“He is grumpy and coarse and all the things I was warned about. He takes his contest with nature very seriously and finds no comfort in its unpredictable forces. Like most gardeners, he never vacations. In winter when all is quiet and still, he would much rather spend his time fretting—about the fruit trees budding, about the relentless springs frosts that may or may not come, about the sun and the moon. Gardeners, I discovered, are tough, content to be grim”
The Cook and the Gardener: A Year of Recipes and Writings From the French Countryside by Amanda Hesser, 1999
A “bit” of gardening comes with a lifetime of weeding.
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