“People are always asking, “What is the purpose of life?” That’s easy. Relieve suffering. Create Beauty. Make Gardens” ~Jan Barker
Garden Quotations
St. Patrick’s Blessing
ST. PATRICK’S BLESSING ON MUNSTER (From the Early Irish) Blessing from the Lord on HighOver Munster fall and lie;To her sons and daughters allChoicest blessing still befall;Fruitful blessing on the soilThat supports her faithful toil. Blessing full of ruddy health,Blessing full of every wealthThat her borders furnish forth,East and west and south and north;Blessing from […]
Growing Wise in the Garden
a few quotes to ponder: “A person who undertakes to grow a garden at home, by practices that will preserve rather than exploit the economy of the soil, has his mind precisely against what is wrong with us. . . . What I am saying is that if we apply our minds directly and competently […]
Robert Frost ‘Storm Fear’
Storm Fear – Robert Frost: Storm Fear by: Robert Frost When the wind works against us in the dark, And pelts with snow The lowest chamber window on the east, And whispers with a sort of stifled bark, The beast, ‘Come out! Come out!’– It costs no inward struggle not to go, Ah, no! I […]
St. Francis Joke All About Gardens
A Christian Garden Joke “One heavenly spring morning, God got into a conversation with St. Francis about lawns. The conversation went something like this……. GOD: St. Francis, you know all about gardens and nature. What in the world is going on down there in the USA? What happened to the dandelions, violets, thistle, and […]
