The very best garden is a new one, on virgin ground. Plants leap out of that spot.

You don't know the plant until you've killed it. Then you've learned something.

Gardeners do first, read later. Why not? Plants are very gracious in accepting an apology.

There's no "right way" to garden, only what suits each person and place.

Be pleased with your real garden, don't persue the perfection of a picture. What you see in a photo lasted only as long as the shutter snap.

If someone says "You're not doing that right," hand him the shovel, sit and watch. That's the right way to garden.

A colorful handle on a tool does nothing for me. Once it drops into that jungle out there, unless it's absolutely huge, it's gone until fall.