hi i was just wandering thru here as i am a garden junk junkie. i make signs that say "thyme began in a garden"
also i found a sign one day in my seat at bible study (no one fessed up to giving it to me) it says "my husband said if i come home with one more plant he'll leave me, boy, i'll miss that man"
Tanya

Hi, I just found this forum and love all that I have read. I like this thread and have one to offer. I picked up a rustic looking metal sign at a yard sale a couple of years ago that says "Old gardeners never die, they just spade away".
It is in my front porch garden by a huge rock and everyone comments on it.
I am loving all the wonderful ideas and so I hope it is okay if I hang around for a while.

I haven't posted for a long time but wanted to add one that I especially like, I did a needlepoint of this a few years back, it says, " He who plants a seed beneath the sod and waits to see believes in God." Enjoyed this post, thanks and Merry Christmas.

Nancy

Old gardeners never die
They just lose their bloomers

The one thing all gardener's share is a belief in tomorrow.
Gardening often begins at daybreak...and ends with back break.
I live in the garden...I only sleep in the house.

I have read that the West Nile Mosquito is allergic to the Catnip Plant.

I think a garden and cats' just naturally go-together. I sense they enjoy watching as I plant...They zig-zag thru the rows of flowers...as I tell them, "You just better not break my plants"...I could swear they are smiling at me...they never hurt anything, and if they ever did...plants can be replaced! Hurry up Spring!

I have not been here for awhile, but just wanted to throw in my 2 cents.

"Life's a Garden.......Dig It."

I found one in a funny littel shop here in the shape of a snowflake that I have stuck in my winter ravaged fowerbed.
Says "Frosted Flowers"

We have one on out porch that reads "All our guests bring happiness, some by coming others by going" Not really garden but still very funny.

I have these in my garden:

On my garden gate:
How Does My Garden Grow?
1 part soil
2 parts water
3 parts wishful thinking!

On my potting table:
"Gardeners Know The Best Dirt"

In a big pot each Spring planted with pansies:
"Gardening is for Pansies"

I used to hang a little plaque that read "Out back Weedin" on my front door knob whenever we were out in the back garden, so the kids would know to stop ringing the doorbell and look for us back there. My teenage son thought his dad and I were out back smoking WEED! LOL!

I've also liked the little bird house plaque that reads "Everybirdy Welcome."

everything's coming up daisies

"be right back"- morning glories

beware of the dogrose

go ahead, make my daylillies.

rest in peas

fairies crossing

my other one's a chia

baby's breath on board

shh. germination in progress.

no japanese beetles beyond this point.

you're blocking my sun!

leaf me alone!

warning. untamed dandelions. do not feed.

pick me! Pick me!

A weed is just a flower our of place.

If you have time to read this sign then you
have time to weed.

When life gives you crumbs--- feed the birds.

ooops a daisy

Beware the Snap Dragons

Critter Crossing

A garden filled with kindness brings a harvest of love.

Bee the best you can be.

the only thing i grow in my garden is tired.

a garden was not made by sitting in the shade saying
"oh how lovely"

Bless my Bloomers

Early t bed,early to rise, work like h*&& and fertilize.

Here lies the seeds that didn't make it.

One years seedings makes seven years weeding.

I just stumbled across this website and immediately signed on! What a wonderful group!!

I also have a beautiful garden, altho here in the high Colorado Rockies it is currently sleeping under a beautiful bed of snow.

I have several signs in my garden, some are painted and hung on posts, some are painted on the two by four cross braces on my barnwood fence which encloses my garden area.

I tend toward the unusual in my gardens and love the dragon and fairy sayings - so thanks to all for the new ones I have seen posted here! Here are a few of my favorites that I've incorporated into my own gardens.

In a corner of my garden
where the wildflowers grow,
I sit and I ponder
how God has bless us so.
(This one is painted across four sections of the 2X4 cross fence - directly over my wildflower garden)

Meet me at the Garden Gate
(painted on a flat stone that sits in front of my old iron gate)

Beyond This Place There Be Dragons
(painted on an old piece of barnwood and hanging on a post at the exit of my garden)

Enter These Enchanted Woods - Ye Who Dare
(this is at the entrance to a tree covered and enclosed walkway that wanders behind my garden sheds, and is bordered by wildflower beds)

May You Always Hear The Whisper Of Wings.

