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Be it deep or shallow, red or black, sand or clay, the soil is the

Be it deep or shallow, red or black, sand or clay, the soil is the link between the rock core of the earth and the living things on its surface. It is the foothold for the plants we grow. Therein lies the main reason for our interest in soils. – Roy Simonson, USDA Yearbook of Agriculture, 1957

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When you have done your best for a flower, and it fails, you have some reason to be aggrieved. – Frank Swinnerton

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Creating your own urban farm is as simple as planting your flowerbeds with edibles. – Greg Peterson, My Ordinary Extraordinary Yard: The Story of the Urban Farm, 2009

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To this day I cannot see a bright daffodil, a proud gladiola, or a smooth eggplant without thinking of Papa. Like his plants and trees, I grew up as a part of his garden. – Leo Buscaglia

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Most people who possess anything like an acre, or half of it, contribute weekly to the support of a gentleman known as Jobbing Gardener. You are warned of the danger that he may prove to be Garden Pest no 1. – C.E. Lucas-Phillips, The New Small Garden

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The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Peace Train is a song I wrote, the message of which continues to breeze thunderously through the hearts of millions. There is a powerful need for people to feel that gust of hope rise up again. – Cat Stevens

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