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Rosemary Fern


Rosemary is a published writer with 40 years of experience gardening. She has written many articles on gardening. Gardening is becoming a lost art. She enthusiastically tries to spread the word and save our seeds for future generations. She has a special interest in heirloom and endangered plants and seeds. Her latest project is teaching her five-year-old granddaughter the wonders of the garden.

 
Old Gardener's Advice

I cannot source this. I have no idea who wrote it. I just love these little sayings and wanted to share them with you. The advice is as valid today as it was days of yore....RF

Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight and bull-strong.

Keep skunks, bankers and lawyers at a distance.

Life is simpler when you plow around the stump.

A bumble bee is considerably faster than a John Deere tractor.

Words that soak into your ears are whispered ... not yelled.

Meanness don't jes' happen overnight.

Forgive your enemies. It messes up their heads.

Do not corner something that you know is meaner than you.

It don't take a very big person to carry a grudge.

You cannot unsay a cruel word.

Every path has a few puddles.

When you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty.

The best sermons are lived , not preached.

Most of the stuff people worry about ain't never gonna happen anyway.

Don't judge folks by their relatives.

Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.

Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you'll enjoy it a second time.

Don't interfere with somethin' that ain't botherin' you none.

Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.

If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop diggin'.

Sometimes you get, and sometimes you get got.

The biggest troublemaker you'll probably ever have to deal with, watches you from the mirror every mornin'.

Always drink upstream from the herd.

Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.

Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier than puttin' it back in.

If you get to thinkin' you're a person of some influence, try orderin' somebody else's dog around.

Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God.

Rosemary Fern

 
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