Crabgrass is aptly descriptive of this hated weed, for it does scuttle quickly through a lawn.
In a well-made garden every day is new.
One becomes a gardener by becoming a gardener.
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.
Not knowing where your food comes from is a primary form of alienation.
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.