Leave room in your garden for the Fairies to dance (or play)

It all began in a Garden

Thanks to everyone for a wonderful place to visit while I think about that garden I am so anxious to get back into!

How about these:

Feel free to talk to these plants - they understand.

So, this is not a garden of Eden - adjust!

Gardening: the most fun you can have with your pants on.

Time spent in a garden is not deducted from one's life span.

If they don't have gardens in Heaven - then I am not going!

A garden is not a matter of life and death - it's much more important then that.

I got to say - last two are my favorites!

~Natalie

I have an old needlepoint picture that reads

"One day I shall burst my bud of calm
and blossom into hysteria.

Makes me smile everytime I look at it........cheryl

We saw this one on a bench on a Blog.

"CONTENT TO BE IN A COTTAGE"

I must make one.

Susie

My favorite.. Unruly children will be given hugs and sugar and a free puppy :)

I've gotten such a kick out of these. I'm saving them all. Next summer I intend to have signs all over my yard!

Right now....
My WINTER GARDEN SIGN WOULD READ:

" Lots of Flakes Live Here" * * * *

" Welcome Frosty & Friends "
"Snowman ZONE" ~~~ "SNOWMAN CROSSING! ! !"
Guess
I've gotten
pretty flakey myself !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TTFN
God Bless !
SusieSunshine
Lost in the Blizzard !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*** LOVE THIS GARDEN JUNK ~~~ SIGN POSTS ! ! !

Just found another sign.

"IF IT AINT A ROSE
IT'S A WEED!"

Susie

I'm bumping this up as a reminder to myself to make some garden signs.

flowers grow by inches but are destroyed by feet.

If you have time to read the sign you have time to pull the weeds.

They had beautiful sheet metal garden signs on stakes at the garden center the other day, but their price tags put them out of my reach. Each was a single word. I was drawn to the one which spelled "imagine" but there were others also nice.

I have only three homemade signs, all in my gnome garden. One is an old licence plate of a fish with legs and the word "evolve" on a stake with flowers painted on the back, another is a peace sign with flowers painted on an old large metal can top nailed to a spike, and the last is a white handcarved Victorian style spindle with the word "change" in blue down the side.

A friend of ours worked at a feed and garden store many years ago and he placed little humorous signs about the place. The only one I remember was "begonias become yas" in front of a bin of begonia seeds or bulbs.

Linda and Cait, your signs are hilarious!

I'm remembering the signs at the garden center last week. A couple of the other metal words on stakes were "peaceful" and "relax." I need to stop thinking about those signs or I will blow the budget and go buy one!

I have had a great time reading all of these! The T-shirt takes the prize for me! So many great ones I have never heard. Here are two my favorites:

Weed em' and Reap

The More One Gardens
The More One Grows!

I've enjoyed reading all these too..lots of great ideas to borrow & use.
I made one for my sister..who has a black thumb.. a few years ago ..Shhhh...Garden Funeral In Progress !!!!
She didn't find it as funny as the rest of us !! Judy

"Every blade of grass has an angel.....that bends over and whispers....grow, grow, grow."
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My grandfather had this sign in his house, made for him by his son probably 30 years ago: "You're nearer God's heart in a garden than anywhere else on earth".

Has anyone else heard that one?

cricket, that's a nice one.

This is my practice sign. I tore apart a pallet, sanded it just a bit. (I think this is oak) Then I wrote on it with my scrapbooking markers because that's all I had. Then I went out and bought some paint markers and wrote over it. I'm going to varnish it and either hang it or attach a stake, I haven't decided yet.

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Ohhh!! THIS is where I got the inspiration for my sign I just made for my garden shed! A special THANKS to "twomonths" for the phrase "Time began in a garden" in her list of phrases. I didn't remember who, what or where I found the phrase & wasn't able to give credit where credit was due for the inspiration of my sign.

Love this thread! The first one is in my garden and the second is a magnet on my fridge.

My house may be a mess BUT you should see my garden!

I've spent most of my time in the garden....the rest I've wasted!

This is one I am working on this week..."God made rainy days so gardeners can get their house work done."

