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A garden is never so good as it will be next year. Thomas Cooper
Agriculture is our wisest pursuit, because it will in the end contribute most to real wealth, good morals, and happiness. Thomas Jefferson, letter to George Washington, 1787
A home is for the garden. A garden is for the soul. Author Unknown
An almost forgotten means of economic self-reliance is the home production of food. We are too accustomed to going to stores and purchasing what we need. By producing some of our food we reduce, to a great extent, the impact of inflation on our money. More importantly, we learn how to produce our own food and involve all family members in a beneficial project. Ezra Taft Benson (18991994) (Prepare for the Days of Tribulation,
Ensign, Nov 1980, p 32
As the poet said, 'Only God can make a tree,' probably because it's so hard to figure out how to get the bark on. Woody Allen (1935- ) US film director, actor
Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them. Jeremiah 29:5
Burn down your cities and leave our farms and your cities will spring up again as if by magic. But destroy our farms and the grass will grow in the streets of every city in the country. William Jennings Bryan
Confronted with the vision of a beautiful garden, we see something beautiful about ourselves. Jeff Cox
Die when I may, I want it said of me that I plucked a weed and planted a flower where ever I thought a flower would grow. Abraham Lincoln
Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil and you're a thousand miles from the corn field. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Finally, there seem to be but three Ways for a Nation to acquire Wealth. The first is by War as the Romans did in plundering their conquered Neighbours. This is Robbery. The second by Commerce which is generally Cheating. The third by Agriculture the only honest Way; wherein Man receives a real Increase of the Seed thrown into the Ground, in a kind of continual Miracle wrought by the Hand of God in his favour, as a Reward for his innocent Life, and virtuous Industry. Benjamin Franklin (Positions to be Examined, 4 April 1769)
Gardening is about enjoying the smell of things growing in the soil, getting dirty without feeling guilty, and generally taking the time to soak up a little peace and serenity. Lindley Karstens
Grow a garden and every psychologist in the world will be out of business.
Jack Spirko
Harry Truman, when he was US President, once addressed the Washington Garden Club and kept referring to 'good manure' that must be used on flowers. Some society ladies complained (later) to the First Lady Margaret Truman, "Bess, can't you get the President to say fertilizer instead of manure?" The First Lady replied, "Heavens, it took me 25 years to get him to say 'manure'."
If a pig loses its voice, is it disgruntled? Hmmmmm
If it can't be grown it must be mined! Author Unknown
If the people let government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry a state as are the souls of those who live under tyranny. Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
If you are hungry, can't you be content with the wholesome roots of the earth? Richard Sheridan, 1791
If you have a garden and a library you have everything you need. Cicero
If you have water to throw away, throw it on a plant. Hindu proverb
If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden. Frances Hogson Burnett (The Secret Garden)
I have a rock garden. Last week three of them died. Richard Diran
I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who haven't got the guts to bite people themselves. August Strindberg,
A Madman's Diary, 1895
In my garden there is a large place for sentiment. My garden of flowers is also my garden of thoughts and dreams. The thoughts grow as freely as the flowers, and the dreams are as beautiful. Abram L. Urban
If the grass is greener on the other side of the fence, you can bet the water bill is higher. Author Unknown
It's hard losing a dog because its the only being (other than God and, in many cases, a mother) that has the capacity to love unconditionally. Blaine Nay, 8 May 2014
Let every man who has a garden spot, garden it; every man who owns a farm, farm it. J. Reuben Clark, Jr. (Conference Report, Apr. 1937, p. 26.)
