Gardening Quote by Conall Varick

“Soil drainage is particularly important, but even that can be corrected, either with tiling or raised beds.”

— Maggie Oster

Gardening has compensations out of all proportion to its goals. It is creation in the pure sense.

— Phyllis McGinley

“Our most important job as vegetable gardeners is to feed and sustain soil life, often called the soil food web, beginning with the microbes.…

— Jane Shellenberger

If you build up the soil with organic material, the plants will do just fine.

— John Harrison

It is far better to limit our choice to real permanencies, which do not require staking... and a general mixture throughout of dwarf shrubs,…

— Graham Stuart Thomas

Through food, Ive become more interested in the protection of soil, the way things are grown, and biodiversity.

— Mary McCartney

The fate of the soil system depends on society's willingness to intervene in the market place, and to forego some of the short-term benefits…

— Eugene Odum

... if I wanted to have a happy garden, I must ally myself with my soil; study and help it to the utmost, untiringly.…

— Marion Dudley Cran

“The difference is an objective phenomenon of soil science; what we call "soil" is a community of living, mostly microscopic organisms in a nutrient…

— Barbara Kingsolver

The biggest obstacle to good gardening is the desire to know the answers and not the questions.

— Monty Don

Measured against the Problem We Face, planting a garden sounds pretty benign, I know, but in fact it's one of the most powerful things…

— Michael Pollan

Men no longer love the soil. Landowners sell it, lease it, divide it into shares, prostitute it, bargain with it and treat it as…

— Tashunka Witko