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A Corymbus for Autumn
By Francis Thompson The Summer looks out from her brazen tower, Through the flashing bars of July. As featured onThe Daily Gardener podcast: Words inspired by the garden are the sweetest, most beautiful words of all. Francis Thompson Related posts: Flowers Reflect the Human Search for Meaning Ah, Summer Hot July Brings Cooling Showers Meadow-Sweet…
Sonnet 7
By Henry Howard The sweet season, that bud and bloom forth brings With green hath clad the hill and eke the vale; The nightingale with feathers new she sings; And turtle to her make hath told her tale. Summer is come, for every spray now springs; The hart hath hung his old head on the…
Eating a Homegrown Tomato
by Lewis Grizzard It’s difficult to think anything but pleasant thoughts while eating a homegrown tomato. As featured onThe Daily Gardener podcast: Words inspired by the garden are the sweetest, most beautiful words of all. Lewis Grizzard Related posts: Flowers Reflect the Human Search for Meaning Ah, Summer Newcomers Who Could Ask for More? A…
When You Get Your First Asparagus
By Mario Batali You know, when you get your first asparagus, or your first acorn squash, or your first really good tomato of the season, those are the moments that define the cook’s year. I get more excited by that than anything else. As featured onThe Daily Gardener podcast: Words inspired by the garden are…
Home Grown Tomatoes
By John Denver Homegrown tomatoes, homegrown tomatoes. What would life be like without homegrown tomatoes? Only two things that money can’t buy: That’s true love and homegrown tomatoes. As featured onThe Daily Gardener podcast: Words inspired by the garden are the sweetest, most beautiful words of all. John Denver Related posts: Flowers Reflect the Human…
We Go in Withering July
By Ruth Pitter We go in withering July To ply the hard incessant hoe; Panting beneath the brazen sky We sweat and grumble, but we go. As featured onThe Daily Gardener podcast: Words inspired by the garden are the sweetest, most beautiful words of all. Ruth Pitter Related posts: And Here are Butterflies Poor Things…
My Garden is an Honest Place
by Ralph Waldo Emerson My garden is an honest place. Every tree and every vine are incapable of concealment and tell, after two or three months, exactly what sort of treatment they have had. As featured onThe Daily Gardener podcast: Words inspired by the garden are the sweetest, most beautiful words of all. Ralph Waldo…
There is a Lovable Quality About the Actual Tools.
By Gertrude Jekyll There is a lovable quality about the actual tools. One feels so kindly to the thing that enables the hand to obey the brain. Moreover, one feels a good deal of respect for it; without it, the brain and the hand would be helpless. As featured onThe Daily Gardener podcast: Words inspired…
Always Explore Your Garden
by Alice Waters Always explore your garden and go to the market before you decide what to cook. As featured onThe Daily Gardener podcast: Words inspired by the garden are the sweetest, most beautiful words of all. Alice Waters Related posts: Parsley in the Garden Flowers Reflect the Human Search for Meaning Ah, Summer Who…
Parsley in the Garden
by Alice Waters It’s a comfort to always find pasta in the cupboard and garlic and parsley in the garden. As featured onThe Daily Gardener podcast: Words inspired by the garden are the sweetest, most beautiful words of all. Alice Waters Related posts: Always Explore Your Garden Flowers Reflect the Human Search for Meaning Newcomers…
The Vegetable Garden
By Doris Lessing The smell of manure, of the sun on foliage, of evaporating water, rose to my head; two steps farther, and I could look down into the vegetable garden enclosed within its tall pale of reeds – rich chocolate earth studded emerald green, frothed with the white of cauliflowers, jeweled with the purple…
Who Could Ask for More?
By Bev Adams Dirty hands, iced tea, garden fragrances thick in the air, and a blanket of color before me. Who could ask for more? As featured onThe Daily Gardener podcast: Words inspired by the garden are the sweetest, most beautiful words of all. Bev Adams Related posts: And Here are Butterflies Poor Things Garden…
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