Charles Dudley WarnerThinkers

Gardening is hard work — it requires a cast-iron back with a hinge in it.

Gardening is the commonest delight of the race, the most satisfactory thing a man can do — To own a bit of ground, to scratch it with a hoe, to plant seeds and watch their renewal of life.

Lettuce is like conversation; it must be fresh and crisp, so sparkling that you scarcely notice the bitter in it.

New England weather is a matter about which a great deal is said, but very little done.

The Onion is, in its satin wrappings, among the most beautiful of vegetables and the only one that represents the essence of things. It can almost be said to have a soul.

The Onion is strength. A garden without it lacks flavor.