I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder
for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden,
and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance
that I should have been by any epaulet I could have worn.
~Henry David Thoreau
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The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it. ~Arnold H. Glasgow
Now is the time in the garden I call “the waiting place.” The seeds are sown, the seedlings tucked in and creeping onward and [...] Flowers… are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Share this post Hide Sites A plant’s ability to grow, increase and sustain itself became of secondary and almost minimal interest. ~Bill Munson
As I said in my last post, it’s a natural part of my summer garden routine to rip up clumps of comfrey and absent-mindedly toss it into the compost pile… [...]
A weed is but an unloved flower. ~Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Comfrey: invasive perennial or super-garden plant? Maybe a bit of both… though I definitely lean towards the latter. Comfrey is a perennial herb (or to some a “useful weed”) and a member of [...] Deep in their roots, all flowers keep the light. ~Theodore Roethke
Share this post Hide Sites Today’s complimentary post is by guest blogger Cedar Store. Keep as many chemicals as possible out of the soil, garden and yard by looking for sustainably grown, untreated natural wood products for your garden furniture, trellises, benches etc. Cedar Store explains the difference between the top three most popular woods: Most people [...] The only use of an obstacle is to be overcome. All that an obstacle does with brave men is, not to frighten them,but to challenge them. ~Woodrow Wilson
Every gardener has a plant (or two or three) that pose a challenge to his/her growing skills. [...] The best thing one can do when it’s raining is to let it rain. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Mother’s Day 2010. I woke early and walked to the dining room to see snow falling…and sticking..to the ground. Flabbergasted and a *wee* bit annoyed I ran upstairs for the [...] “Anyone who says sunshine brings happiness has never danced in the rain.”
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