Topic: Sayings T'wixt gardeners.

[Tenuse]

Crikey! I think I prefer the 16 tog duvet and indoor plumbing thanks  ;D

Ten x

[GREENWIZARD]

when the ass begins to bray,be sure we shall have rain today.

mist in may & heat in june
will bring all things into tune.

[simon404]

On March - "comes in like a lion, goes out like a lamb"  :)

[Roy Bham UK]

On March - "comes in like a  lamb, goes out like a" lion as well  ;D sometimes :P

[Roy Bham UK]

Ne'er cast a clart til May is art  ;D

I think it means don't plant too soon  ;D

I think Eileen done that one last year, come on Wardy get updated ;D

[snapdragon]

I am also new to this site, and enjoy reading peoples comments.
My husband picked me up this book called "gardening wisdom" with hundreds of sayings,heres one of my faivorouts
First the farmer sows the seed,then he stands and takes ease.
Stamps his feetand claps his hands,and turns him round to view the land

from snapdragon.

[snapdragon]

spellings a bit to be desired !!!!
must remember spell check

[amphibian]

Ten, Think it means the layers of clothing you wore during the winter.  In the days when we didn't have central heating and used to wear half a dozen woolies in the winter to keep warm. 

I remember when I was a little girl and you had to wear loads of layers including "liberty bodices", anyone remember them?  It was so cold in our house we had to get our clothes on under the bedclothes and same at night when we were taking them off.  Jack Frost hardened on the inside of the window panes.  The settee pushed up as far as it would go to the coal fire (our only form of heating.) If you needed to go into the kitchen it was like a trip to the North Pole.   

Curtains up at the doors for the draft and home made draft excluders at the bottom.  Some posh people in our Street even had winter curtains and summer curtains.  You also had to throw a couple of extra coats on the bed to keep the chill off at night. Thats when it was the "Grim North".   ::) busy_lizzie

Sounds like my childhood, and I'm only 26.  But then I'm from North Wales, and that is even grimmer than the North of England.

Our pipes usometimes froze in winter, and we'd have to collect our water from a spring 2 miles away, there would be a queue showing how many people were in the same boat.

[terrace max]

Chinese proverb:

'The best time to plant a fruit tree is ten years ago, the next best time is now...'

[amphibian]

"Give weeds an inch and they'll take your yard "