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I don't rely on muscle power to dig, I use a sharp spade and I wear boots.

Low care is what we do while on our knees. Smart care is what makes the growing easier.

Watch out for trees and traffic.
The change is slow, the impact great, yet we miss the one and mistake the other.

Be pleased with your real garden, don't persue the perfection of a picture. What you see in a photo lasted only as long as the shutter snap.

The very best garden is a new one, on virgin ground. Plants leap out of that spot.

You can put a gardener behind the wheel, but you can't keep her eyes off the landscape.

If someone says "You're not doing that right," hand him the shovel, sit and watch. That's the right way to garden.

There's no "right way" to garden, only what suits each person and place.

Happiness comes from growing what thrives, not merely survives.

You don't know the plant until you've killed it. Then you've learned something.

Gardeners do first, read later. Why not? Plants are very gracious in accepting an apology.

There are far too many self esteem problems in the world as it is. No sense taking on plant guilt, too.

If a bush is too big, don't ask "should I?" Go ahead and cut it. If it lives, great. If it dies, replace it with something better suited!

Gardeners often focus exclusively on plants, missing the absolutely essential visual role played by structures, from paths to pavilions.

A colorful handle on a tool does nothing for me. Once it drops into that jungle out there, unless it's absolutely huge, it's gone until fall.

Take my last best advice: Try everything twice!

If you cut a shrub back because it's just too big, and it dies, you haven't lost anything but a plant that couldn't live by your rules.

Don't design your back yard from the outside looking in. Design from your window looking out.