everyone, even the little ones, assigned to something.
There is so much to learn and harvest from your garden, far more than just a
crop itself. -- Spencer W. Kimball (Ensign, May 1978, p 79)
You can bury a lot of troubles digging in the dirt. -- Author Unknown
You can get a bison to go anywhere he wants to go and keep him where he wants to stay. --
Bison Breeder
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