“By having a direct stake and involvement with the process of plants gr...” — Monty Don Quote

“By having a direct stake and involvement with the process of plants growing, of having your hands in the soil and tending it carefully and with love, your world and everyone's else's world too, becomes a better place.”

“No apple is reliably self-fertile, so each tree needs a pollinator. A neighbour may well have an apple that will do that for you, but it is better to always plant at least two trees to be certain of pollination.”

“When our jewellery business went into receivership we avoided bankruptcy by selling our houses and possessions.”

“I've decided something: Commercial things really do stink. As soon as it becomes commercial for a mass market it really stinks.”

“I have an Indian father, and when you grow up in a house with an Indian father, culturally, that's what becomes dominant in the house. So that's the tradition we grew up with.”

“I think women - relative to men - tend to feel that they have to do the household chores on top of everything else. This becomes even worse once you have kids. It's enough to have a full time job; a full time job plus a family is even more.”