Backyard Philosophers Mugs

The Boys of Indian Summer

5pm Happy Hour. 6pm discussion: what is true happiness?

"We really need more perennials? Aren't my weeds and crabgrass enough?"

Water Gardening: One thing is certain - you will find the peace and tranquility of water an almost irresistible attraction.

"Do you think there's intellegent life in there?"

''Animal Farm' by George Orwell is definitely my favourite book...'

"He's declared it an area of natural beauty"

"Do you think the birds like me?"

'Dad, do you you think there's s**t on other planets?'

"Tracks of black bear cub... Tracks of black bear mother... Tracks of Henry David Thoreau."

"It's a beautiful day. I should go for a walk. . . Oh, now my neighbors are all out there."

Using Frank Drake's famous equation, Betty calculates the probability of finding intelligent life on a Saturday night.

'She loves me, she loves me not, she loves me...'

"I'm tardy? Whew! I was afraid I was going to be late for school!"

The Last Days of a Hydrangea

"I've never read such utter nonsense! There's a guy here reckons we're all living in some kind of computer simulation!!"

Man watering with the 'Theory of Natural selection'.

"It's like a tiny house, but bigger."

'When they start calling you a splendid bird, you know you're in trouble.'

The Farmer Sutra.

'By George, this one I think I'm going to like!'

It MUST be Valentines Day!

"What do you mean, we don't have an 'exit strategy'?!"

"I love the way it blurs the boundary between inside and out."

'I became a bit claustrophobic living in a warren all the time: I prefer camping out now...'

'A little madness in the Spring is wholesome even for the King' -Emily Dickinson.

'He lives in a house, and it's by the side of the road, but he's still not a friend to man.'

"I swear, we spend more time decided which squirrel to bark at than we do actually barking at it."

'You always say you'll do things tomorrow. . . but you never do.'

Stop and Smell the Roses

'I'm letting it lie fallow this year.'

'I've been experiencing a lot of deja moo.'

Poultry Reading: 'Lo, Ye Sky, It Falls! Verily it does, watch ye out!'

'But if night falls, why does day break?'

Nursery - Products That Help Things Grow... Products That Kill Things.