Democracy is fine in politics. It should stay there, and we need more of it. But its political virture is no reason to practice it in the garden.

In addition to all its rich offerings to the body and its five senses, gardening engages the mind.

I know of no common interest that exceeds gardening as a source of lifelong friendships, nor as a means of making new friends almost constantly.

In a well-made garden every day is new.

Not knowing where your food comes from is a primary form of alienation.

Democracy is fine in politics. It should stay there, and we need more of it. But its political virture is no reason to practice it in the garden.

A powerful hand lens [Eschenback Leutchlupe] with a focused beam of light opens up an entire world below the threshold of the ordinary experience of seeing.