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title: "1 Friends Food Quotes By Monty Don"
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> [Once you engage with the simple enough business of feeding yourself, of soil and water, weather, season and harvest, it becomes personal. It is about you, your family and friends. Food becomes an aspect of those relationships as well as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monty-don/once-you-engage-with-the-simple-enough-business-of-feeding-yourself/)

[Monty Don](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/monty-don/)

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## More by Monty Don

> [Gardening is easy. Stick it in the ground the right way up and most plants will grow perfectly well.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monty-don/gardening-is-easy-stick-it-in-the-ground-the-right-way-up-and-most/)

[Monty Don](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/monty-don/)

> [My favourite thorn belongs to the rose with a name like a mouthful of broken teeth, Rosa sericea pteracantha. It is grown almost entirely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monty-don/my-favourite-thorn-belongs-to-the-rose-with-a-name-like-a-mouthful-of/)

[Monty Don](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/monty-don/)

> [I love filming. I love the teamwork. It's a tight-knit group spending months on the road together. All the experience is shared.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monty-don/i-love-filming-i-love-the-teamwork-it-s-a-tight-knit-group-spending/)

[Monty Don](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/monty-don/)

> [The thing the British hate more than anything else is people who are getting above themselves. There are a hundred different expressions for it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monty-don/the-thing-the-british-hate-more-than-anything-else-is-people-who-are/)

[Monty Don](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/monty-don/)

> [People are increasingly realising that what they eat is important. You can't put junk food in your body and be healthy. All sorts of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monty-don/people-are-increasingly-realising-that-what-they-eat-is-important-you/)

[Monty Don](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/monty-don/)

> [I do wear gloves for things that sting a lot or prick a lot. But I just like to feel with my hands. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monty-don/i-do-wear-gloves-for-things-that-sting-a-lot-or-prick-a-lot-but-i/)

[Monty Don](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/monty-don/)

> [I often eat cakes while my fingers are caked in soil.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monty-don/i-often-eat-cakes-while-my-fingers-are-caked-in-soil/)

[Monty Don](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/monty-don/)

> [We know that gardening is good for you. It is fantastic, all-round exercise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monty-don/we-know-that-gardening-is-good-for-you-it-is-fantastic-all-round/)

[Monty Don](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/monty-don/)

> [The key to our oldest woodland is that it has been cut down and regrown, in some cases as often as 50 or 60…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monty-don/the-key-to-our-oldest-woodland-is-that-it-has-been-cut-down-and/)

[Monty Don](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/monty-don/)

> [When you plant something, you invest in a beautiful future amidst a stressful, chaotic and, at times, downright appalling world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monty-don/when-you-plant-something-you-invest-in-a-beautiful-future-amidst-a/)

[Monty Don](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/monty-don/)

> [The farm uses up a lot of my creative urges. It's a sort of rough and ready space, I don't film there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monty-don/the-farm-uses-up-a-lot-of-my-creative-urges-it-s-a-sort-of-rough-and/)

[Monty Don](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/monty-don/)

> [I was brought up a strict Christian. My father was a lay preacher, my mother a church warden. The rhythm and ritual of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monty-don/i-was-brought-up-a-strict-christian-my-father-was-a-lay-preacher-my/)

[Monty Don](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/monty-don/)

> [Organic is loaded with a sense of rightness, with a set of rules. I would much rather someone bought food that was local and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monty-don/organic-is-loaded-with-a-sense-of-rightness-with-a-set-of-rules-i/)

[Monty Don](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/monty-don/)

> [Ground elder, introduced by the Romans as a vegetable, is difficult to get rid of because it regrows from the smallest trace of root.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monty-don/ground-elder-introduced-by-the-romans-as-a-vegetable-is-difficult-to/)

[Monty Don](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/monty-don/)

> [We are extremely uncomfortable with the spiritual aspects of gardening, and yet most people feel it in some form or other, even if it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monty-don/we-are-extremely-uncomfortable-with-the-spiritual-aspects-of/)

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