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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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Gardening is civil and social, but it wants the vigor and freedom of the forest and the outlaw. – Henry David Thoreau

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It pleases me to take amateur photographs of my garden, and it pleases my garden to make my photographs look professional. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Many things grow in the garden that were never sown there. – Thomas Fuller, Gnomologia, 1732

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There are two seasonal diversions that can ease the bite of any winter. One is the January thaw. The other is the seed catalogues. – Hal Borland (1900–1978)

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