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Humility

There is no gardening without humility.  nature is constantly sending even its oldest scholars to the bottom of the class for some egregious blunder. – Alfred Austin — Weather When Posted –Temperature: 84°F;Humidity: 56%;Heat Index: 86°F;Wind Chill: 84°F;Pressure: 30.11 in.;

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Weed or Valuable Plant?

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 — Weather When Posted –Temperature: 76°F;Humidity: 79%;Heat Index: 76°F;Wind Chill: 76°F;Pressure: 29.81 in.;

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Flowers Feed The Soul

Bread feeds the body, indeed, but flowers feed also the soul.  ~The Koran — Weather When Posted –Temperature: 80°F;Humidity: 37%;Heat Index: 80°F;Wind Chill: 80°F;Pressure: 29.95 in.;

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Masters

“Man masters nature not by force but by understanding.” – Jacob Bronowski — Weather When Posted –Temperature: 70°F;Humidity: 39%;Heat Index: 77°F;Wind Chill: 70°F;Pressure: 30.19 in.;

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A Community

We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect.  – Aldo Leopold Aldo Leopold

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Crazed with the love of light!

Bring me then the plant that points to those bright Lucidites swirling up from the earth, And life itself exhaling that central breath! Bring me the sunflower crazed with the love of light.  – Eugenio Montale

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“The Whole Wide World Is Out A-Maying”

The flowers in the breeze are swaying, swaying, The whole wide world is out a-Maying – Genevieve Mary Irons

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What Was Paradise?

Back Corner April 2009 What was paradise but a garden? – William Cole

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As you grow a garden…

“As you grow a garden, it grows you.”  – Betts Wodehouse

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Begin a Garden

Life begins the day you start a garden.  –  Chinese Proverb

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