{"id":9096,"date":"2015-06-20T04:57:57","date_gmt":"2015-06-20T11:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=9096"},"modified":"2019-11-27T09:21:55","modified_gmt":"2019-11-27T09:21:55","slug":"gardeners-and-gardening-quotes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/articles\/gardeners\/gardeners-and-gardening-quotes\/","title":{"rendered":"Gardeners  Quotes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I may be a bore at parties and barbeques\u00c2\u00a0 but I do know how to get rid of slugs. <strong>ed.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"public flower bed by brianpettinger, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/5207599466\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4131\/5207599466_7b03e62c6b.jpg\" alt=\"public flower bed\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gardeners can appear to be a taciturn bunch but they have a dry sense of humus.<br \/>\n&#8216;A tough looking man came and took our garden gate when he thought nobody was looking. Well I thought it best not to say anything as he might take a fence.&#8217;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Gardeners Quotes<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&#8216;It should be the gardeners aim to provide ideal conditions for his plants so that they can flourish to the limit of their capacity.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;A gardener needs to be an intelligent being rather than just a robot.&#8217; <strong>Derek Clifford<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It is important that the grower acquaints them-self with each species&#8217; natural habitat to enable a good pot grown specimen to be produced.&#8217; <strong> Jan Taylor Geraniums and Pelargoniums.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Years ago, nearly every garden had a patch of Lily of the Valley that flowered year after year.&#8217; <strong>Adam the Gardener<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Gardening requires lots of water &#8211; most of it in the form of perspiration.&#8217; <strong>Lou Erickson<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8216;In gardens, beauty is a by-product. The main business is sex and death.&#8217; <strong> Sam Llewelyn<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;What a man needs in gardening is a cast-iron back, with a hinge in it.&#8217; <strong>Charles Dudley Warner<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;A garden is a thing of beauty and a job for ever.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;There can be no other occupation like gardening in which, if you were to creep up behind someone at their work, you would find them smiling.&#8217; <strong>Mirabel Osler<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Climate is what we expect, weather is what we get&#8217; &#8211;<strong> Mark Twain<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Gardening adds years to your life and life to your years.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Gardening is a matter of your enthusiasm holding up until your back gets used to it.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Canny guerrilla gardeners help their plants along and sell their crop giving them the opportunity to invest in new plants and material&#8217;.<strong> Richard Reynolds On Guerrilla Gardening<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Keep Calm and Carry on Gardening&#8217;<br \/>\n<a title=\"Funny Gerbera on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hortoris\/6908280526\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7076\/6908280526_d1ae2d5479.jpg\" alt=\"Gerbera\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Gardeners Tips Links <\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/gardening-quotes\/\">Gardening Quotes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rhs.org.uk\/\">The Royal Horticultural Society <\/a> (RHS)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alpinegardensociety.net\/\">Alpine Garden Society<\/a> (AGS)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/gardening\/\">BBC Gardening<\/a><\/li>\n<li>See our sister site <a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/products\/\">Gardening Products<\/a> for tips and ideas on Garden products new and old.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.awin1.com\/cread.php?awinmid=2283&amp;awinaffid=81944&amp;clickref=&amp;p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thompson-morgan.com\/plants1\/search.html?section=all&amp;search=pansy=&amp;lbc=thompson-morgan&amp;uid=557154991&amp;ts=custom&amp;w=Pansy&amp;af=&amp;isort=score&amp;method=and&amp;view=plaintext&amp;cnt=300\">Thompson &amp; Morgan<\/a> search for seeds and plants<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I may be a bore at parties and barbeques\u00c2\u00a0 but I do know how to get rid of slugs. ed. 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