Gardening is a serious matter in many ways. If people didn’t grow food, chances are we’d all still be hunter-gatherer people! But even though growing food is important, it’s good to look on the bright side of life and find humor in the little things, even if those little things are creepy crawlers in your soil! These are some of my favorite funny gardening quotes. Enjoy!
16 funny gardening quotes to get you in the gardening mood!
Gardening is cheaper than therapy. Plus you get tomatoes! -Author unknown
I have no plants in my house. They won’t live for me. Some of them don’t even wait to die, they commit suicide. -Jerry Seinfeld
A weed is a plant that has mastered every survival skill except for learning how to grow in rows. -Doug Larson
Gardener’s recipe: one part soil, two parts water, three parts wishful thinking. -Author unknown
Gardening requires lots of water – most of it in the form of perspiration. -Lou Erickson
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad. -Author unknown
Your first job is to prepare the soil. The best tool for this is your neighbor’s motorized garden tiller. If your neighbor does not own a garden tiller, suggest that he buy one. -Dave Barry
A man should never plant a garden larger than his wife can take care of. -T.H. Everett
Growth takes time. Be patient. And while you’re waiting, pull a weed. -Emilie Barnes
My wife’s a water sign. I’m an earth sign. Together we make mud. -Rodney Dangerfield
“In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect.” -Alice Walker
I like gardening—it’s a place where I find myself when I need to lose myself.” -Alice Sebold
A weed is a plant that is not only in the wrong place but intends to stay. -Sara Stein
Crabgrass can grow on bowling balls in airless rooms, and there is no known way to kill it that does not involve nuclear weapons. -Dave Barry
There’s one good thing about snow, it makes your lawn look as nice as your neighbor’s. -Clyde Moore
I always thought a yard was three feet, then I started mowing the lawn. -C.E. Cowman
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