Some people will object at this point that it belittles the idea of gardening to think of it as an act of opposition or protest. I agree. That is exactly my point. Gardening – or the best kind of gardening – is a complete action. It is so effective a protest because it is so much more than a protest.
Wendell Berry: The Gift of Good Land p.167
The best kind of gardening is a form of home production capable of a considerable independence of outside sources. It will, then, be “organic” gardening.
Wendell Berry: The Gift of Good Land p.167
The work of gardening is not “drudgery,” but is the finest sort of challenge to intelligence.
Wendell Berry: The Gift of Good Land p.168