Literary Gardener Gifts

Something Wilted This Way Comes.

'You stop buying books and I'll stop buying plants.'

"He can't decide which one he likes best. . .His leaf blower, his weed wacker, or his metal detector."

Prize vegetables.

'If I had known it was going to be such a late Spring, i would have never started my garden seeds, indoors.'

'Harold, when was the last time you cleaned the pool?!'

'Make sure you pretend to water it.'

So Close..

'You say 'dead.' I say 'low maintenance.''

"Well, that's created a little order in a world of chaos."

Gardener attacked by plants.

Gardener clipping topiary stairs

The Endless Battle of the Organic Gardener

Gardener

"First time pruning?"

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

Pumpkin patch

Plant Lady

Doing the borders.

"Cheery little flowers, saying good night, saying good morning!"

'We use to tiptoe through the tulips. . . now we just waddle through the weeds.'

Plants Cheer as They Get Watered.

'I used to do that, but it just grows again.'

An Unexpected Guest.

"Usually gardeners only have green thumbs, so you must really spend a lot of time in the garden."

Don't mind us. We're just trying to eat more locally grown food.

Rose Garden

'You must be Jim's new gardener. I'm his neighbour, Gerald. Had any luck with the Petunias this year? Aren't those Jim's feet sticking out of the ornamental pond?'

Gardener Cutting Tree into 'Rock' Symbol.

I hate deer! What do you have to repel them? They're awful. I've got fences. Sprays. Decoys. Tree's Tree Nursery. I'll takes these. Anything to get rid of the varmints. Ring him up, Twig. I don't know why you are so down on deer. They've been very good to you! Anti-deer.

I guess she had other plans for you.

'You wouldn't happen to be sitting on my entry to the straightest runner bean competition?'

"Maureen Alsop is leaving her magnolia, and her delphinium and her cats with us this weekend."

Yardless: Please help

"No! I want to live! I want to live!"