Growth takes time. Be patient. And while you’re waiting, pull a weed.
— Emilie Barnes
“You know you’re a gardener when you’re happy to devote three months of your life growing tomatoes to save $1.27.”
— Anonymous
"A man should never plant a garden larger than his wife can take care of."
- T.H. Everett
“If you are not killing plants, you are not really stretching yourself as a gardener.”
— J.C. Raulston
"Gardening requires lots of water - most of it in the form of perspiration."
- Lou Erickson
"What a man needs in gardening is a cast-iron back, with a hinge in it."
- Charles Dudley Warner
"The best way to garden is to put on a wide-brimmed straw hat and some old clothes. And with a hoe in one hand and a cold drink in the other, tell somebody else where to dig."
- Texas Bix Bender, Don't Throw in the Trowel
A weed is a plant that is not only in the wrong place but intends to stay.”
— Sara Stein
“Anyone who has time for drama is not gardening enough”
— Anonymous
"Even if the farmer intends to loaf, he gets up in time to get an early start."
- E.W. Howe
"Real gardeners buy at least ten thousand plants in the course of a lifetime without having the least idea where they'll put any of them when they get home."
— Anonymous
“I just want to let you know that if you ever need to have a plant killed, I’m the person for that job.”
— Anonymous
“Gardener’s recipe: one-part soil, two-parts water, three-parts wishful thinking.”
— Anonymous
"A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing, and the lawn mower is broken."
- James Dent
"Every garden is unique with a multitude of choices in soils, plants and themes. Finding your garden theme is as easy as seeing what brings a smile to your face."
- Teresa Watkins
“Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.”
— Anonymous
Housework is for people who don’t know how to garden.”
— Anonymous
"There are no gardening mistakes, only experiments."
— Janet Kilburn Phillips
"There's one good thing about snow, it makes your lawn look as nice as your neighbor's."
- Clyde Moore
“Gardening. Cheaper than therapy (until your spouse adds up the receipts).”
— Anonymous