Crabgrass is aptly descriptive of this hated weed, for it does scuttle quickly through a lawn.

- Allen Lacy

But there is one place where a person can make choices that will lead in a small way toward greater sanity in dealing with the natural order. That pl…

- Allen Lacy

Gardener's , like everyone else, live second by second and minute by minute. What we see at one particular moment is then and there before us. But …

- Allen Lacy

Plants are the original chemists. Their sophistication makes DuPont and Monsanto look like little kids with chemistry sets.

- Allen Lacy

Democracy is fine in politics. It should stay there, and we need more of it. But its political virture is no reason to practice it in the garden.

- Allen Lacy

Gardening is in large measure a phenomenon of attention.

- Allen Lacy

Gardening transcends everything that otherwise divides us.

- Allen Lacy

I know of no common interest that exceeds gardening as a source of lifelong friendships, nor as a means of making new friends almost constantly.

- Allen Lacy

We can plant to suit the needs of the birds and other wildlife that find a haven and a habitat on our home ground, and we can understand that to do s…

- Allen Lacy