Alfred Austin

There is no gardening without humility. Nature is constantly sending even its oldest scholars to the bottom of the class read more

There is no gardening without humility. Nature is constantly sending even its oldest scholars to the bottom of the class for some egregious blunder.

Tears are the summer showers to the soul.

Tears are the summer showers to the soul.

Here lies who, born a man, a grocer died.
[Fr., Ne homme--mort epicier.]

Here lies who, born a man, a grocer died.
[Fr., Ne homme--mort epicier.]

Public opinion is no more than this: What people think that other people think

Public opinion is no more than this: What people think that other people think

The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is read more

The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not just on the body, but the soul.