Whilst meandering around the web on this rainy morning, I came across The QuoteGarden, a website full of classic words from gardeners, or about gardens. So I thought I would share some of my favourites:
God made rainy days so gardeners could get the housework done. ~Author Unknown
Damn! No avoiding it today then.
You can bury a lot of troubles digging in the dirt. ~Author Unknown
Gardening is cheaper than therapy and you get tomatoes. ~Author Unknown
Very true - except I don't get tomatoes. I do get beans though, so I epitomise the saying full of beans
(most of the time)!
Despite the gardener's best intentions, Nature will improvise. ~Michael P. Garafalo
Oh yes - all your work is only a suggestion, which may be completely ignored!
Gardens... should be like lovely, well-shaped girls: all curves, secret corners, unexpected deviations, seductive surprises and then still more curves. ~H.E. Bates, A Love of Flowers
Bless H.E.Bates, he can always be counted on to be saucy. Let's amend it to Gardens...should be like the lovely, well shaped girls that garden them!
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 easily, it is a valuable plant. ~Author Unknown
How often has this been true. I also find that when something appears and you can't identify it, if it is growing strongly and happily it's bound to be a weed. If it's 'weedy' and pathetic it will be that very expensive plant that you've nursed, feed and nurtured for ever!
Check out the website for more pearls of insight, you might find something to inspire,
challenge or just make you smile.
The Quote Garden
Now the rain's eased off so I'm off to the Garden Centre to buy grit in preparation for more bulb planting - anything to avoid housework!
Now the rain's eased off so I'm off to the Garden Centre to buy grit in preparation for more bulb planting - anything to avoid housework!
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