Mike

“A weed is but an unloved flower.”
― Ella Wheeler Wilcox

“May I a small house and large garden have;
And a few friends,
And many books, both true.”
― Abraham Cowley

“Modern life is, for most of us, a kind of serfdom to mortgage, job and the constant assault to consume. Although we have more time and money than ever before, most of us have little sense of control over our own lives. It is all connected to the apathy that means fewer and fewer people vote. Politicians don’t listen to us anyway. Big business has all the power; religious extremism all the fear. But in the garden or allotment we are king or queen. It is our piece of outdoors that lays a real stake to the planet.”
― Monty Don, My Roots: A Decade in the Garden

“Gardening is easier than it is often made out to be.”
― Charles Dowding, Charles Dowding's Skills for Growing