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On every stem, on every leaf,... and at the root of everything tha

On every stem, on every leaf,… and at the root of everything that grew, was a professional specialist in the shape of grub, caterpillar, aphis, or other expert, whose business it was to devour that particular part. – Oliver Wendell Holmes

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To forget how to dig the earth and to tend the soil is to forget ourselves. – Mahatma Gandhi

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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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Every radish I ever pulled up seemed to have a mortgage attached to it. – Ed Wynn

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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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