Re: Famous Gardening Quotes

OhioGardener 3/16/2020, 9:28 am

"Weeds are job security for the gardener."
~ Barbara Kingslover

**sanderson** 3/18/2020, 5:39 pm

OhioGardener 4/30/2020, 8:30 pm

I'd like to think my epitaph will read, "She composted well." I take it very seriously. I see a direct correlation between compost and quality of life. ~ Alys Fowler, "Bokashi Bin Composting"

OhioGardener 5/6/2020, 7:12 pm

Earthworms are a symptom of good soil, not the cause of it. Build good soil, and worms will come. ~ Steve Churchill, Urban Worm Company

OhioGardener 6/8/2020, 9:10 am

"It's difficult to think anything but pleasant thoughts while eating a homegrown tomato."

~ Lewis Grizzard

OhioGardener 7/19/2020, 12:19 pm

"One of the things I love most about gardening is that no matter how much you know, there's always more to learn." ~ Joe Lamp'l

OhioGardener 11/16/2020, 9:16 am

"Gardening simply does not allow one to be mentally old, because too many hopes and dreams are yet to be realized."

~ Allan Armitage

plantoid 11/19/2020, 8:04 am

Waddya mean I've just Round Up weed killed the new sprouting asparagus plants . Dave 2012 (aka Plantiod & asparagus free for another four years Embarassed

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**Scorpio Rising** 11/19/2020, 11:22 pm

@plantoid wrote:Waddya mean I've just Round Up weed killed the new sprouting asparagus plants . Dave 2012 (aka Plantiod & asparagus free for another four years ).

Hahaha!

Better living through Chemistry! (Not sure—maybe Dow?)

OhioGardener 12/7/2020, 11:01 am

"In nature a repulsive caterpillar turns into a lovely butterfly. But with humans it is the other way around: a lovely butterfly turns into a repulsive caterpillar."

~ Anton Chekhov

OhioGardener 12/21/2020, 1:55 pm

"The greatest gift of the garden is the restoration of the five senses."

~ Hanna Rion

OhioGardener 1/13/2021, 1:05 pm

OhioGardener 3/16/2021, 9:41 am

"The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not just the body, but the soul." ~ Alfred Austin

OhioGardener 5/17/2021, 9:45 am

"If you've never experienced the joy of accomplishing more than you can imagine, plant a garden."

~ Robert Brault

OhioGardener 7/19/2021, 9:26 am

"Gardeners tend to be the most adaptable of human beings. In fact, gardening… trains you to be flexible, So the poppies never came up and deer ate the roses? Well, the irises looked great, and the lilacs were fabulous."

~ Constance Casey

OhioGardener 8/9/2021, 1:03 pm

Garden as though you will live forever.

~ Thomas Moore

OhioGardener 10/4/2021, 1:26 pm

I find that a real gardener is not a man who cultivates flowers; he is a man who cultivates the soil. He is a creature who digs himself into the earth and leaves the sight of what is on it to us gaping good-for-nothings. He lives buried in the ground. He builds his monument in a heap of compost. If he came into the Garden of Eden, he would sniff excitedly and say: "Good Lord, what humus!"

~ Karel Capek, The Gardener's Year, 1931

**sanderson** 10/4/2021, 1:32 pm

OhioGardener 11/2/2021, 8:45 am

“When I hold a seed in my hand, not only am I connecting to creation itself and the gift that was given to our ancestors, but also the thousands of ancestors that cared for it. If any one of those people had given up saving the seed or thrown it away, I wouldn’t have it in my hand today. When I teach, I ask them, 'what would you do with this responsibility? Will you break the chain of custody and lose this gift forever? Or will you do something with it to ensure it is passed on to the next generation?' It is a chain that connects us to each other and to the creator.”

-Chief Donald Stevens, Leader of the Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk Abenaki Nation in the Unceded Territory of Northeastern Vermont

**sanderson** 11/12/2021, 3:55 pm

Heirloom seed savers will appreciate this one.

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