GARDEN LORE 



To plow, to flant, and to hoe may not be the chief end 

 of man, but it was the first great work that was given him 

 to do ; and that he might keep it in mind for all time, he 

 had a pledge that the seed-time should never fail. 



OLD FARMER'S ALMANAC 



There's something wonderfully soothing in having your 

 fingers in Mother Earth. It seems to take the restlessness 

 out of one. FRANCES DUNCAN 



The man who has planted a garden feels that he has done 

 something for the good of the world. 



CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER 



The ground must touch a man before he can amount to 

 much. ABRAHAM LINCOLN 



To own a bit of ground; to scratch it with a hoe; to 

 plant seeds, and watch their renewal of life, this is the 

 commonest delight of the race, the most satisfactory thing 

 a man can do. CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER 



A good garden saves the butcher's bill, and keeps down 

 the doctor's bill, too. OLD FARMER'S ALMANAC 



Boy or girl, you need to feel plowed ground under your 

 feet; you need the contact with growing things in the ground; 

 you need to handle a hoe, [and] gather the garden vege- 

 tables. . . . You need to take part in the digging and 

 weeding and planting. . . . You need to smell [the soil], 

 to feel it, to work in it. DALLAS LORE SHARP 



To smell a turf of fresh earth is wholesome for the body. 



THOMAS FULLER 

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