Compost Quotes

39 quotes by 37 authors

All it takes is to pick up that one piece of trash you pass everyday on your way to work. Or to turn the water… — Shailene Woodley
Strength may wield the ponderous spade, May turn the clod, and wheel the compost home; But elegance, chief grace the garden shows, And most attractive,… — William Cowper
Kings and cabbages go back to compost, but good deeds stay green forever. — Rick DeMarinis
Old gardeners never die; they just very slowly turn into the most magnificent compost. But what a marvellous, active brew it is! — Peter Cundall
One writes such a story [The Lord of the Rings] not out of the leaves of trees still to be observed, nor by means of… — J.R.R. Tolkien
I think there's only so many people that can take care of themselves, and can take care of other people. And the rest of the… — Bill Murray
I've frequently been asked over the years who Lily Savage was based on and I've always answered that it was no one in particular and… — Paul O'Grady
I thought I'd love to be a gardener because I grew up with a vegetable garden and I love being close to the Earth and… — Curtis Stone
Religion acts as a moral gardener, to weed out, or suppress, evil tendencies, which, like weeds and nettles, would shoot up spontaneously in the wonderful… — Henry Morton Stanley
In my opinion, if there is one extremely legitimate use for petroleum besides running wood chippers and front-end loaders to handle compost, it's making plastic… — Joel Salatin
However small your garden, you must provide for two of the serious gardener's necessities, a tool shed and a compost heap. A wire bin takes… — Ann Scott
I find that a real gardener is not a man who cultivates flowers; he is a man who cultivates the soil. He is a creature… — Karel Capek
I am open to the accusation that I see compost as an end it itself. But we do grow some real red damn tomatoes such… — Roy Blount, Jr.
Amazingly, weâ€™ve become a culture that considers Twinkies, Cocoa Puffs, and Mountain Dew safe, but raw milk and compost-grown tomatoes unsafe. — Joel Salatin
My whole life has been spent waiting for an epiphany, a manifestation of God's presence, the kind of transcendent, magical experience that let's you see… — Bette Midler
We have to look at our own inertia, insecurities, self-hate, fear that, in truth, we have nothing valuable to say. When your writing blooms out… — Natalie Goldberg
Producing quality compost is the most important job on the organic farm. A lot of the problems I see on farms I visit could be… — Eliot Coleman
So let's not get frightened when the children read fantasy. It's the compost for a healthy mind. It stimulate s the inquisitive nodes, and there… — Terry Pratchett
The garden is doing so well, we have so many greens and radishes that everyone is enjoying. Also, we are using one square as a… — Mike Moreno
The main characteristic of Nature's farming can therefore be summed up in a few words. Mother earth never attempts to farm without live stock; she… — Albert Howard

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