A friend asked me to re-post my "gardening proverbs". Since the Lord has continued to grow me through farming and gardening, I have added some 
new ones, too. Enjoy!!
Little weeds (sins) are easier than older, bigger ones but both need to be pulled out all the way to the roots.
Some weeds get so entwined with the flowers that you have to take extra time and care to gently pull them.
Nothing will grow without daily nourishment of food (God's word), water (God's Spirit) and nutrients (fellowship with others).
A flower bed of many varieties and colors is more beautiful than one of all the same flower (the church).
Flowers are faithful t
o follow the light - am I?
Some weeds pop up and seed out quickly, reeking havoc of all within a short while if not dealt with quickly.
Some trees grow slowly and are tender for a long time but produce amazing amounts of fruit later and longer.
Some plants are beautiful but do not have a sweet fragrance or produce fruit or seeds.
Seeds need lots of loving care to grow into production.
Only God can bring rain and sunshine, warmth and soil to the earth. Our imitations are never as good as the real thing.
It is not ours to choose which trees produce early and which late, which ones grow quickly or slowly, which ones are more hardy in drought or resistant to disease. It is ours to choose whether to water and nourish and care for all of them daily, carefully, lovingly, diligently and with hard work and sweat of brow.
We can complain about the weather or production or problems or we can praise the Lord for the harvest both now and to come.
During the early years the trees need to be staked and tied to a secure post.
Sometimes you have to dig out the old stump before you can
plant a new tree.
Fruit is sweeter when it is watered with the sweat of your brow.
A Master Gardener can tell the difference between a weed and a flower. He will teach you to tell the difference, too, if you will listen.
Weeds grow best in flower beds.
Talking about gardening is easy. Chopping, hoeing, weeding, watering and tending to the garden in the heat and rain and wind and sun is hard work.
Some plots have better soil than others but with care each can produce something.
The sweetest melons and grapes are grown when they have been put under stress.
There is an amazing joy in sharing your seeds or young plants
with someone who will grow them.
Hybrid plants do not produce viable seeds.
For best flowering, cut off the dead parts.
Everything needs pruning sometime.
Only a miracle can turn a weed into a fruit-bearing plant.
new ones, too. Enjoy!!Little weeds (sins) are easier than older, bigger ones but both need to be pulled out all the way to the roots.
Some weeds get so entwined with the flowers that you have to take extra time and care to gently pull them.
Nothing will grow without daily nourishment of food (God's word), water (God's Spirit) and nutrients (fellowship with others).
A flower bed of many varieties and colors is more beautiful than one of all the same flower (the church).
Flowers are faithful t
o follow the light - am I?Some weeds pop up and seed out quickly, reeking havoc of all within a short while if not dealt with quickly.
Some trees grow slowly and are tender for a long time but produce amazing amounts of fruit later and longer.
Some plants are beautiful but do not have a sweet fragrance or produce fruit or seeds.
Seeds need lots of loving care to grow into production.
Only God can bring rain and sunshine, warmth and soil to the earth. Our imitations are never as good as the real thing.
It is not ours to choose which trees produce early and which late, which ones grow quickly or slowly, which ones are more hardy in drought or resistant to disease. It is ours to choose whether to water and nourish and care for all of them daily, carefully, lovingly, diligently and with hard work and sweat of brow.
We can complain about the weather or production or problems or we can praise the Lord for the harvest both now and to come.
During the early years the trees need to be staked and tied to a secure post.
Sometimes you have to dig out the old stump before you can
plant a new tree.Fruit is sweeter when it is watered with the sweat of your brow.
A Master Gardener can tell the difference between a weed and a flower. He will teach you to tell the difference, too, if you will listen.
Weeds grow best in flower beds.
Talking about gardening is easy. Chopping, hoeing, weeding, watering and tending to the garden in the heat and rain and wind and sun is hard work.
Some plots have better soil than others but with care each can produce something.
The sweetest melons and grapes are grown when they have been put under stress.
There is an amazing joy in sharing your seeds or young plants
with someone who will grow them.Hybrid plants do not produce viable seeds.
For best flowering, cut off the dead parts.
Everything needs pruning sometime.
Only a miracle can turn a weed into a fruit-bearing plant.
