"The man who has planted a garden feels that he has done something for the good of the world.... It is a pleasure to eat of the fruit of one's toil, if it be nothing more than a head of lettuce or an ear of corn. .. To dig in the mellow soil... is a great thing. One gets strength out of the ground.... There is life in the ground; it goes into the seeds; and it also, when it is stirred up, goes into the man who stirs it. The hot sun on his back as he bends to shovel and hoe, or contemplatively rakes the warm and fragrant loam, is better than much medicine. "
~ Charles Dudley Warner
More at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dudley_Warner
Artwork from James Milroy http://www.jamesmilroy.co.uk/
~ Charles Dudley Warner
More at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dudley_Warner
Artwork from James Milroy http://www.jamesmilroy.co.uk/
Lovely! Is this from My Summer in a Garden? Just noticed it's free on kindle.
ReplyDeleteIt is! Very well spotted and well worth a read!
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