Allies Quote by Marion Dudley Cran

The soil is the great connector of our lives, the source and destination of all.

— Wendell Berry

“If you want to have a balanced garden, feed the soil and build the ecosystem.”

— Cindy Conner

Our tendency is to be interested in something that is growing in the garden, not in the bare soil itself. But if you want…

— Shunryu Suzuki

I always see gardening as escape, as peace really. If you are angry or troubled, nothing provides the same solace as nurturing the soil.

— Monty Don

The soil is the gift of God to the living.

— Thomas Jefferson

To feed our people we must first feed our soil

— Olusegun Obasanjo

“The kind of soil in your area determines the type of crop you will plant to harvest; The kind of potentials in you will…

— Israelmore Ayivor

“It’s that which is between the gardener and his bit of soil that makes a garden.”

— Robin Hobb

Gardening...demands a certain attitude. It is necessary to accept the dynamism of vegetation with serenity.

— Gilles Clement

“Your soil and plants are friends that benefit from constant care and attention to the details I explain.”

— Charles Dowding

“Sometimes, only bloodshed can replenish the garden's soil.”

— Tony Hayden

To cultivate a garden is. . . to go hand in hand with Nature in some of her most beautiful processes...

— Christian Nestell Bovee