--- title: "1 Old year Quotes By Monty Don" description: "1 Old year quotes by Monty Don. Plus more from Monty Don and more Old year sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c0/monty-don-5037_change_i-use-the-period-between-christmas-and-n_960713.jpg" --- > [I use the period between Christmas and New Year to potter about, think and completely change my mindset. In that easy no-man's-land between Boxing Day and New Year, loins are girded and mettle readied. It is time, as we voyagers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monty-don/i-use-the-period-between-christmas-and-new-year-to-potter-about-think/) [Monty Don](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/monty-don/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c0/monty-don-5037_change_i-use-the-period-between-christmas-and-n_960713.jpg) ## 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/) [Monty Don](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/monty-don/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/old-year/monty-don/#itemlist", "name": "1 Old year Quotes By Monty Don", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I use the period between Christmas and New Year to potter about, think and completely change my mindset. 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