Here are some loosely related to gardening:

Don't piss off the fairies!

Take care of the earth. Someday you'll be part of it.

The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.

Do not play leapfrog with a unicorn.

Eagles may soar in the clouds, but weasels never get sucked into jet engines.

Always remember you're unique, just like everyone else.

There's never time to do it right, but there's always time to do it over. Linda

This thread is right up my alley as I love sayings and quotes! I have a few signs and this thread inspired me to put a couple outside. Still have some packed away that are "real" garden signs. Now *which* box are those in I wonder! LOL

"The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose" Just attached this to my birdhouse.

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"faith hope love" This is just sitting on the ladder. This was a freebie at a YS a few years ago.

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My fav has already been mentioned: Weeds 4 Sale - U-Pick Must make one of those.

Other "weedy" sayings that I like - can you tell we struggle with weeds! LOL

~Bless My Weeds
~Give a Weed an Inch and itÂll Take A Yard
~Sure it's a Weed... but it has FLOWERS!
~Old weeds never die  they just go to seed
~May all your weeds be wildflowers

Others I also like:

~I garden, therefore I am
~If friends were flowers, I'd pick you
~All I need is my flower gardenÂand chocolate
~Plant the green end up
~Wildflowers grown by a wild woman

I'm inspired to make more signs! Thanks for starting this thread. :-)

This was a gift from a dear friend embroidered on an old flour sack and it hangs in my Den. This is my all time favorite but I could never put it outside, I think I will make one for outside.
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so many weeds
so little thyme
I have this one planted by my creeping thyme

Gardeners get to stay in there Beds all Day Long

I got a couple more

Tickle mother Earth and she will giggle Flowers

A Flower is nothing more then a educated weed

I have one by my bird bath that says, "Dip Your Beak, And Cool Your Feathers!"

And, one by my garden that says, "Pray for a good harvest, but keep on hoeing!"

Another by tubs of flowers "True gardeners cannot bear a glove between the sure touch and the tender root."

I've made many signs out of discarded slate roofing. My son is a commercial roofer and I get them from him. Very durable but easy to drill and break if necessary. Also, I have a greeting card software program that will make banners. I just enter my saying and select the font, size, etc. I want and print it out. I've got a ton of old carbon paper from friends and work I use to trace my sayings on. I just love doing them.

I would LOVE to have some slate roofing for signs. What do you use for posts and how do you attach them?

I usually drill a hole or two and hang them up with some wire. Or, I just stand them up.

I've been lurking in this forum getting ideas for a school garden where I volunteer. You all have great ideas. Very inspiring.

Our local garden shop had some great signs in recently, but they are a bit pricey. Here are my favorites:

On plant marker type signs:

Weedum invasium
Twigga mortis
Gardenitis uncontrollius
Plantus unknownus
Bloomis notimus (Duh, it took me several visits before I realized this one was funny)

On signs and rocks:

Tickle the Earth with a hoe, She laughs with a harvest

If friends were flowers, I'd pick you

This place is for the birds (decorate with bird or two and place it near the bird feeder or birdhouse)

To Weed or
Not to Weed
That is the Garden

Wishing you Butterfly Mornings
Wildflower Afternoons

How Lovely is the Silence of Growing Things

To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow

A beautiful garden is a work of heart

Peace to all who enter here

Bless this garden

Angels help my garden grow

I hope to make a few of these into signs myself. I found a large flat bright yellow plastic platter at a thrift store that may be the "canvas" for my first attempt.

What a fun thread! Cricket's grandfather's sign is part of a poem. I've seen this whole stanza on a garden sign:

The kiss of the sun for pardon,
The song of the birds for mirth,--
One is nearer God's heart in a garden
Than anywhere else on earth.

I really like "I garden therefore I am". Might have a sign in my future!

kathy

Here is one I made for my garden....Mary

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Don't forget "Welcome to La La Land"

Linda

I'm bumping this one up for the POTM for March! I thought it might inspire other folks.

Thank you for resurrecting these!

Max

yes thanks luna! Good timing.
Kathy

Compost Happens
Worms at Work
Don't thrown that away compost it.
Round-Up free zone.
Compost, God's Fertilizer