The First Spring Day

I wonder if the sap is stirring yet,
If wintry birds are dreaming of a mate,
If frozen snowdrops feel as yet the sun
And crocus fires are kindling one by one:
sing, robin, sing;
I still am sore in doubt concerning spring.

- Christina G. Rossetti

An agricultural life is one eminently calculated for human happiness and human virtue.

- Josiah Quincy

Time spent in the cultivation of fields passes very pleasantly. - Ovid

You can bury a lot of troubles digging in the dirt. - Author Unknown