Let us not forget that the cultivation of the earth is the most important labor of man. When tillage begins, other arts will follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of civilization. Daniel Webster (1782-1852)
Maybe a person's time would be as well spent raising food as raising money to buy food. Frank A. Clark
Many things grow in the garden that were never sown there. Thomas Fuller (Gnomologia, 1732)
My dog is worried about the economy because Alpo is up to 99 cents a can. That's almost $7.00 in dog money. Joe Weinstein
My grandfather used to say that once in your life you need a doctor, a lawyer, a policeman, and a preacher. But every day, three times a day, you need s farmer. Brenda Schoepp
No race can prosper till it learns there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem. Booker T. Washington
On every stem, on every leaf,...and at the root of everything that grew, was a professional specialist in the shape of grub, caterpillar, aphis, or other expert, whose business it was to devour that particular part. Oliver Wendell Holmes
Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago. Warren Buffet
Successful gardeners weed it and reap. Gene Mora in Gaffiti
Take thy spade, It is thy pencil; take thy seeds, thy plants, They are thy colours. William Mason (The English Garden, 1782)
That's the great thing about a tractor. You can't really hear the phone ring. Jeff Foxworthy
The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now. Chinese Proverb
The farmer is the only man in our economy who buys everything at retail, sells everything at wholesale, and pays the freight both ways. John F. Kennedy
The greatest gift of the garden is the restoration of the five senses. Hanna Rion
The law of the harvest is nowhere more in evidence and nowhere more relentless than in family gardens! Neal A. Maxwell (General Conference, Apr 1994)
The more dirt gets under your fingernails, the higher your spirit gets lifted. Author Unknown
There can be no other occupation like gardening in which, if you were to creep up behind someone at their work, you would find them smiling. Mirabel Osler
There is more salvation and security in wheat, than in all the political schemes of the world. Orson Hyde (Journal of Discourses, 2:207)
There seem to be but three ways for a nation to acquire wealth. The first is by war, as the Romans did, in plundering their conquered neighbors. This is robbery. The second by commerce, which is generally cheating. The third by agriculture, the only honest way.
Benjamin Franklin
The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit. Nelson Henderson
Those who labour in the earth are the chosen people of God, if ever he had a chosen, people, whose breasts he has made his peculiar deposit for substantial and genuine virtue. Thomas Jefferson
To own a bit of ground, to scratch it with a hoe, to plant seeds, and watch the renewal of life -- this is the commonest delight of the race, the most satisfactory thing a man can do. Charles Dudley Warner, 1829-1900
We encourage you to grow all the food that you feasibly can on your own property. Berry bushes, grapevines, fruit treesplant them if your climate is right for their growth. Grow vegetables and eat them from your own yard. Spencer W. Kimball (Ensign, May 1976, p. 124).
We have never known what we were doing because we have never known what we were undoing. We cannot know what we are doing until we know what nature would be doing if we were doing nothing. Wendell Berry,
Home Economics
We must cultivate our own garden. When man was put in the garden of Eden he was put there so that he should work, which proves that man was not born to rest. Voltaire (1694-1778) French Philosopher and Author
Were we directed from Washington when to sow, and when to reap, we should soon want bread. Thomas Jefferson
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
Who can gauge the value of that special chat between daughter and Dad as they weed or water the garden? How do we evaluate the good that comes from the obvious lessons of planting, cultivating, and the eternal law of the harvest? And how do we measure the family togetherness and cooperating that must accompany successful canning? Yes, we are laying up resources in store, but perhaps the greater good is contained in the lessons of life we learn as we live providently. Spencer W. Kimball (Ensign, Nov. 1977, p 78)
Why does a chicken coop only have two doors? ... Because if it had four doors, it would be a chicken sedan. Mike Rowe, Dirty Jobs
With the arrival of spring we hope all of you will put in your gardens and prepare to enjoy their produce this summer. We hope you are making this a family affair, with everyone, even the little ones, assigned to something. There is so much to learn and harvest from your garden, far more than just a crop itself. Spencer W. Kimball (Ensign, May 1978, p 79)
You can bury a lot of troubles digging in the dirt. Author Unknown
You can get a bison to go anywhere he wants to go and keep him where he wants to stay. Bison Breeder
You can make a small fortune in farming - provided you start with a large one. Anonymous
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