Mannerly Grower Gifts

Peas and Q's in a garden.

Or as I prefer to call it, the 'feel-good' factor.

'Oh Hi!'

'Wow! That's some growth spurt!'

One man's obstacle is another man's stepping stone.

Plan 'A', Plan 'B' - "I say we should go with plan 'A', sir."

Jeff realised it was probably time to discontinue his subscription to 'Office Plant of the Month'.

Agricultural Psychology

'Eat the grass in perfect circles. It drives them crazy.'

"The pea's the first vegetable I've ever grown. Can you stuff and mount it for me please?"

Ecological Therapy

'Tell us what you've done with all the grass!'

We learn by doing

"How learning curves feel... Before: Holy hell During: I'm not gonna make it! After: That wasn't so bad! The next time: Again?!!"

"I prefer your early pieces."

The Farmer Sutra.

'So, Bob, I hear you've branched out!'

Planting vegetables - "BEAN there done that."

"You just need a few sprigs to spice up your meal Sir..."

Cultivating money.

Pyramid Garden

Civil war, "You shoot first old boy. No, no I won't hear of it"

Genetically Modified Apples

Starting School

'I feel rootless.'

Woman in grocery store sees live vegetables growing beneath farm-fresh vegetables sign.

'Requisition a bigger chart.'

It was love at first sight...then one of them got hungry.

Man to man about man at desk being watered: 'A bit of nurturing and he should grow into the job nicely.'

"You remind me a lot of myself at your age."

'...I hasten to assure you Miss Farthington, any future we would have together would be an endless frenzy of politeness.'

"Mid-life crisis is so defining - couldn't we just call it 'Puberty - the sequel?"

"He is very competitive. . . when he read about someone 'growing' a garden chair and he decided to grow a recliner and HDTV with surround sound system."