Gosh for all my toil and passion my garden isn't quite as passionate as it shoulfd be.

Great quote.

Amen to that! Mine are definitely Not Ready for Prime Time viewing.

Quote is from Dave's Garden Weekly Newsletter email.

Let's see if we get a little more mileage out of this . . .

Shout out to oldies, newbies + everyone in between: feel free to go ahead and weigh in on this one.

Any thoughts, observations, questions, comments? There are just 68 days left until the solstice.

How fair it is indeed - oh, my garden may not look like much, but it surely IS where I go "amid the toils and passions of existence". Yeah, I think I'd be paying a therapist big bucks if it weren't for my garden. :)

You can't always get what you want. But if you try some time, you might find, you get what you need.

- Mick Jagger

Bakemom ~ that is SO perfect! :)

Gardening requires lots of water - most of it in the form of perspiration. ~Lou Erickson

or

God made rainy days so gardeners could get the housework done. ~Author Unknown
(HOWEVER, I think this only applied before gardenweb and facebook were invented! ~ me)

I seriously need better glasses. I read this:

You can't always get what you want. But if you try some time, you might find, you get what you weed.

I'm sure there are a lot of folks who could sign on to this one:

Crabgrass can grow on bowling balls in airless rooms, and there is no known way to kill it that does not involve nuclear weapons.

-- Dave Barry, American humorist

Trudi - no problem with your eyes...Mick probably meant weed.

LOL!

You guys are too funny! How about this one:

"Sometimes I toss and turn all night thinking about the winter solstice and all the milk jugs in the Starbucks dumpster".
Linda jo