Re: Famous Gardening Quotes

OhioGardener 3/31/2022, 1:52 pm

“Plan a garden for the future, but expect it to evolve and need changing, despite your well laid-out plans. Such is the temperament of Mother Nature.”
~ Meredith Kirton

OhioGardener 5/9/2022, 7:35 pm

"When the world wearies and society fails to satisfy, there is always the garden."

~ Minnie Aumonier

**sanderson** 5/9/2022, 7:48 pm

OhioGardener 10/31/2022, 9:15 am

"I cannot endure to waste anything so precious as autumnal sunshine by staying in the house."

~ Nathaniel Hawthorne

OhioGardener 1/28/2023, 8:29 am

The garden, like life itself, is not a destination — it is a journey.
~ Author Unknown

OhioGardener 3/6/2023, 9:16 am

"The rain to the wind said,
You push and I'll pelt.'
They so smote the garden bed
That the flowers actually knelt,
And lay lodged--though not dead.
I know how the flowers felt."

~ Robert Frost

OhioGardener 5/15/2023, 9:06 am

"Learning to garden is like beginning a new relationship. It is awkward and uncomfortable at the beginning, but once you invest enough time into it, you can’t imagine your life without it."

~Sarah Koontz

**sanderson** 5/15/2023, 8:50 pm

That is a good one. Very Happy

OhioGardener 6/5/2023, 10:18 am

One of the healthiest ways to gamble is with a spade and a package of garden seeds. ~ Dan Bennett

OhioGardener 7/24/2023, 9:17 am

"If life is a bowl of cherries, what am I doing with the pits?"

~ Erma Bombeck

markqz 7/24/2023, 11:14 am

OhioGardener wrote:
"If life is a bowl of cherries, what am I doing with the pits?"
~ Erma Bombeck

Ah, Erma. Click your right mouse if you remember her!

And of course, "The grass is always greener over the septic tank."

Which is how you used to determine where to plant your garden.

OhioGardener 7/31/2023, 9:28 am

"Much virtue in herbs, little in Men."

~ Benjamin Franklin

**sanderson** 8/1/2023, 6:25 pm

Probably written by a woman. . . Razz

OhioGardener 9/23/2023, 12:51 pm

"Composting is the life blood of your garden."

~ Michael Whittman

OhioGardener 10/16/2023, 9:37 am

"Gardening is an active participation in the deepest mysteries of the universe."

~ Thomas Berry

OhioGardener 1/3/2024, 11:57 am

"Go looking for weeds, don't wait for them to come looking for you."

~ Charles Dowding

**sanderson** 1/3/2024, 5:33 pm

Yes!

OhioGardener 2/26/2024, 11:24 am

"An addiction to gardening is not all bad when you consider all the other choices in life."

~ Cora Lea Bell

**sanderson** 2/26/2024, 10:53 pm

So true!

OhioGardener 4/1/2024, 6:05 pm

"Gardening is the handiest excuse for being a philosopher. Nobody guesses, nobody accuses, nobody knows, but there you are, Plato in the peonies, Socrates force-growing his own hemlock."

~ Ray Bradbury

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