Working in the garden and enjoying its harvest is not just an escape from reality--it is, in fact, a cheerful part of the reality of life. I created a dish of zucchini, carrots, and garbanzo beans for supper one day.
"To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow." – Audrey Hepburn
"Gardens are not made by singing 'Oh, how beautiful,' and sitting in the shade. – Rudyard Kipling
Marcus Tullius Cicero: If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.
Francis Bacon: God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures.
- "A garden is always a series of losses set against a few triumphs, like life itself." – May Sarton
- "The kiss of the sun for pardon, the song of the birds for mirth, one is nearer God's heart in a garden than anywhere else on earth." – Dorothy Frances Gurney
Peppers, carrots, onion, venison--all from our garden or nearby fields!
"A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all, it teaches entire trust. – Gertrude Jekyll
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